On This Day

Thursday, April 18, 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
White Sox 4 3 .571 1.0
Senators 2 2 .500 1.5
Tigers 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 2 5 .286 3.0
Highlanders 0 5 .000 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 4 1 .800 --
Cardinals 4 2 .667 0.5
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 2 4 .333 2.5
Cubs 1 4 .200 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ping Bodie 4
2 Jimmy Callahan 3
2 George Stovall 3
2 Ed Walsh 3
5 4 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ping Bodie 3
2 George Gibson 2
2 Matty McIntyre 2
2 George Stovall 2
2 Billy Sullivan 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Willie Hogan 1
1 Alex McCarthy 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Slim Sallee 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 0.40
3 Ed Walsh 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Slim Sallee 6
2 Ed Walsh 5
3 Claude Hendrix 4
4 Earl Hamilton 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chief Meyers .600
2 Jimmy Callahan .519
3 Otto Knabe .455
4 Ping Bodie .444
4 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 Ping Bodie 7
2 Josh Devore 7
2 George Gibson 7
2 3 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Crawford 4
1 Larry Doyle 4
3 Josh Devore 3
3 Willie Hogan 3
3 3 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 2 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 21
2 Smoky Joe Wood 13
3 Slim Sallee 12
4 Cy Morgan 11
4 Hippo Vaughn 11

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 .310
2 Joe Birmingham .304
3 Neal Ball .295
4 Hans Lobert .287
5 Sherry Magee .286

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 118
3 Ping Bodie 112
4 Home Run Baker 108
5 Frank Schulte 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 80
2 Bob Bescher 78
3 Josh Devore 61
4 Clyde Milan 56
5 Fred Snodgrass 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 2.43
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
2 Ed Walsh 28
4 Walter Johnson 26
4 Christy Mathewson 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 263
2 Rube Marquard 238
3 Pete Alexander 236
3 Smoky Joe Wood 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