On This Day

Wednesday, May 17, 1911

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 25 5 .833 --
White Sox 15 12 .556 8.5
Red Sox 15 13 .536 9.0
Athletics 13 13 .500 10.0
Highlanders 12 14 .462 11.0
Naps 12 18 .400 13.0
Senators 10 16 .385 13.0
Browns 9 20 .310 15.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 22 7 .759 --
Pirates 18 9 .667 3.0
Giants 16 11 .593 5.0
Cubs 15 13 .536 6.5
Reds 12 11 .522 7.0
Cardinals 9 15 .375 10.5
Dodgers 8 20 .286 13.5
Rustlers 8 22 .267 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Lange 3
1 Dots Miller 3
1 Chief Wilson 3
4 Bob Bescher 2
4 16 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Austin 1
1 Buck Herzog 1
1 Scotty Ingerton 1
1 Fred Luderus 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Luderus 3
2 Jimmy Austin 2
2 Ping Bodie 2
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Callahan 2
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Jake Daubert 1
2 Art Devlin 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pete Alexander 0.58
2 Lew Richie 0.43
3 George Bell 0.40
3 Jack Ferry 0.40
3 Frank Lange 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 George Bell 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Frank Lange 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 7
2 Frank Lange 6
3 Jack Ferry 4
4 Art Fromme 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Olmstead 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stuffy McInnis .468
2 Eddie Collins .419
3 Ty Cobb .405
4 Doc Miller .383
5 Nap Lajoie .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Scotty Ingerton 5
1 Sherry Magee 5
1 John Titus 5
1 Honus Wagner 5
5 4 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 31
2 Honus Wagner 30
3 Sam Crawford 29
4 Sherry Magee 22
5 4 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Eddie Collins 15
3 Donie Bush 13
3 Fred Merkle 13
5 Harry Lord 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Plank 1.37
2 Russ Ford 1.99
3 Orlie Weaver 2.06
4 Earl Moore 2.15
5 Babe Adams 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 7
2 Russ Ford 6
2 Earl Moore 6
2 George Mullin 6
2 Smoky Joe Wood 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 53
2 Smoky Joe Wood 47
3 Gene Krapp 42
3 Earl Moore 42
3 Ed Walsh 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 4
2 Harry Gaspar 2
2 Charley Hall 2
2 Rube Marquard 2
5 19 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Stuffy McInnis .490
2 Ty Cobb .449
3 Doc Miller .444
4 Sherry Magee .431
5 Jimmy Callahan .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Scotty Ingerton 5
2 Fred Luderus 4
2 Honus Wagner 4
4 Dick Hoblitzell 3
4 Doc Miller 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 22
2 Chief Wilson 16
3 Ty Cobb 15
4 Matty McIntyre 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 10
2 Donie Bush 9
3 Ty Cobb 8
4 Home Run Baker 7
4 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Plank 0.00
2 Cy Barger 1.00
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.93
4 Babe Adams 1.96
5 Russ Ford 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 4
1 Smoky Joe Wood 4
3 Babe Adams 3
3 Cy Barger 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 34
2 Frank Lange 26
3 Nap Rucker 23
4 Rube Marquard 19
5 3 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 2
1 Harry Gaspar 2
1 Rube Marquard 2
4 Chief Bender 1
4 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .389
2 Nap Lajoie .379
3 Eddie Collins .341
4 Honus Wagner .338
5 Tris Speaker .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 13
2 Ty Cobb 12
3 Fred Beck 11
3 Sherry Magee 11
5 Jake Daubert 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 120
2 Sherry Magee 115
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Mike Mitchell 89
5 Solly Hofman 85

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 84
2 Bob Bescher 69
3 Ty Cobb 68
4 Dode Paskert 56
5 Red Murray 55

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Russ Ford 2.11
2 Ed Walsh 2.13
3 Jack Coombs 2.23
4 Walter Johnson 2.33
5 King Cole 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 32
2 Russ Ford 28
2 Christy Mathewson 28
4 Mordecai Brown 25
4 2 others tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 275
2 Ed Walsh 261
3 Jack Coombs 238
4 Earl Moore 209
5 Russ Ford 205

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 7
1 Harry Gaspar 7
3 Ed Walsh 5
4 Doc Crandall 4
4 2 others tied 4