On This Day

Sunday, June 16, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 34 19 .642 --
Senators 33 21 .611 1.5
White Sox 33 22 .600 2.0
Athletics 28 21 .571 4.0
Tigers 26 30 .464 9.5
Naps 23 28 .451 10.0
Highlanders 17 31 .354 14.5
Browns 15 37 .288 18.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 37 10 .787 --
Pirates 27 20 .574 10.0
Reds 29 23 .558 10.5
Cubs 26 21 .553 11.0
Phillies 20 24 .455 15.5
Cardinals 23 31 .426 17.5
Dodgers 16 30 .348 20.5
Braves 16 35 .314 23.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Eddie Collins 3
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Duffy Lewis 3
5 7 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lord 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 3
2 Del Gainer 2
2 Harry Lord 2
2 George Moriarty 2
5 10 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Hooper 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 George Moriarty 1
2 Morrie Rath 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Smoky Joe Wood 0.62
2 Frank Lange 0.36
3 Jean Dubuc 0.24
4 Eddie Plank 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 Smoky Joe Wood 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Smoky Joe Wood 5
2 Jean Dubuc 4
2 Frank Lange 4
4 Eddie Plank 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .419
2 Chief Meyers .388
3 Tris Speaker .388
4 Larry Doyle .383
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 9
2 Larry Doyle 6
3 Chief Meyers 5
4 Home Run Baker 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 42
2 Larry Doyle 41
3 Sam Crawford 40
3 Heinie Zimmerman 40
5 Duffy Lewis 38

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 34
2 Eddie Collins 25
3 Ty Cobb 19
4 Larry Doyle 18
5 2 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.20
2 Rube Marquard 1.54
3 Hooks Wiltse 1.58
4 Joe Benz 1.89
5 Ed Walsh 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 13
1 Rube Marquard 13
1 Smoky Joe Wood 13
4 Ed Walsh 11
5 Eddie Plank 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 118
2 Smoky Joe Wood 90
3 Ed Walsh 88
4 Pete Alexander 75
5 Bob Groom 71

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 3
1 Nap Rucker 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
4 Pete Alexander 2
4 7 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .525
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .512
3 Sherry Magee .486
4 Dode Paskert .475
5 2 tied .438

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 5
2 Home Run Baker 3
3 Shano Collins 2
3 Larry Doyle 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 17
2 Sam Crawford 13
2 Eddie Foster 13
2 Nap Lajoie 13
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 15
2 Larry Gardner 7
3 Ty Cobb 6
3 Eddie Collins 6
3 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.56
2 Nap Rucker 0.67
3 Christy Mathewson 1.35
4 Lefty Tyler 1.67
5 Larry Cheney 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 5
2 Jack Coombs 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Walter Johnson 4
2 Smoky Joe Wood 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 24
1 Smoky Joe Wood 24
3 Frank Lange 23
4 Rube Benton 21
4 2 others tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Carl Cashion 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .449
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .436
3 Dode Paskert .410
4 Danny Moeller .402
5 Heinie Zimmerman .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 7
2 Home Run Baker 4
2 Larry Doyle 4
2 Guy Zinn 4
5 Chief Meyers 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 30
2 Duffy Lewis 25
3 Sam Crawford 22
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 22
5 3 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 19
2 Eddie Collins 16
3 Armando Marsans 13
4 Tris Speaker 12
5 3 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.18
2 Nap Rucker 1.62
3 Rube Marquard 1.70
4 Slim Sallee 1.74
5 Ed Walsh 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 8
2 Walter Johnson 7
2 Smoky Joe Wood 7
4 Tom Hughes 6
4 Rube Marquard 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 62
2 Pete Alexander 44
3 Smoky Joe Wood 41
4 Rube Benton 38
5 4 tied 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Slim Sallee 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 15 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 18
2 Frank Schulte 16
3 Heinie Zimmerman 14
4 Fred Luderus 12
5 Chief Wilson 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 121
2 Home Run Baker 115
3 Ty Cobb 106
4 Chief Wilson 100
5 Ping Bodie 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 73
1 Ty Cobb 73
1 Clyde Milan 73
4 Josh Devore 53
5 Fred Snodgrass 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Scott 2.22
2 Vean Gregg 2.36
3 Walter Johnson 2.37
4 Rube Marquard 2.49
5 Chief Bender 2.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 34
2 Walter Johnson 32
3 Ed Walsh 30
4 Jack Coombs 26
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 276
2 Rube Marquard 255
3 Ed Walsh 250
4 Smoky Joe Wood 234
5 Pete Alexander 219

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Bobby Keefe 6
2 Ed Walsh 6
5 3 tied 5