On This Day

Thursday, June 6, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 30 16 .652 --
Red Sox 27 17 .614 2.0
Senators 24 21 .533 5.5
Naps 22 20 .524 6.0
Tigers 24 22 .522 6.0
Athletics 20 19 .513 6.5
Highlanders 13 27 .325 14.0
Browns 13 31 .295 16.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 32 7 .821 --
Reds 26 18 .591 8.5
Cubs 22 18 .550 10.5
Pirates 20 19 .513 12.0
Cardinals 21 25 .457 14.5
Phillies 16 21 .432 15.0
Dodgers 13 25 .342 18.5
Braves 13 30 .302 21.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank LaPorte 3
1 Rube Oldring 3
1 Ivy Olson 3
4 Fred Blanding 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chick Gandil 1
1 Walter Johnson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Eddie Foster 2
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Eddie Foster 1
1 Chick Gandil 1
1 Larry Gardner 1
1 Clyde Milan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 0.75
2 Fred Blanding 0.50
3 George Mullin 0.31
4 Buck O'Brien 0.30
5 Russ Ford 0.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Buck O'Brien 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Fred Blanding 4
2 George Mullin 4
4 Russ Ford 3
4 Buck O'Brien 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .413
2 Tris Speaker .400
3 Jake Daubert .370
4 Ty Cobb .367
5 Chief Meyers .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 5
2 Larry Doyle 4
2 Chief Meyers 4
4 Rube Ellis 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 35
2 Sam Crawford 34
3 Jimmy Esmond 33
4 Larry Gardner 31
4 2 others tied 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 24
2 Eddie Collins 21
3 Tris Speaker 17
4 Rollie Zeider 16
5 2 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hooks Wiltse 0.00
2 Walter Johnson 1.31
3 Rube Marquard 1.53
4 Ed Walsh 1.92
5 Joe Benz 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 11
1 Rube Marquard 11
3 Smoky Joe Wood 10
4 Ed Walsh 9
5 3 tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 103
2 Ed Walsh 80
3 Smoky Joe Wood 75
4 Vean Gregg 60
5 Bob Groom 59

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nap Rucker 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
3 Earl Hamilton 2
3 Bobby Keefe 2
3 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .483
2 Danny Moeller .462
3 Larry Doyle .457
4 Fred Snodgrass .432
5 Tris Speaker .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Shano Collins 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Ed McDonald 2
1 Chief Meyers 2
5 38 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
1 Duffy Lewis 15
3 Sam Crawford 14
4 Willie Hogan 13
4 Tris Speaker 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Beals Becker 8
1 Rollie Zeider 8
3 Buck Herzog 7
3 Armando Marsans 7
3 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hooks Wiltse 0.00
1 Jim Baskette 0.00
3 Cy Morgan 0.56
4 Lefty Tyler 0.63
5 Jean Dubuc 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Hugh Bedient 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 34
2 Vean Gregg 23
2 Tom Hughes 23
4 Pete Alexander 21
5 George Kahler 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .404
2 Danny Moeller .402
3 Heinie Zimmerman .402
4 Bert Daniels .382
5 Ty Cobb .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 4
2 Larry Doyle 3
2 Harry Lord 3
2 Chief Meyers 3
5 8 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 25
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 21
2 Duffy Lewis 21
2 Tris Speaker 21
5 3 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 17
2 Eddie Collins 15
3 Tris Speaker 14
4 Beals Becker 12
4 Fred Snodgrass 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slim Sallee 0.74
2 Rube Marquard 1.29
3 Vean Gregg 1.67
4 Jean Dubuc 1.76
5 Red Ames 1.88

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 63
2 Vean Gregg 46
3 Smoky Joe Wood 43
4 Pete Alexander 38
4 Ed Walsh 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nap Rucker 2
2 Hugh Bedient 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Ad Brennan 1
2 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 16
1 Frank Schulte 16
3 Fred Luderus 12
3 Heinie Zimmerman 12
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 118
2 Ty Cobb 111
3 Home Run Baker 109
4 Chief Wilson 101
5 Ping Bodie 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 74
2 Ty Cobb 70
3 Clyde Milan 67
4 Josh Devore 56
5 Fred Snodgrass 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 2.20
2 Walter Johnson 2.40
3 Chief Bender 2.53
4 Ed Walsh 2.60
5 Rube Marquard 2.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 32
1 Rube Marquard 32
3 Ed Walsh 30
4 Jack Coombs 26
5 4 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 270
2 Ed Walsh 267
3 Rube Marquard 241
4 Smoky Joe Wood 231
5 Pete Alexander 211

Saves

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