On This Day

Wednesday, May 20, 1914

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 20 10 .667 --
Senators 16 11 .593 2.5
Athletics 14 10 .583 3.0
Browns 14 14 .500 5.0
Red Sox 12 13 .480 5.5
Yankees 12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox 13 18 .419 7.5
Naps 8 20 .286 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 17 8 .680 --
Giants 14 8 .636 1.5
Reds 16 13 .552 3.0
Robins 12 11 .522 4.0
Cardinals 15 16 .484 5.0
Phillies 11 12 .478 5.0
Cubs 13 16 .448 6.0
Braves 4 18 .182 11.5

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Terrapins 16 7 .696 --
Chi-Feds 15 12 .556 3.0
Terriers 15 13 .536 3.5
Tip-Tops 11 10 .524 4.0
Hoosiers 13 12 .520 4.0
Buffeds 10 13 .435 6.0
Packers 12 17 .414 7.0
Rebels 9 17 .346 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cad Coles 3
1 Tom Downey 3
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Eddie Foster 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Duke Kenworthy 1
1 Tommy Leach 1
1 Les Nunamaker 1
1 Rube Oldring 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cad Coles 4
2 Hal Chase 3
2 Tommy Leach 3
2 Cy Rheam 3
2 Guy Zinn 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 2
1 Hans Lobert 2
1 Fritz Maisel 2
1 Eddie Murphy 2
1 2 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ray Caldwell 1.40
2 Tom Seaton 1.00
3 Russ Ford 0.70
4 Ed Willett 0.56
5 Cy Barger 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Allen 1
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ray Caldwell 7
1 Russ Ford 7
1 Tom Seaton 7
4 Snipe Conley 5
4 Ed Willett 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jeff Pfeffer 1
1 Zip Zabel 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hugh Bradley .388
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .364
3 Art Wilson .354
4 Jack Dalton .351
5 George Gibson .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Art Wilson 7
2 Ed Lennox 6
2 Jimmy Walsh 6
4 Duke Kenworthy 5
4 Sherry Magee 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Lennox 30
2 Art Wilson 24
3 Duke Kenworthy 23
4 Hugh Bradley 22
5 2 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 13
2 Benny Kauff 12
2 Armando Marsans 12
4 Lena Blackburne 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.31
2 Ray Fisher 0.53
3 Ray Caldwell 0.84
4 Jeff Tesreau 0.88
5 Babe Adams 0.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 6
1 Hooks Dauss 6
1 Claude Hendrix 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 61
2 Dutch Leonard 50
3 Cy Falkenberg 43
3 Bob Groom 43
5 Walter Johnson 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 3
1 George McQuillan 3
1 Jeff Pfeffer 3
4 Rube Benton 2
4 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hugh Bradley .426
2 Steve Evans .417
3 Ed Lennox .404
4 Al Boucher .378
5 2 tied .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Duke Kenworthy 4
2 Charlie Hanford 3
2 Ed Lennox 3
4 Jake Daubert 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Lennox 15
2 Duke Kenworthy 14
3 Hugh Bradley 12
4 Jack Lewis 11
5 Howie Shanks 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 12
2 Benny Kauff 8
3 George Burns 6
3 Shano Collins 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.00
4 Hooks Dauss 0.29
5 Red Ames 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 3
1 Rube Benton 3
1 Ray Caldwell 3
1 Rube Foster 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jim Shaw 27
2 Claude Hendrix 23
2 Dutch Leonard 23
4 Red Ames 19
4 Ray Keating 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Dauss 2
1 Jeff Pfeffer 2
3 Cy Barger 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .353
2 Sam Crawford .329
3 George Burns .300
4 Jim Viox .298
5 Honus Wagner .295

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 18
2 Gavvy Cravath 17
3 Vic Saier 15
4 Home Run Baker 12
5 Sherry Magee 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 106
2 Sam Crawford 104
3 Home Run Baker 91
4 Vic Saier 90
5 Heinie Zimmerman 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 65
2 Max Carey 62
3 Ty Cobb 53
4 Hap Myers 52
5 Danny Moeller 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.48
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.68
3 Babe Adams 1.84
4 Ray Caldwell 1.89
5 Reb Russell 1.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 33
2 Tom Seaton 26
3 Christy Mathewson 24
4 Pete Alexander 23
5 Rube Marquard 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 237
2 Bob Groom 175
3 Pete Alexander 170
4 Dutch Leonard 167
5 Cy Falkenberg 164

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 12
2 Larry Cheney 11
3 Doc Crandall 6
3 Tom Hughes 6
5 Mordecai Brown 5