On This Day

Wednesday, July 5, 1911

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 48 23 .676 --
Athletics 47 23 .671 0.5
Highlanders 37 32 .536 10.0
White Sox 34 31 .523 11.0
Red Sox 36 34 .514 11.5
Naps 34 40 .459 15.5
Senators 26 46 .361 22.5
Browns 18 51 .261 29.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 44 27 .620 --
Cubs 42 26 .618 0.5
Giants 43 28 .606 1.0
Pirates 39 30 .565 4.0
Cardinals 39 31 .557 4.5
Reds 29 39 .426 13.5
Dodgers 26 43 .377 17.0
Rustlers 16 54 .229 27.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dode Paskert 6
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 4
3 Al Bridwell 3
3 Hal Chase 3
3 10 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Al Kaiser 1
1 Alex McCarthy 1
1 Rube Oldring 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 4
1 Sherry Magee 4
3 Walter Blair 3
3 Bill Cunningham 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 2
1 Josh Devore 2
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Fred Snodgrass 2
5 16 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 1.14
2 Walter Johnson 0.70
3 Nap Rucker 0.56
4 Larry Pape 0.33
4 2 others tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Burns 1
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Gene Krapp 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 8
2 Walter Johnson 7
3 Nap Rucker 5
4 Hank Griffin 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .441
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .383
3 Eddie Collins .380
4 Stuffy McInnis .371
5 Tris Speaker .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 9
2 Sherry Magee 8
3 Home Run Baker 7
3 Dick Hoblitzell 7
3 Frank Schulte 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Sam Crawford 55
2 Sherry Magee 55
2 Honus Wagner 55
5 Frank Schulte 53

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 36
2 Red Murray 29
3 Josh Devore 28
4 Harry Hooper 26
5 Bob Bescher 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 2.61
2 Bobby Keefe 2.80
3 Christy Mathewson 2.89
4 Pete Alexander 2.92
5 Harry Krause 2.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 16
2 Jack Coombs 15
2 Smoky Joe Wood 15
4 Christy Mathewson 14
4 Ed Walsh 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 134
2 Pete Alexander 123
3 Smoky Joe Wood 113
4 Jack Coombs 106
5 Earl Moore 102

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Charley Hall 3
2 Eddie Plank 3
2 Reggie Richter 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .451
2 Hal Chase .422
3 Sam Crawford .413
4 Ty Cobb .412
5 Jim Doyle .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 4
2 Fred Luderus 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Wid Conroy 2
3 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 19
1 Birdie Cree 19
3 Ty Cobb 15
3 Stuffy McInnis 15
3 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Hooper 10
2 Bert Daniels 9
3 Kid Elberfeld 7
3 Danny Murphy 7
5 6 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry McIntire 0.52
2 Vean Gregg 0.87
3 Pete Alexander 1.84
4 Harry Krause 1.96
5 Roy Golden 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Jack Coombs 4
2 Vean Gregg 4
4 Pete Alexander 3
4 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Jack Coombs 31
3 Pete Alexander 26
3 Nap Rucker 26
5 Rube Marquard 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Reggie Richter 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .471
2 Jim Delahanty .443
3 Home Run Baker .402
4 Honus Wagner .382
5 2 tied .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 4
1 Fred Luderus 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Fred Merkle 3
5 16 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 29
1 Ty Cobb 29
3 Sherry Magee 25
4 Birdie Cree 24
5 Stuffy McInnis 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Hooper 15
2 Jimmy Callahan 14
2 Bert Daniels 14
4 Birdie Cree 13
5 3 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 1.71
2 Nap Rucker 1.90
3 George Suggs 1.98
4 Bill Burns 2.22
5 Jack Warhop 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nap Rucker 8
1 Ed Walsh 8
3 Pete Alexander 7
3 Jack Coombs 7
5 4 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 66
2 Pete Alexander 54
3 Jack Coombs 49
4 Nap Rucker 40
5 Smoky Joe Wood 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Reggie Richter 3
2 Pete Alexander 2
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Mordecai Brown 2
5 13 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .416
2 Nap Lajoie .372
3 Eddie Collins .361
4 Tris Speaker .353
5 Honus Wagner .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 16
2 Sherry Magee 14
3 Ty Cobb 11
4 Larry Doyle 10
5 4 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 120
2 Ty Cobb 119
3 Sam Crawford 113
4 Frank Schulte 103
5 Red Murray 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 68
2 Red Murray 66
3 Bob Bescher 64
3 Ty Cobb 64
5 Bert Daniels 60

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 2.60
2 Russ Ford 2.65
3 Babe Adams 2.79
4 King Cole 2.81
5 Christy Mathewson 2.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 37
2 Russ Ford 27
2 Christy Mathewson 27
4 Earl Moore 26
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 273
2 Jack Coombs 263
3 Walter Johnson 259
4 Earl Moore 211
5 Christy Mathewson 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 10
2 Harry Gaspar 7
3 Charley Hall 5
3 Eddie Plank 5
5 Ed Walsh 4