On This Day

Saturday, September 14, 1912

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Red Sox	96	38	.716	--
Athletics	81	56	.591	16.5
Senators	81	57	.587	17.0
White Sox	66	69	.489	30.5
Tigers	64	74	.464	34.0
Naps	62	75	.453	35.5
Highlanders	48	87	.356	48.5
Browns	46	88	.343	50.0

Games

White Sox 4, Highlanders 1

Naps 4, Athletics 2

Naps 9, Athletics 3

Tigers 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	95	40	.704	--
Cubs	83	51	.619	11.5
Pirates	82	53	.607	13.0
Reds	68	68	.500	27.5
Phillies	63	70	.474	31.0
Cardinals	57	80	.416	39.0
Dodgers	50	85	.370	45.0
Braves	42	93	.311	53.0

Games

Braves 11, Cardinals 2

Cardinals 3, Braves 2

Pirates 6, Dodgers 2

Giants 5, Cubs 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	John Titus	4
1	Terry Turner	4
3	Buster Brown	3
3	Max Carey	3
3	12 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ben Houser	1
1	Chief Wilson	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ben Houser	3
1	Shoeless Joe Jackson	3
1	Ed Konetchy	3
1	Bill Sweeney	3
1	Jimmy Walsh	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	2
1	George Jackson	2
1	Ed McDonald	2
1	Joe Tinker	2
1	Terry Turner	2

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Wilbur Cooper	0.53
2	Walt Dickson	0.50
3	Buster Brown	0.45
4	Jeff Tesreau	0.38
5	Bill Steen	0.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jim Baskette	1
1	Buster Brown	1
1	Wilbur Cooper	1
1	Tex Covington	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Wilbur Cooper	8
2	Buster Brown	5
2	Walt Dickson	5
2	Phil Redding	5
5	Bill Steen	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Rube Geyer	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.417
2	Tris Speaker	.391
3	Heinie Zimmerman	.378
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.378
5	Chief Meyers	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Zimmerman	14
2	Frank Schulte	12
3	Gavvy Cravath	11
4	Larry Doyle	10
4	Fred Merkle	10

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	121
2	Sam Crawford	106
3	Duffy Lewis	98
4	Stuffy McInnis	97
5	Heinie Zimmerman	95

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	76
2	Bob Bescher	59
3	Ty Cobb	56
4	Eddie Collins	54
5	Tris Speaker	48

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.52
2	Smoky Joe Wood	1.85
3	Christy Mathewson	2.10
4	Jeff Tesreau	2.11
5	Ed Walsh	2.27

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Smoky Joe Wood	31
2	Walter Johnson	29
3	Rube Marquard	26
4	Eddie Plank	24
5	2 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	281
2	Smoky Joe Wood	227
3	Ed Walsh	223
4	Pete Alexander	177
5	Vean Gregg	168

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	8
2	Slim Sallee	6
3	Christy Mathewson	5
4	Nap Rucker	4
5	6 tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Nap Lajoie	.490
2	Ty Cobb	.481
3	Bob Bescher	.474
4	Home Run Baker	.418
5	Doc Miller	.412

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Chief Wilson	4
2	Beals Becker	2
2	Ben Houser	2
2	Sherry Magee	2
2	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	18
2	Chief Wilson	17
3	Sam Crawford	13
4	Fred Merkle	11
4	3 others tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	14
2	Bob Bescher	10
2	Eddie Collins	10
4	Baldy Louden	7
5	3 tied	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Elmer Knetzer	0.00
2	Smoky Joe Wood	0.35
3	Jeff Tesreau	0.40
4	Ray Collins	0.50
5	Earl Yingling	0.56

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	5
1	Jeff Tesreau	5
3	Otto Hess	4
3	George Suggs	4
5	7 tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	26
2	Eddie Cicotte	22
2	Lefty Tyler	22
2	Smoky Joe Wood	22
5	2 tied	21

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Hub Perdue	2
2	Mack Allison	1
2	Chief Bender	1
2	Rube Benton	1
2	9 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Johnny Evers	.447
2	Nap Lajoie	.435
3	Ty Cobb	.423
4	Chief Wilson	.376
5	Heinie Zimmerman	.373

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Sherry Magee	5
2	Chief Wilson	4
3	Fred Merkle	3
4	Beals Becker	2
4	9 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	28
2	Chief Wilson	27
3	Sam Crawford	24
4	Fred Merkle	23
5	2 tied	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	17
2	Ty Cobb	16
3	Eddie Collins	15
4	Bert Daniels	11
5	2 tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Smoky Joe Wood	0.79
2	Red Ames	0.95
3	George McConnell	1.17
4	Ray Collins	1.24
5	Hank Robinson	1.24

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Suggs	8
1	Jeff Tesreau	8
3	Larry Cheney	7
3	Bob Groom	7
5	Smoky Joe Wood	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	54
2	Ed Walsh	47
3	Smoky Joe Wood	45
4	Rube Benton	37
5	2 tied	35

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Hub Perdue	2
1	Slim Sallee	2
1	Jack Warhop	2
4	Mack Allison	1
4	17 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.418
2	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.386
3	Tris Speaker	.384
4	Heinie Zimmerman	.363
5	Eddie Collins	.354

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Zimmerman	15
2	Frank Schulte	13
3	Larry Doyle	12
4	Home Run Baker	11
4	Gavvy Cravath	11

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	136
2	Sam Crawford	118
3	Duffy Lewis	109
4	Heinie Zimmerman	103
5	Stuffy McInnis	99

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	85
2	Bob Bescher	78
3	Ty Cobb	65
4	Eddie Collins	60
5	Tris Speaker	51

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.62
2	Smoky Joe Wood	1.76
3	Christy Mathewson	2.07
4	Jeff Tesreau	2.11
5	Buck O'Brien	2.20

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Smoky Joe Wood	34
2	Walter Johnson	32
3	Rube Marquard	30
4	Jack Coombs	25
4	4 others tied	25

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	304
2	Smoky Joe Wood	258
3	Ed Walsh	256
4	Pete Alexander	199
5	Claude Hendrix	189

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	10
2	Christy Mathewson	7
3	Slim Sallee	6
4	Nap Rucker	4
5	7 tied	3