On This Day

Friday, October 4, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 104 47 .689 --
Senators 91 60 .603 13.0
Athletics 90 61 .596 14.0
White Sox 76 76 .500 28.5
Naps 74 77 .490 30.0
Tigers 69 82 .457 35.0
Browns 52 100 .342 52.5
Highlanders 49 102 .325 55.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 102 48 .680 --
Pirates 92 57 .617 9.5
Cubs 89 59 .601 12.0
Reds 74 77 .490 28.5
Phillies 73 78 .483 29.5
Cardinals 63 88 .417 39.5
Dodgers 58 94 .382 45.0
Braves 51 101 .336 52.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Vin Campbell 3
1 George Cutshaw 3
1 Ben Houser 3
1 Clyde Milan 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 Vin Campbell 1
1 Danny Moeller 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ben Houser 5
2 Babe Borton 2
2 Vin Campbell 2
2 Cliff Curtis 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 3
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 George Cutshaw 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 1.00
2 Bob Groom 0.75
3 Ray Collins 0.50
4 Ed Walsh 0.44
5 Byron Houck 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Curtis 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Byron Houck 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Groom 6
2 Ray Collins 5
2 Rube Marquard 5
4 Byron Houck 4
4 Ed Walsh 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .409
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .394
3 Tris Speaker .384
4 Heinie Zimmerman .372
5 Nap Lajoie .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 12
3 Gavvy Cravath 11
3 Fred Merkle 11
3 Chief Wilson 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 135
2 Sam Crawford 116
3 Duffy Lewis 114
4 Stuffy McInnis 107
5 Heinie Zimmerman 103

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 87
2 Bob Bescher 67
3 Eddie Collins 66
4 Ty Cobb 60
5 Tris Speaker 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.46
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.88
3 Jeff Tesreau 1.94
4 Christy Mathewson 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Smoky Joe Wood 34
2 Walter Johnson 33
3 Ed Walsh 27
4 Rube Marquard 26
4 Eddie Plank 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 306
2 Ed Walsh 259
2 Smoky Joe Wood 259
4 Pete Alexander 195
5 Vean Gregg 184

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 10
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 Shoeless Joe Jackson .556
2 Ray Chapman .500
3 Eddie Collins .432
4 Heinie Wagner .423
5 Jay Kirke .420

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 2
1 Vin Campbell 2
1 Ben Houser 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
1 Gus Williams 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ben Houser 15
1 Nap Lajoie 15
3 Jay Kirke 14
3 Mike Mitchell 14
5 Duffy Lewis 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 10
2 Bob Bescher 8
2 Tommy McMillan 8
4 Rollie Zeider 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.00
1 Marty O'Toole 0.00
3 Walter Johnson 0.59
4 Nap Rucker 0.67
5 2 tied 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 Walter Johnson 3
1 Tom Seaton 3
1 Ed Walsh 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 25
2 Smoky Joe Wood 24
3 Eddie Cicotte 22
3 Nap Rucker 22
5 Bob Groom 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 2
2 Sandy Burk 1
2 Larry Cheney 1
2 Charley Hall 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .513
2 Nap Lajoie .457
3 Ty Cobb .408
4 Home Run Baker .398
5 Clyde Milan .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Wilson 6
2 Ben Houser 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Fred Merkle 3
5 7 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 27
2 Home Run Baker 26
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 24
3 Chief Wilson 24
5 3 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 22
2 Ty Cobb 14
2 Tommy McMillan 14
2 Clyde Milan 14
5 Rollie Zeider 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.58
2 Walter Johnson 0.99
3 Eddie Plank 1.10
4 Ed Walsh 1.11
5 Willie Mitchell 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Otto Hess 6
1 Jeff Tesreau 6
3 Bob Groom 5
3 Tom Seaton 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 51
2 Smoky Joe Wood 46
3 Nap Rucker 42
4 Eddie Cicotte 37
4 3 others tied 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charley Hall 2
1 Hub Perdue 2
1 Ed Walsh 2
4 Mack Allison 1
4 15 others tied 1