On This Day

Wednesday, July 3, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 48 22 .686 --
Athletics 39 27 .591 7.0
White Sox 39 29 .574 8.0
Senators 41 31 .569 8.0
Naps 34 34 .500 13.0
Tigers 34 37 .479 14.5
Highlanders 19 46 .292 26.5
Browns 19 47 .288 27.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 54 11 .831 --
Cubs 36 26 .581 16.5
Pirates 37 27 .578 16.5
Reds 36 32 .529 19.5
Phillies 27 34 .443 25.0
Cardinals 27 43 .386 29.5
Dodgers 25 40 .385 29.0
Braves 20 49 .290 36.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Herbie Moran 5
2 Art Fletcher 4
2 Eddie Foster 4
2 Zack Wheat 4
5 12 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chief Meyers 3
1 Herbie Moran 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
3 Larry Doyle 2
3 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Fletcher 2
1 Eddie Foster 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Ivy Olson 2
1 Zack Wheat 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 1.17
2 Nap Rucker 1.00
3 Red Ames 0.60
4 Hippo Vaughn 0.54
5 Ray Collins 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Collins 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 George Kahler 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Hippo Vaughn 7
3 Ray Fisher 5
3 Nap Rucker 5
5 4 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Paul Musser 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .411
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .399
3 Chief Meyers .392
4 Tris Speaker .385
5 Nap Lajoie .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 10
2 Larry Doyle 8
3 Home Run Baker 6
3 Chief Meyers 6
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 56
1 Sam Crawford 56
3 Duffy Lewis 54
4 Larry Doyle 53
5 Heinie Zimmerman 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 39
2 Eddie Collins 28
3 Rollie Zeider 24
4 Bob Bescher 23
4 2 others tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.28
2 Rube Marquard 1.63
3 Joe Benz 1.82
4 Charley Hall 2.21
5 Ed Walsh 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 19
2 Smoky Joe Wood 16
3 Walter Johnson 14
4 Larry Cheney 13
4 Ed Walsh 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 143
2 Ed Walsh 110
2 Smoky Joe Wood 110
4 Rube Marquard 99
5 Pete Alexander 96

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 George Mogridge 3
1 Nap Rucker 3
1 Slim Sallee 3
1 Ed Walsh 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Sweeney .508
2 John Titus .500
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .485
4 Ping Bodie .462
5 Harry Lord .447

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
1 Duffy Lewis 4
3 John Hummel 3
3 Fred Merkle 3
3 Zack Wheat 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 19
2 Bill Sweeney 17
3 Gavvy Cravath 16
3 Bert Tooley 16
3 Zack Wheat 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Josh Devore 8
1 Fred Snodgrass 8
1 Rollie Zeider 8
4 Bob Bescher 7
4 3 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Boardwalk Brown 1.00
1 Marty O'Toole 1.00
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.08
4 Ed Reulbach 1.13
5 Jimmy Lavender 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 5
2 Fred Blanding 4
2 Joe Lake 4
4 Pete Alexander 3
4 10 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 25
2 Joe Benz 24
3 Rube Marquard 22
4 Pete Alexander 21
4 Jack Coombs 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Paul Musser 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Fred Blanding 1
2 Ad Brennan 1
2 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .505
2 Bill Sweeney .443
3 Chief Meyers .418
4 Dode Paskert .412
5 Larry Doyle .411

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 6
2 Home Run Baker 5
2 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Duffy Lewis 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 31
2 Nap Lajoie 28
3 Sam Crawford 27
3 Duffy Lewis 27
5 Chick Gandil 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 18
2 Red Smith 10
2 Fred Snodgrass 10
2 Amos Strunk 10
2 Rollie Zeider 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nap Rucker 1.04
2 Walter Johnson 1.10
3 Boardwalk Brown 1.61
4 Jimmy Lavender 1.64
5 2 tied 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 9
2 Eddie Plank 7
2 Nap Rucker 7
4 Howie Camnitz 6
4 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 50
2 Walter Johnson 46
3 Pete Alexander 45
4 Lefty Tyler 42
5 Rube Benton 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 2
1 Paul Musser 2
1 Slim Sallee 2
4 Pete Alexander 1
4 18 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 17
2 Larry Doyle 16
3 Heinie Zimmerman 15
4 Fred Luderus 12
4 Fred Merkle 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 125
2 Home Run Baker 114
3 Ping Bodie 106
3 Chief Wilson 106
5 Ty Cobb 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 78
2 Clyde Milan 74
3 Ty Cobb 70
4 Josh Devore 56
5 Fred Snodgrass 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.96
2 Jim Scott 2.08
3 Buck O'Brien 2.30
4 Joe Benz 2.41
5 Rube Marquard 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 37
2 Walter Johnson 32
3 Jack Coombs 27
3 Ed Walsh 27
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 280
2 Rube Marquard 264
3 Ed Walsh 235
4 Smoky Joe Wood 231
5 Pete Alexander 210

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 7
2 Christy Mathewson 6
2 Ed Walsh 6
4 Mordecai Brown 5
4 3 others tied 5