On This Day

Thursday, April 17, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 2 0 1.000 --
Athletics 3 0 1.000 -0.5
White Sox 5 2 .714 -0.5
Naps 3 3 .500 1.0
Browns 3 4 .429 1.5
Tigers 2 4 .333 2.0
Yankees 1 3 .250 2.0
Red Sox 1 4 .200 2.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Superbas 2 1 .667 --
Pirates 3 2 .600 0.0
Cubs 3 2 .600 0.0
Phillies 1 1 .500 0.5
Braves 1 1 .500 0.5
Cardinals 2 2 .500 0.5
Giants 1 2 .333 1.0
Reds 1 3 .250 1.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Larry Doyle 4
2 Bobby Byrne 3
2 Chick Gandil 3
2 Eddie Murphy 3
2 Ira Thomas 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Johnny Evers 1
1 Frank Schulte 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Johnny Evers 2
1 Eddie Foster 2
1 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Hooper 2
1 Danny Moeller 2
3 Ping Bodie 1
3 Donie Bush 1
3 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Larry Cheney 1.75
2 George McConnell 0.88
3 Jim Scott 0.75
4 Hub Perdue 0.62
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Cheney 7
1 George McConnell 7
3 Bullet Joe Bush 6
4 Bob Groom 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .588
2 Larry Doyle .500
2 Jim Viox .500
4 Burt Shotton .455
5 Nap Lajoie .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Johnny Evers 1
1 Bob Fisher 1
1 Bill Rariden 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Johnston 8
2 Duffy Lewis 6
2 Ray Schalk 6
4 Art Butler 5
4 3 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Moeller 4
2 Bert Daniels 3
2 Frank Schulte 3
2 Tris Speaker 3
2 Heinie Zimmerman 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Plank 0.00
1 Cy Falkenberg 0.00
1 Tom Seaton 0.00
1 Red Ames 0.00
1 7 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 3
2 Babe Adams 2
2 Vean Gregg 2
2 Eddie Plank 2
2 Carl Weilman 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Smoky Joe Wood 16
2 Dan Griner 13
3 Larry Cheney 12
4 Eddie Cicotte 9
4 3 others tied 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Baumgardner 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .417
2 Tris Speaker .395
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .394
4 Nap Lajoie .372
5 Heinie Zimmerman .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 13
3 Gavvy Cravath 11
3 Larry Doyle 11
3 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 130
2 Duffy Lewis 115
3 Sam Crawford 114
4 Stuffy McInnis 107
4 Heinie Zimmerman 107

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 86
2 Bob Bescher 69
3 Eddie Collins 67
4 Ty Cobb 60
5 Tris Speaker 56

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.47
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.96
3 Nap Rucker 2.07
4 Jeff Tesreau 2.09
5 Christy Mathewson 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 33
1 Smoky Joe Wood 33
3 Larry Cheney 28
4 Eddie Plank 27
4 Ed Walsh 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 299
2 Smoky Joe Wood 262
3 Ed Walsh 251
4 Vean Gregg 192
5 Pete Alexander 185

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 11
2 Slim Sallee 6
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Nap Rucker 4
5 9 tied 3