On This Day

Sunday, August 11, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 73 34 .682 --
Senators 66 42 .611 7.5
Athletics 63 43 .594 9.5
Tigers 54 55 .495 20.0
White Sox 52 53 .495 20.0
Naps 50 56 .472 22.5
Browns 35 71 .330 37.5
Highlanders 32 71 .311 39.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 73 28 .723 --
Cubs 66 36 .647 7.5
Pirates 59 40 .596 13.0
Phillies 50 48 .510 21.5
Reds 47 57 .452 27.5
Cardinals 46 59 .438 29.0
Dodgers 38 66 .365 36.5
Braves 28 73 .277 45.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Amos Strunk 5
2 Eddie Collins 4
2 Rube Oldring 4
4 Ping Bodie 3
4 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ping Bodie 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Amos Strunk 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Amos Strunk 6
2 Wally Mattick 3
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Art Griggs 2
3 Stuffy McInnis 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 4
2 Clyde Milan 3
3 Jimmy Austin 1
3 Eddie Foster 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 0.78
2 Earl Hamilton 0.67
3 Fred Blanding 0.50
4 Chief Bender 0.42
5 2 tied 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 Walter Johnson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 7
2 Earl Hamilton 6
3 Chief Bender 5
3 Jack Coombs 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Coombs 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .416
2 Tris Speaker .398
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .391
4 Heinie Zimmerman .378
5 Chief Meyers .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 13
2 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Larry Doyle 9
3 Frank Schulte 9
5 5 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 92
2 Sam Crawford 80
3 Duffy Lewis 78
3 Stuffy McInnis 78
5 Larry Doyle 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 66
2 Bob Bescher 42
3 Ty Cobb 40
4 Eddie Collins 39
5 Tris Speaker 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.33
2 Christy Mathewson 2.10
3 Smoky Joe Wood 2.16
4 Rube Marquard 2.20
5 Nap Rucker 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 25
2 Smoky Joe Wood 24
3 Rube Marquard 23
4 Jack Coombs 19
4 Eddie Plank 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 227
2 Smoky Joe Wood 173
3 Ed Walsh 170
4 Pete Alexander 149
5 Claude Hendrix 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 7
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Nap Rucker 4
2 Slim Sallee 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .609
2 Bill Sweeney .479
3 Amos Strunk .468
4 Del Pratt .444
5 John Titus .438

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 Frank Schulte 3
3 Jimmy Archer 2
3 Beals Becker 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Amos Strunk 16
2 Larry Gardner 14
3 Ty Cobb 13
4 Jimmy Archer 12
4 3 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 12
2 Clyde Milan 11
3 Donie Bush 7
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 7
3 Gus Williams 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nap Rucker 0.69
2 Walter Johnson 0.72
3 Jeff Tesreau 0.93
4 Red Ames 0.96
5 Mack Allison 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 5
2 Jean Dubuc 4
2 Jimmy Lavender 4
2 Smoky Joe Wood 4
5 5 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 31
2 Ed Walsh 30
3 Smoky Joe Wood 27
4 Pete Alexander 23
5 3 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Joe Engel 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .458
2 John Hummel .420
3 Stuffy McInnis .404
4 Eddie Collins .400
5 Tris Speaker .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 6
2 Fred Luderus 4
3 Beals Becker 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 32
2 Stuffy McInnis 31
3 Frank Schulte 27
4 Ty Cobb 23
4 2 others tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 21
2 Hal Chase 18
3 Bob Bescher 15
4 Tris Speaker 13
5 Ty Cobb 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hugh Bedient 0.98
2 Jeff Tesreau 1.06
3 Bob Harmon 1.37
4 Walter Johnson 1.45
5 Buck O'Brien 1.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 9
2 Jean Dubuc 7
2 Smoky Joe Wood 7
4 Pete Alexander 6
4 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 70
2 Ed Walsh 53
2 Smoky Joe Wood 53
4 Claude Hendrix 52
5 Pete Alexander 50

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 3
2 Ed Reulbach 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Jim Baskette 1
3 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .401
2 Tris Speaker .380
3 Bill Sweeney .364
4 Eddie Collins .356
5 Home Run Baker .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 16
2 Heinie Zimmerman 15
3 Larry Doyle 14
4 Fred Merkle 11
5 2 tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 124
2 Sam Crawford 114
3 Duffy Lewis 96
4 Stuffy McInnis 92
5 Fred Merkle 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 85
2 Bob Bescher 76
3 Ty Cobb 68
4 Eddie Collins 52
5 Fred Snodgrass 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.55
2 Buck O'Brien 2.07
3 Christy Mathewson 2.18
4 Nap Rucker 2.33
5 Smoky Joe Wood 2.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 35
2 Rube Marquard 34
3 Smoky Joe Wood 28
4 Jack Coombs 27
4 Eddie Plank 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 298
2 Ed Walsh 246
3 Smoky Joe Wood 235
4 Rube Marquard 232
5 Pete Alexander 212

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 10
2 Christy Mathewson 7
3 Nap Rucker 6
4 Doc Crandall 5
4 Bobby Keefe 5