On This Day

Monday, June 24, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 41 19 .683 --
White Sox 36 25 .590 5.5
Senators 36 26 .581 6.0
Athletics 33 24 .579 6.5
Naps 27 30 .474 12.5
Tigers 29 33 .468 13.0
Highlanders 17 37 .315 21.0
Browns 16 41 .281 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 44 11 .800 --
Cubs 30 23 .566 13.0
Pirates 31 24 .564 13.0
Reds 33 27 .550 13.5
Phillies 21 29 .420 20.5
Cardinals 25 37 .403 22.5
Dodgers 21 32 .396 22.0
Braves 19 41 .317 27.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Merkle 4
2 Beals Becker 3
2 George Jackson 3
4 Bob Bescher 2
4 21 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ben Houser 1
1 John Hummel 1
1 Stuffy McInnis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 4
2 Ben Houser 3
3 Otto Hess 2
3 Ed Konetchy 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Beals Becker 1
1 Josh Devore 1
1 Red Downs 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Chief Bender 1.17
2 Hugh Bedient 1.00
3 Art Fromme 0.71
3 Otto Hess 0.71
5 Jeff Tesreau 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Rube Geyer 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 7
2 Art Fromme 5
2 Otto Hess 5
4 Hugh Bedient 4
5 Jeff Tesreau 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .421
2 Chief Meyers .393
3 Larry Doyle .389
4 Tris Speaker .389
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 9
2 Larry Doyle 7
3 Home Run Baker 6
4 Chief Meyers 5
5 7 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 49
2 Duffy Lewis 48
3 Larry Doyle 46
3 Heinie Zimmerman 46
5 Sam Crawford 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 37
2 Eddie Collins 27
3 Ty Cobb 22
3 Rollie Zeider 22
5 Bob Bescher 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.20
2 Rube Marquard 1.62
3 Joe Benz 1.74
4 Ed Walsh 1.97
5 Charley Hall 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 16
2 Smoky Joe Wood 14
3 Walter Johnson 13
4 Larry Cheney 12
4 Ed Walsh 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 118
2 Ed Walsh 100
3 Smoky Joe Wood 97
4 Rube Marquard 86
5 Bob Groom 80

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 Chief Meyers .476
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .472
3 Larry Doyle .456
4 Bill Sweeney .448
5 Zack Wheat .447

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 3
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Ben Houser 3
1 Duffy Lewis 3
1 Heinie Zimmerman 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 16
1 Chick Gandil 16
3 Bill Sweeney 15
4 Duffy Lewis 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 11
2 George Jackson 7
2 Ed McDonald 7
4 Larry Gardner 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nap Rucker 0.00
2 George Suggs 0.35
3 Hugh Bedient 0.50
4 Gene Krapp 0.59
5 Charley Hall 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 4
1 Eddie Plank 4
1 Nap Rucker 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Benton 22
1 Rube Marquard 22
3 Chief Bender 21
3 Christy Mathewson 21
3 Lefty Tyler 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Red Ames 1
1 Carl Cashion 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .480
2 Larry Doyle .460
3 Heinie Zimmerman .410
4 Chief Meyers .387
5 Tris Speaker .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 5
1 Larry Doyle 5
1 Heinie Zimmerman 5
4 Ben Houser 4
4 Duffy Lewis 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 33
2 Home Run Baker 30
3 Chick Gandil 26
4 Sam Crawford 24
4 Red Murray 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 19
2 Beals Becker 13
3 Ty Cobb 12
3 Rollie Zeider 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nap Rucker 0.54
2 Walter Johnson 1.24
3 George Suggs 1.67
4 Larry Cheney 1.85
5 Rube Marquard 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 7
1 Rube Marquard 7
3 Howie Camnitz 6
3 Larry Cheney 6
3 5 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 49
2 Rube Marquard 44
3 Rube Benton 42
4 Pete Alexander 39
4 Smoky Joe Wood 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 17 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 Home Run Baker 12
5 3 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 121
2 Home Run Baker 116
3 Chief Wilson 105
4 Ping Bodie 101
5 Ty Cobb 98

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 76
2 Clyde Milan 75
3 Ty Cobb 72
4 Josh Devore 54
5 Fred Snodgrass 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Buck O'Brien 2.16
2 Jim Scott 2.22
3 Vean Gregg 2.23
4 Walter Johnson 2.25
5 Larry Cheney 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 36
2 Walter Johnson 32
3 Ed Walsh 29
4 Jack Coombs 26
5 Eddie Plank 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 270
2 Rube Marquard 266
3 Ed Walsh 249
4 Smoky Joe Wood 231
5 Pete Alexander 202

Saves

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