On This Day

Friday, May 24, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 25 8 .758 --
Red Sox 21 10 .677 3.0
Senators 16 15 .516 8.0
Tigers 15 17 .469 9.5
Athletics 13 15 .464 9.5
Naps 13 15 .464 9.5
Highlanders 9 19 .321 13.5
Browns 8 21 .276 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 6 .793 --
Reds 23 10 .697 2.0
Pirates 14 14 .500 8.5
Cubs 15 15 .500 8.5
Phillies 11 16 .407 11.0
Cardinals 14 21 .400 12.0
Braves 12 20 .375 12.5
Dodgers 9 19 .321 13.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Armando Marsans 4
1 Clyde Milan 4
1 Art Phelan 4
4 Hal Chase 3
4 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rebel Oakes 1
1 Rube Oldring 1
1 Guy Zinn 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Germany Schaefer 5
2 Guy Zinn 4
3 Buck Herzog 3
3 Tommy Leach 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 2
1 Buck Herzog 2
1 Lee Magee 2
1 Jack Martin 2
1 Fred Merkle 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Claude Hendrix 0.44
2 Pat Ragan 0.42
3 Hugh Bedient 0.33
3 Rube Marquard 0.33
5 Dixie Walker 0.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Ragan 5
1 Dixie Walker 5
3 Claude Hendrix 4
3 Rube Marquard 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .430
2 Chief Meyers .398
3 Tris Speaker .393
4 Alex McCarthy .393
5 Ed Konetchy .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 4
2 Rube Ellis 3
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Tris Speaker 3
5 13 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Esmond 27
2 Ping Bodie 25
2 Honus Wagner 25
4 Heinie Zimmerman 24
5 5 tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 18
2 Eddie Collins 16
3 Sam Crawford 13
3 Larry Doyle 13
3 Tillie Shafer 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Scott 0.91
2 Joe Benz 0.97
3 Walter Johnson 1.16
4 Rube Marquard 1.42
5 Smoky Joe Wood 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 9
2 Ed Walsh 8
2 Smoky Joe Wood 8
4 Rube Benton 7
4 Walter Johnson 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 69
2 Ed Walsh 62
3 Smoky Joe Wood 58
4 Larry Cheney 45
4 2 others tied 45

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 3
2 Bobby Keefe 2
2 Frank Lange 2
2 George Mogridge 2
2 Nap Rucker 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Konetchy .478
2 Heinie Zimmerman .421
3 Danny Moeller .415
4 Tris Speaker .408
5 Danny Murphy .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ed Konetchy 2
1 Heinie Zimmerman 2
1 Guy Zinn 2
4 Frank Allen 1
4 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Guy Zinn 14
2 Jack Barry 13
2 Tris Speaker 13
4 Steve Evans 11
4 Danny Murphy 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 11
2 Eddie Collins 10
3 Tris Speaker 8
4 Miller Huggins 7
5 5 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slim Sallee 0.31
2 George Mullin 0.50
3 Smoky Joe Wood 0.62
4 Walter Johnson 0.67
5 Rube Marquard 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 4
1 Smoky Joe Wood 4
3 Rube Benton 3
3 Larry Cheney 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Smoky Joe Wood 25
2 Walter Johnson 24
3 Vean Gregg 23
4 Bob Groom 20
5 Marty O'Toole 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Vean Gregg 1
1 Lou Lowdermilk 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .472
2 Tris Speaker .435
3 Danny Murphy .392
4 Eddie Collins .383
5 Jim Delahanty .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 4
2 Ed Konetchy 3
3 Bob Bescher 2
3 Bobby Byrne 2
3 8 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Zimmerman 22
2 Honus Wagner 21
3 Jack Barry 19
3 Fred Merkle 19
3 Dots Miller 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 15
2 Clyde Milan 14
3 Home Run Baker 10
3 Fred Merkle 10
3 Tris Speaker 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Benz 0.97
2 Tom Hughes 1.07
3 Ed Walsh 1.27
4 Rube Marquard 1.35
5 Walter Johnson 1.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 7
2 Joe Benz 6
2 Smoky Joe Wood 6
4 Rube Benton 5
4 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 51
2 Marty O'Toole 42
3 Smoky Joe Wood 39
4 Rube Marquard 34
5 Frank Lange 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Lange 2
1 George Mogridge 2
1 Nap Rucker 2
1 Ed Walsh 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Doc Gessler .285
2 Jim Doyle .282
3 Bob Coulson .246

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 16
2 Larry Doyle 14
3 Fred Luderus 11
3 Fred Merkle 11
3 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 111
2 Ping Bodie 110
2 Sam Crawford 110
4 Home Run Baker 109
5 Chief Wilson 101

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 83
2 Ty Cobb 73
3 Clyde Milan 64
4 Josh Devore 59
5 Fred Snodgrass 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 2.35
2 Chief Bender 2.48
3 Walter Johnson 2.66
4 Ed Walsh 2.70
5 Christy Mathewson 2.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 31
1 Ed Walsh 31
3 Walter Johnson 29
4 Jack Coombs 26
5 Christy Mathewson 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 264
2 Walter Johnson 252
3 Rube Marquard 241
4 Smoky Joe Wood 232
5 Pete Alexander 208

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Bobby Keefe 6
2 Ed Walsh 6
4 Doc Crandall 5
4 2 others tied 5