On This Day

Saturday, May 3, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 12 3 .800 --
Naps 13 5 .722 0.5
Senators 10 4 .714 1.5
White Sox 13 8 .619 2.0
Red Sox 7 10 .412 6.0
Browns 8 12 .400 6.5
Tigers 5 14 .263 9.0
Yankees 2 14 .125 10.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 13 6 .684 --
Phillies 8 4 .667 1.5
Superbas 9 7 .563 2.5
Cardinals 10 8 .556 2.5
Giants 8 7 .533 3.0
Pirates 9 9 .500 3.5
Braves 4 11 .267 7.0
Reds 4 13 .235 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Clarke 4
1 Dick Egan 4
1 Ray Schalk 4
4 Sam Agnew 3
4 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Burt Shotton 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Clarke 5
2 Sam Agnew 3
3 Fred Carisch 2
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
3 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 2
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Doc Johnston 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 2 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hugh Bedient 1.00
2 George Chalmers 0.62
3 Nap Rucker 0.44
4 Christy Mathewson 0.43
5 Rube Benton 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 George Chalmers 1
1 Bob Harmon 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hugh Bedient 9
2 George Chalmers 5
3 Bullet Joe Bush 4
3 Vean Gregg 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Vean Gregg 1
1 George Suggs 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ray Schalk .393
2 Chief Wilson .342
3 Casey Stengel .339
4 Heinie Zimmerman .338
5 3 tied .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Bates 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Lee Magee 2
3 Mike Mitchell 2
5 30 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 23
2 Babe Borton 14
2 Jack Graney 14
2 Nap Lajoie 14
2 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 13
2 Eddie Collins 9
2 Danny Moeller 9
4 George Burns 8
4 2 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 0.00
2 Walter Johnson 0.23
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.75
4 Eddie Stack 0.95
5 Ray Keating 0.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 6
2 Walter Johnson 5
3 Cy Falkenberg 4
3 Vean Gregg 4
3 Tom Seaton 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 33
2 Eddie Plank 30
3 Tom Seaton 28
4 Red Ames 27
4 Larry Cheney 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 2
2 Frank Allen 1
2 George Baumgardner 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .421
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .402
3 Tris Speaker .392
4 Nap Lajoie .371
5 Heinie Zimmerman .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 13
3 Gavvy Cravath 12
4 Fred Luderus 11
4 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 135
2 Duffy Lewis 129
3 Sam Crawford 114
4 Heinie Zimmerman 111
5 Stuffy McInnis 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 94
2 Eddie Collins 70
3 Bob Bescher 68
4 Ty Cobb 58
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.45
2 Nap Rucker 1.81
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.94
4 Jeff Tesreau 2.04
5 Christy Mathewson 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 34
2 Smoky Joe Wood 32
3 Larry Cheney 30
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Claude Hendrix 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 310
2 Smoky Joe Wood 246
3 Ed Walsh 225
4 Vean Gregg 196
5 Pete Alexander 188

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Slim Sallee 7
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Nap Rucker 4
4 George Suggs 4