On This Day

Wednesday, April 17, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 4 1 .800 --
Athletics 3 1 .750 0.5
Naps 4 2 .667 0.5
Senators 2 2 .500 1.5
White Sox 3 3 .500 1.5
Tigers 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 2 4 .333 2.5
Highlanders 0 5 .000 4.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 4 1 .800 --
Cardinals 4 1 .800 0.0
Phillies 3 2 .600 1.0
Giants 3 3 .500 1.5
Braves 3 3 .500 1.5
Dodgers 2 3 .400 2.0
Pirates 1 4 .200 3.0
Cubs 1 4 .200 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buster Brown 2
1 Ed McDonald 2
1 Chief Meyers 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
5 7 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Meyers 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Chief Meyers 1
1 Tillie Shafer 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Josh Devore 1
1 Larry Doyle 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hooks Wiltse 0.50
2 Buster Brown 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buster Brown 4
1 Hooks Wiltse 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chief Meyers .600
2 Jimmy Callahan .524
3 Otto Knabe .455
3 Ed Konetchy .455
5 Frank Schulte .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ping Bodie 1
1 Rube Ellis 1
1 Steve Evans 1
1 Johnny Kling 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dick Hoblitzell 8
2 Josh Devore 7
2 Nap Lajoie 7
2 Buddy Ryan 7
5 2 tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Crawford 4
1 Larry Doyle 4
3 Josh Devore 3
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 3
3 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Willie Mitchell 0.00
1 Larry Cheney 0.00
1 Tex Covington 0.00
1 George Kahler 0.00
1 3 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 2
1 Willie Mitchell 2
1 Hub Perdue 2
1 Jim Scott 2
1 Smoky Joe Wood 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 16
2 Smoky Joe Wood 13
3 Cy Morgan 11
3 Hippo Vaughn 11
5 2 tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Bobby Keefe 1
1 Bill Schardt 1
1 Joe Willis 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bris Lord .309
2 Joe Birmingham .304
3 Neal Ball .295
4 Sherry Magee .288
5 Hans Lobert .287

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 20
2 Fred Luderus 16
3 Sherry Magee 15
4 Larry Doyle 13
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 134
2 Sam Crawford 120
3 Home Run Baker 109
3 Ping Bodie 109
5 Frank Schulte 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 82
2 Bob Bescher 78
3 Josh Devore 62
4 Clyde Milan 56
5 Fred Snodgrass 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 2.40
2 Chief Bender 2.78
3 Christy Mathewson 2.86
4 Babe Adams 2.91
5 Nap Rucker 2.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 29
2 Pete Alexander 28
3 Ed Walsh 27
4 Walter Johnson 26
4 2 others tied 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 258
2 Rube Marquard 246
3 Smoky Joe Wood 241
4 Pete Alexander 236
5 Walter Johnson 211

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 12
2 Doc Crandall 5
2 Bobby Keefe 5
2 Bill Schardt 5
5 6 tied 4