On This Day

Wednesday, May 14, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 17 5 .773 --
Naps 17 9 .654 2.0
Senators 15 8 .652 2.5
White Sox 16 12 .571 4.0
Browns 12 17 .414 8.5
Red Sox 10 16 .385 9.0
Tigers 9 19 .321 11.0
Yankees 7 17 .292 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 14 7 .667 --
Superbas 16 9 .640 0.0
Giants 13 11 .542 2.5
Cardinals 14 12 .538 2.5
Cubs 15 13 .536 2.5
Braves 10 13 .435 5.0
Pirates 11 16 .407 6.0
Reds 7 19 .269 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Armando Marsans 3
1 George McBride 3
1 Del Pratt 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 1
1 Chief Wilson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tillie Shafer 4
1 Heinie Zimmerman 4
3 Larry Doyle 3
3 Tommy Leach 3
5 8 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Danny Moeller 2
4 Red Corriden 1
4 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 2.33
2 Ed Willett 1.67
3 Ray Fisher 0.75
4 Claude Hendrix 0.64
5 Rube Marquard 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 7
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Rube Marquard 7
4 Ray Fisher 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1
1 Joe Boehling 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .350
2 Fred Merkle .340
3 Otto Knabe .337
4 Zack Wheat .330
5 Bob Fisher .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 5
2 Johnny Bates 3
2 Gavvy Cravath 3
2 Casey Stengel 3
5 8 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 25
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 22
2 Dots Miller 22
4 Jack Graney 19
4 Heinie Zimmerman 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 18
2 Donie Bush 14
2 Danny Moeller 14
4 Hap Myers 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.30
2 Ray Keating 0.79
3 Cliff Curtis 0.84
4 Ad Brennan 0.90
5 Cy Falkenberg 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 8
2 Larry Cheney 7
3 Cy Falkenberg 6
3 Pat Ragan 6
5 4 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 47
2 Tom Seaton 41
3 Eddie Plank 40
4 Larry Cheney 39
4 2 others tied 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 2
1 Nap Rucker 2
3 Frank Allen 1
3 Red Ames 1
3 19 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .490
2 Harry Lord .409
3 Honus Wagner .394
4 Bill Sweeney .373
5 Zack Wheat .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 4
2 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 Buck Herzog 2
3 Tommy Leach 2
3 Casey Stengel 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 12
2 Dots Miller 11
3 Duffy Lewis 10
3 Sherry Magee 10
5 5 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 9
1 Hap Myers 9
3 Donie Bush 7
3 Ray Chapman 7
3 Larry Doyle 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Tyler 0.00
2 Walter Johnson 0.28
3 Ray Keating 0.44
4 Ad Brennan 0.48
5 Joe Benz 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 5
2 Pete Alexander 4
2 Pat Ragan 4
4 George Baumgardner 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 28
1 Lefty Tyler 28
3 Vean Gregg 24
4 Claude Hendrix 22
4 2 others tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Allen 1
1 Red Ames 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Joe Boehling 1
1 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .422
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .414
3 Tris Speaker .374
4 Nap Lajoie .365
5 Eddie Collins .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 14
2 Frank Schulte 13
3 Fred Luderus 12
3 Chief Wilson 12
3 Heinie Zimmerman 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 134
2 Duffy Lewis 126
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 113
4 Sam Crawford 107
5 Stuffy McInnis 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 93
2 Eddie Collins 68
3 Bob Bescher 65
4 Ty Cobb 56
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.32
2 Nap Rucker 1.70
3 Christy Mathewson 1.96
4 Jeff Tesreau 1.99
5 Smoky Joe Wood 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 35
2 Larry Cheney 30
2 Smoky Joe Wood 30
4 Eddie Plank 27
5 Claude Hendrix 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 297
2 Smoky Joe Wood 235
3 Ed Walsh 221
4 Vean Gregg 202
5 Pete Alexander 189

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 8
2 Slim Sallee 7
3 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Nap Rucker 4
5 10 tied 3