On This Day

Sunday, May 7, 1911

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 19 2 .905 --
Highlanders 9 8 .529 8.0
Red Sox 10 9 .526 8.0
White Sox 9 9 .500 8.5
Athletics 9 9 .500 8.5
Senators 8 10 .444 9.5
Naps 8 13 .381 11.0
Browns 4 16 .200 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 15 5 .750 --
Giants 12 6 .667 2.0
Pirates 12 6 .667 2.0
Cubs 11 9 .550 4.0
Reds 7 8 .467 5.5
Rustlers 7 14 .333 8.5
Cardinals 4 11 .267 8.5
Dodgers 5 14 .263 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Johnny Bates 3
2 Rube Ellis 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 3
2 Fred Beck 2
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Rebel Oakes 2
5 14 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Schweitzer 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Nap Lajoie 1
2 Harry Lord 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Suggs 0.50
2 Jack Lively 0.45
3 Jack Powell 0.36
4 Lew Richie 0.33
5 Earl Yingling 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Lively 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 George Suggs 1
1 Earl Yingling 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Lively 5
1 Lew Richie 5
3 Jack Powell 4
3 George Suggs 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Bob Harmon 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .438
2 Birdie Cree .393
3 Ty Cobb .390
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .386
5 Red Dooin .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 4
1 John Titus 4
3 Ty Cobb 3
3 Hans Lobert 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Sam Crawford 19
3 Honus Wagner 18
4 Frank Schulte 17
5 Patsy Dougherty 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
1 Eddie Collins 11
3 Donie Bush 9
4 Josh Devore 8
4 2 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bobby Keefe 1.31
2 Ralph Works 1.33
3 Bugs Raymond 1.35
4 Orlie Weaver 1.67
5 Elmer Steele 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 6
2 Earl Moore 5
3 Doc Crandall 4
3 Russ Ford 4
3 3 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 39
2 Smoky Joe Wood 36
3 Gene Krapp 32
3 Earl Moore 32
5 Red Ames 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 2
1 Harry Gaspar 2
3 Jesse Baker 1
3 Ray Caldwell 1
3 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 Nap Lajoie .376
3 Tris Speaker .344
4 Eddie Collins .341
5 Honus Wagner .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 13
2 Ty Cobb 11
3 Sherry Magee 10
4 Fred Beck 9
4 3 others tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 120
2 Sherry Magee 109
3 Ty Cobb 99
4 Mike Mitchell 88
5 Frank Schulte 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 85
2 Bob Bescher 69
3 Ty Cobb 66
4 Dode Paskert 57
5 2 tied 56

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Coombs 1.86
2 Ed Walsh 2.08
3 Russ Ford 2.11
4 King Cole 2.34
5 Walter Johnson 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 33
2 Russ Ford 28
3 Walter Johnson 26
3 Christy Mathewson 26
5 Mordecai Brown 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 287
2 Ed Walsh 266
3 Jack Coombs 238
4 Russ Ford 205
5 Earl Moore 201

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Gaspar 8
2 Ed Walsh 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
4 Doc Crandall 4
4 Lew Richie 4