On This Day

Thursday, May 8, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 3 .833 --
Naps 15 6 .714 1.5
Senators 12 5 .706 2.5
White Sox 14 10 .583 4.0
Browns 9 14 .391 8.5
Red Sox 7 13 .350 9.0
Tigers 7 15 .318 10.0
Yankees 3 16 .158 12.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 10 6 .625 --
Cubs 14 9 .609 -0.5
Superbas 12 8 .600 0.0
Cardinals 13 9 .591 0.0
Giants 10 9 .526 1.5
Pirates 10 12 .455 3.0
Braves 7 12 .368 4.5
Reds 5 16 .238 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shano Collins 3
1 Miller Huggins 3
1 Harry Lord 3
1 Dode Paskert 3
5 22 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dode Paskert 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shano Collins 4
2 Clyde Milan 3
3 Johnny Bates 2
3 Joe Birmingham 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hap Myers 3
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Tillie Shafer 2
4 Jimmy Austin 1
4 19 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vean Gregg 1.80
2 Jeff Tesreau 0.88
3 Walt Dickson 0.83
4 Chief Bender 0.82
5 Earl Hamilton 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Walt Dickson 1
1 Vean Gregg 1
1 Marc Hall 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 9
1 Vean Gregg 9
3 Jeff Tesreau 7
4 Earl Hamilton 6
5 Walt Dickson 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ray Schalk .397
2 Otto Knabe .343
3 Fred Merkle .333
3 Joe Tinker .333
5 Rebel Oakes .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Bates 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
4 Gavvy Cravath 2
4 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 23
2 Jack Graney 17
3 Nap Lajoie 16
4 Babe Borton 15
4 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 16
2 Donie Bush 11
2 Danny Moeller 11
4 Ray Chapman 10
4 Eddie Collins 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.20
2 Ray Keating 0.79
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.80
4 Eddie Stack 0.86
5 Nap Rucker 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
3 Cy Falkenberg 5
3 Vean Gregg 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Vean Gregg 35
2 Tom Seaton 35
4 Eddie Plank 33
5 Larry Cheney 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 2
1 Nap Rucker 2
3 Frank Allen 1
3 George Baumgardner 1
3 15 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Merkle .370
2 Shano Collins .347
2 Dick Egan .347
4 Bobby Byrne .333
4 4 others tied .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
4 Rafael Almeida 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 12
2 Babe Borton 9
2 Sherry Magee 9
2 Joe Tinker 9
5 6 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 10
2 Donie Bush 7
2 Ray Chapman 7
4 Eddie Collins 6
4 Hap Myers 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
2 Ray Keating 0.44
3 Ad Brennan 0.54
4 Bill James 0.56
5 Joe Engel 0.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Ragan 4
1 Reb Russell 4
3 Hugh Bedient 3
3 Chief Bender 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buck O'Brien 25
1 Eddie Plank 25
3 Vean Gregg 24
4 Chief Bender 21
5 Hugh Bedient 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nap Rucker 2
2 Frank Allen 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .415
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .409
3 Tris Speaker .380
4 Nap Lajoie .369
5 Eddie Collins .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 13
1 Frank Schulte 13
1 Heinie Zimmerman 13
4 Home Run Baker 11
4 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 134
2 Duffy Lewis 127
3 Sam Crawford 113
4 Heinie Zimmerman 105
5 2 tied 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 97
2 Eddie Collins 70
3 Bob Bescher 67
4 Ty Cobb 57
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.45
2 Nap Rucker 1.72
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.91
4 Christy Mathewson 2.04
5 Jeff Tesreau 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 34
2 Smoky Joe Wood 31
3 Larry Cheney 29
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Claude Hendrix 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 302
2 Smoky Joe Wood 245
3 Ed Walsh 225
4 Vean Gregg 205
5 Pete Alexander 190

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Slim Sallee 7
3 Christy Mathewson 5
3 Nap Rucker 5
5 11 tied 3