On This Day

Monday, April 17, 1911

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 4 0 1.000 --
Highlanders 4 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 2 2 .500 2.0
White Sox 2 3 .400 2.5
Naps 2 3 .400 2.5
Browns 2 4 .333 3.0
Athletics 1 3 .250 3.0
Red Sox 1 3 .250 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 3 1 .750 --
Cardinals 2 1 .667 0.5
Giants 2 2 .500 1.0
Reds 2 2 .500 1.0
Pirates 2 2 .500 1.0
Rustlers 2 3 .400 1.5
Dodgers 2 3 .400 1.5
Cubs 1 2 .333 1.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 John Knight 4
2 Jimmy Callahan 3
2 Fred Clarke 3
2 Red Dooin 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Archer 1
1 Fred Clarke 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lee Tannehill 3
2 Jimmy Archer 2
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Walter Blair 2
5 21 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 2
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Frank Schulte 2
1 Jimmy Sheckard 2
1 Rollie Zeider 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hooks Wiltse 999.00
2 Harry McIntire 1.43
3 Fred Olmstead 0.67
4 Eddie Plank 0.58
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Fred Olmstead 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry McIntire 10
2 Eddie Plank 7
3 Earl Moore 5
3 Bill Otey 5
3 Bill Steele 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Chalmers 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Crawford .667
1 Red Dooin .667
3 Davy Jones .500
3 Dots Miller .500
5 Nap Lajoie .474

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Archer 1
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 John Hummel 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Patsy Dougherty 6
2 Sam Crawford 5
2 John Hummel 5
4 Bob Coulson 4
4 Bill Davidson 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rollie Zeider 4
2 Frank Chance 3
2 Hal Chase 3
2 Eddie Collins 3
2 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Olmstead 0.00
1 Eddie Plank 0.00
1 Ed Willett 0.00
1 Ralph Works 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Earl Moore 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 George Bell 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 29 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 13
2 Harry McIntire 10
2 Slim Sallee 10
4 Red Ames 9
4 Earl Moore 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Chalmers 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .383
2 Ty Cobb .380
3 Tris Speaker .334
4 Eddie Collins .326
5 Sherry Magee .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 11
2 Fred Beck 10
2 Jake Stahl 10
4 Ty Cobb 9
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 116
2 Sherry Magee 106
3 Ty Cobb 90
4 Mike Mitchell 85
5 Red Murray 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 83
2 Bob Bescher 71
3 Ty Cobb 62
4 Red Murray 56
5 Dode Paskert 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Coombs 1.86
2 Ed Walsh 2.08
3 Russ Ford 2.11
4 Chief Bender 2.27
5 King Cole 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 31
2 Russ Ford 27
3 Christy Mathewson 26
4 Mordecai Brown 25
5 Walter Johnson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 313
2 Ed Walsh 271
3 Jack Coombs 225
4 Russ Ford 211
5 Earl Moore 190

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 6
1 Harry Gaspar 6
3 Ed Walsh 5
4 Deacon Phillippe 4
4 Lew Richie 4