On This Day

Tuesday, April 20, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 2 .714 --
Red Sox 3 2 .600 1.0
Indians 4 3 .571 1.0
Senators 3 3 .500 1.5
Yankees 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 3 4 .429 2.0
Athletics 2 3 .400 2.0
White Sox 2 5 .286 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 5 0 1.000 --
Reds 5 2 .714 1.0
Braves 4 2 .667 1.5
Cubs 4 3 .571 2.0
Pirates 3 4 .429 3.0
Giants 2 4 .333 3.5
Cardinals 2 5 .286 4.0
Robins 1 6 .143 5.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Tip-Tops 6 2 .750 --
Whales 5 3 .625 1.0
Packers 5 4 .556 1.5
Pepper 5 4 .556 1.5
Rebels 4 5 .444 2.5
Terriers 3 5 .375 3.0
Blues 3 5 .375 3.0
Terrapins 3 6 .333 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Bancroft 3
1 Hal Chase 3
1 Delos Drake 3
1 Jack Graney 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 1
1 Fred Beck 1
1 Ted Easterly 1
1 William Fischer 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 William Fischer 3
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Doc Crandall 2
2 15 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 3
2 Eddie Ainsmith 1
2 Walter Barbare 1
2 Jack Barry 1
2 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Guy Morton 1.33
2 Bob Shawkey 0.56
3 Bob Groom 0.55
4 Hooks Dauss 0.50
5 Dolf Luque 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 Rube Foster 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 8
2 Bob Groom 6
3 Bob Shawkey 5
4 Hooks Dauss 4
4 Al Mamaux 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George McQuillan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lee Magee .565
2 Bob Fisher .500
2 Amos Strunk .500
4 Tex Wisterzil .476
5 Hans Lobert .458

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 William Fischer 3
2 Fred Beck 2
2 Ted Easterly 2
2 Doc Johnston 2
2 Rube Oldring 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 10
1 Benny Kauff 10
1 Milt Reed 10
4 Bobby Veach 9
4 Tex Wisterzil 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 7
2 Shano Collins 5
2 Steve Evans 5
2 Fritz Maisel 5
2 Jack Tobin 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McConnell 0.00
1 Al Demaree 0.00
1 Jean Dubuc 0.00
1 Rube Marquard 0.00
5 Walter Johnson 0.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 3
2 Pete Alexander 2
2 Frank Allen 2
2 Rube Benton 2
2 15 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 17
2 Red Faber 16
2 Bob Groom 16
2 Grover Lowdermilk 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gene Dale 2
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Happy Finneran 1
2 Elmer Knetzer 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .332
2 Ed Lennox .318
3 Zack Wheat .313
4 Jack Dalton .311
5 Casey Stengel .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 20
2 Vic Saier 18
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
4 Duke Kenworthy 15
5 2 tied 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 111
2 Gavvy Cravath 106
3 Benny Kauff 102
4 Sam Crawford 99
5 Steve Evans 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 80
2 Fritz Maisel 77
3 George Burns 62
4 Eddie Collins 61
5 3 tied 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.04
2 Claude Hendrix 1.58
3 Walter Johnson 1.72
4 Russ Ford 1.83
5 Bill Doak 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 30
2 Pete Alexander 28
2 Walter Johnson 28
4 Dick Rudolph 27
4 Jeff Tesreau 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 230
2 Walter Johnson 222
3 Pete Alexander 221
4 Earl Moseley 208
5 Jeff Tesreau 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Dave Davenport 6
1 Slim Sallee 6
4 Larry Cheney 5
4 4 others tied 5