On This Day

Friday, August 21, 1914

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 73 36 .670 --
Red Sox 62 47 .569 11.0
Senators 59 51 .536 14.5
Tigers 56 56 .500 18.5
Browns 53 56 .486 20.0
White Sox 55 59 .482 20.5
Yankees 50 62 .446 24.5
Naps 38 79 .325 39.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 59 46 .562 --
Braves 58 47 .552 1.0
Cardinals 60 53 .531 3.0
Cubs 58 52 .527 3.5
Pirates 49 57 .462 10.5
Phillies 49 58 .458 11.0
Robins 49 58 .458 11.0
Reds 49 60 .450 12.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Hoosiers 61 49 .555 --
Chi-Feds 62 50 .554 0.0
Terrapins 58 50 .537 2.0
Tip-Tops 54 51 .514 4.5
Buffeds 55 53 .509 5.0
Packers 52 61 .460 10.5
Terriers 50 63 .442 12.5
Rebels 46 61 .430 13.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Al Scheer 5
2 Frank LaPorte 4
2 Al Shaw 4
4 Chet Chadbourne 3
4 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Wilson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 3
1 Hack Simmons 3
3 Vern Duncan 2
3 Wilbur Good 2
3 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cozy Dolan 2
1 Heinie Groh 2
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Bill Sweeney 2
5 17 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Al Schulz 1.00
2 Nick Cullop 0.80
3 Mordecai Brown 0.57
3 Christy Mathewson 0.57
5 Jack Quinn 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Nick Cullop 1
1 George Kaiserling 1
1 Earl Moseley 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Al Schulz 7
3 Mike Prendergast 5
3 Jack Quinn 5
3 Hippo Vaughn 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jack Dalton .332
2 Rebel Oakes .319
3 Jake Daubert .316
4 George Burns .312
5 Zack Wheat .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Duke Kenworthy 14
1 Vic Saier 14
3 Dutch Zwilling 12
4 Charlie Hanford 11
4 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 87
2 Home Run Baker 80
3 Duke Kenworthy 78
4 Stuffy McInnis 72
5 Benny Kauff 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 54
2 Fritz Maisel 46
3 George Burns 43
4 Hap Myers 42
5 Buck Herzog 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.95
2 Carl Weilman 1.53
3 Russ Ford 1.64
4 Joe Benz 1.64
5 Claude Hendrix 1.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 21
1 Walter Johnson 21
3 Tom Seaton 20
4 Christy Mathewson 19
5 4 tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Leonard 169
2 Earl Moseley 163
3 Walter Johnson 161
4 Cy Falkenberg 154
5 Pete Alexander 144

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Russ Ford 6
4 Dave Davenport 5
4 2 others tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jack Dalton .419
2 Jake Daubert .400
2 Zack Wheat .400
4 Vern Duncan .388
5 Max Carey .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dutch Zwilling 3
2 Charlie Hanford 2
2 Chief Wilson 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 36 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 14
1 Chief Wilson 14
3 Charlie Hanford 13
4 Rebel Oakes 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 8
1 Fritz Maisel 8
3 Cozy Dolan 7
4 Charlie Carr 6
4 Baldy Louden 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.00
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
3 Lefty Tyler 0.28
4 Bullet Joe Bush 0.47
5 Rankin Johnson 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Cullop 4
1 George Kaiserling 4
1 Al Schulz 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Bailey 28
2 Pete Alexander 23
3 Cy Falkenberg 22
4 Willie Mitchell 20
5 6 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Benz 2
1 Art Fromme 2
3 Dan Adams 1
3 Bullet Joe Bush 1
3 18 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .371
2 Rebel Oakes .364
3 Vin Campbell .355
4 Casey Stengel .354
5 Zack Wheat .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 5
1 Dutch Zwilling 5
3 Charlie Hanford 4
4 Vic Saier 3
5 15 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 24
1 Charlie Hanford 24
1 Benny Kauff 24
4 Home Run Baker 23
4 2 others tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 15
2 Chet Chadbourne 12
2 Benny Kauff 12
4 George Anderson 10
4 3 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rankin Johnson 0.50
2 Lefty Tyler 0.56
3 Chief Bender 0.87
4 Russ Ford 0.96
5 Dan Griner 1.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill James 7
2 Nick Cullop 6
2 Claude Hendrix 6
2 Elmer Knetzer 6
2 Dick Rudolph 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dave Davenport 48
1 Earl Moseley 48
3 Pete Alexander 42
4 Doc Ayers 41
4 Cy Falkenberg 41

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dan Adams 3
2 Red Ames 2
2 Doc Ayers 2
2 Joe Benz 2
2 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .318
2 Zack Wheat .303
3 George Burns .299
4 Heinie Zimmerman .292
5 Jim Viox .278

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vic Saier 19
2 Sherry Magee 16
3 Fred Luderus 15
4 Duke Kenworthy 14
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 101
2 Sherry Magee 97
3 Sam Crawford 94
4 Stuffy McInnis 89
5 Frank LaPorte 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 67
2 Hap Myers 59
3 Eddie Collins 57
4 Benny Kauff 54
5 Cozy Dolan 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.32
2 Walter Johnson 1.53
3 Claude Hendrix 1.73
4 Eddie Cicotte 1.73
5 Bill James 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 29
2 Tom Seaton 28
3 Claude Hendrix 26
4 Ray Caldwell 25
5 Dutch Leonard 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 236
2 Dutch Leonard 217
3 Earl Moseley 202
4 Cy Falkenberg 193
5 Pete Alexander 192

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 8
2 Larry Cheney 7
2 Russ Ford 7
4 Chief Bender 5
4 5 others tied 5