On This Day

Tuesday, July 23, 1912

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Red Sox	63	27	.700	--
Senators	55	35	.611	8.0
Athletics	52	38	.578	11.0
White Sox	46	41	.529	15.5
Tigers	44	47	.484	19.5
Naps	43	48	.473	20.5
Highlanders	26	57	.313	33.5
Browns	25	61	.291	36.0

Games

Red Sox 6, Naps 3

Tigers 12, Senators 7

Athletics 5, Browns 4

White Sox 6, Highlanders 4

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	64	21	.753	--
Cubs	52	33	.612	12.0
Pirates	49	34	.590	14.0
Phillies	41	40	.506	21.0
Reds	44	44	.500	21.5
Cardinals	38	52	.422	28.5
Dodgers	32	55	.368	33.0
Braves	23	64	.264	42.0

Games

Dodgers 6, Cubs 0

Giants 11, Reds 1

Phillies 10, Cardinals 8

Pirates 1, Braves 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Hans Lobert	5
2	Ping Bodie	3
2	Eddie Collins	3
2	Arnold Hauser	3
2	3 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Russ Ford	1
1	Del Pratt	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Hans Lobert	5
2	Art Fletcher	4
2	Ray Morgan	4
2	Oscar Stanage	4
5	2 tied	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	2
1	Buck Herzog	2
1	Fred Merkle	2
1	Red Murray	2
5	11 tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Claude Hendrix	1.12
2	Smoky Joe Wood	0.70
3	Hippo Vaughn	0.50
4	Frank Allen	0.33
5	Otto Hess	0.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Frank Allen	1
1	Joe Benz	1
1	Jack Coombs	1
1	Claude Hendrix	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Claude Hendrix	9
2	Smoky Joe Wood	7
3	Bob Groom	4
3	Charlie Smith	4
3	Hippo Vaughn	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Ed Walsh	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.416
2	Tris Speaker	.393
3	Heinie Zimmerman	.391
4	Larry Doyle	.380
5	Chief Meyers	.378

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Zimmerman	12
2	Gavvy Cravath	8
2	Larry Doyle	8
4	Home Run Baker	7
5	4 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	79
2	Sam Crawford	68
3	Duffy Lewis	67
4	Larry Doyle	63
5	2 tied	61

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	51
2	Eddie Collins	37
3	Ty Cobb	34
3	Tris Speaker	34
5	Bob Bescher	33

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.36
2	Rube Marquard	1.97
3	Smoky Joe Wood	2.12
4	Christy Mathewson	2.16
5	Ed Walsh	2.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Rube Marquard	21
2	Smoky Joe Wood	20
3	Walter Johnson	19
4	Larry Cheney	15
4	4 others tied	15

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	190
2	Smoky Joe Wood	146
3	Ed Walsh	129
4	Pete Alexander	120
5	Rube Marquard	115

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	6
2	Christy Mathewson	4
2	Nap Rucker	4
4	Pete Alexander	3
4	2 others tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.523
2	Frank LaPorte	.458
3	Stuffy McInnis	.453
4	Eddie Collins	.424
5	Johnny Evers	.415

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	2
1	Shoeless Joe Jackson	2
1	Fred Luderus	2
1	Frank Schulte	2
1	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	20
2	Stuffy McInnis	16
3	Frank Schulte	14
4	Gavvy Cravath	13
5	Frank LaPorte	12

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	12
2	Tris Speaker	9
3	Sherry Magee	8
4	Eddie Collins	7
4	Jake Daubert	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Eddie Stack	0.00
2	Bert Humphries	0.35
3	Bob Harmon	0.50
4	Art Fromme	0.67
5	Jeff Tesreau	0.83

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bob Harmon	4
1	Claude Hendrix	4
1	Byron Houck	4
1	Walter Johnson	4
1	Christy Mathewson	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	42
2	Claude Hendrix	27
3	Smoky Joe Wood	26
4	Pete Alexander	21
4	Russ Ford	21

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	3
2	Pete Alexander	1
2	Jim Baskette	1
2	Jean Dubuc	1
2	5 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.504
2	Tris Speaker	.395
3	Stuffy McInnis	.388
4	Bill Sweeney	.384
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.381

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	5
2	Ty Cobb	4
2	Fred Luderus	4
2	Frank Schulte	4
5	3 tied	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Gavvy Cravath	36
2	Home Run Baker	30
3	Stuffy McInnis	28
4	Sam Crawford	25
5	4 tied	23

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	16
2	Clyde Milan	15
2	Tris Speaker	15
4	Ty Cobb	12
5	George Moriarty	11

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Smoky Joe Wood	1.00
2	Lefty Leifield	1.07
3	Mordecai Brown	1.12
4	Art Fromme	1.43
5	Jimmy Lavender	1.44

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Claude Hendrix	8
2	Pete Alexander	7
3	Walter Johnson	6
3	Christy Mathewson	6
3	Smoky Joe Wood	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	72
2	Smoky Joe Wood	49
3	Pete Alexander	45
4	Claude Hendrix	43
5	Russ Ford	37

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	3
2	Christy Mathewson	2
3	Pete Alexander	1
3	Jim Baskette	1
3	16 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Frank Schulte	16
2	Heinie Zimmerman	15
3	Larry Doyle	13
4	Home Run Baker	11
5	Chief Wilson	10

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	125
2	Sam Crawford	115
3	Chief Wilson	98
4	Ping Bodie	93
5	2 tied	89

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	80
2	Clyde Milan	78
3	Ty Cobb	74
4	Josh Devore	56
5	Eddie Collins	52

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jim Scott	1.75
2	Walter Johnson	1.76
3	Buck O'Brien	2.12
4	Eddie Plank	2.42
5	Rube Marquard	2.43

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Rube Marquard	36
2	Walter Johnson	33
3	Ed Walsh	27
4	Jack Coombs	26
4	2 others tied	26

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	295
2	Rube Marquard	246
3	Smoky Joe Wood	236
4	Ed Walsh	229
5	Pete Alexander	204

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	9
2	Christy Mathewson	7
3	Doc Crandall	6
3	Nap Rucker	6
5	2 tied	5