On This Day

Sunday, April 16, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 3 0 1.000 --
Browns 3 1 .750 0.5
White Sox 3 2 .600 1.0
Senators 1 1 .500 1.5
Yankees 1 1 .500 1.5
Indians 2 2 .500 1.5
Tigers 1 4 .200 3.0
Athletics 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 2 0 1.000 --
Reds 4 1 .800 -0.5
Phillies 2 1 .667 0.5
Cardinals 3 2 .600 0.5
Pirates 2 3 .400 1.5
Giants 1 2 .333 1.5
Cubs 1 4 .200 2.5
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bobby Veach 4
2 Tris Speaker 3
3 Hal Chase 2
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Pratt 3
2 Tommy Clarke 2
2 Chick Gandil 2
2 Buck Weaver 2
5 15 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 2
2 Zinn Beck 1
2 Ray Chapman 1
2 Tommy Clarke 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George McConnell 1.33
2 Hooks Dauss 0.78
3 Lee Meadows 0.60
4 Carl Weilman 0.50
5 Fred Toney 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Fred Toney 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George McConnell 8
2 Hooks Dauss 7
3 Carl Weilman 4
4 Lee Meadows 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fritz Mollwitz .500
2 Larry Doyle .444
3 Ray Schalk .438
4 George Burns .417
4 2 others tied .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Merkle 1
1 Clyde Milan 1
1 George Sisler 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 5
1 Shano Collins 5
1 Doc Johnston 5
1 Ray Schalk 5
5 5 tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruno Betzel 3
2 Jack Barry 2
2 Max Carey 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
1 Babe Adams 0.00
1 Harry Coveleski 0.00
1 Bill Doak 0.00
1 9 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 25 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George McConnell 13
2 Walter Johnson 10
3 Bullet Joe Bush 9
4 Hooks Dauss 8
4 Bob Groom 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Foster 1
1 Dan Griner 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 Reb Russell 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .334
2 Larry Doyle .316
3 Fred Luderus .314
4 Ed Konetchy .310
5 Jake Daubert .305

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 24
2 Hal Chase 17
3 Cy Williams 13
3 Dutch Zwilling 13
5 Frank Schulte 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 113
1 Bobby Veach 113
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Gavvy Cravath 99
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 93
2 Benny Kauff 55
3 Fritz Maisel 51
4 Eddie Collins 46
5 Burt Shotton 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.27
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.49
3 Walter Johnson 1.59
4 Fred Toney 1.59
5 Ernie Shore 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 31
2 Walter Johnson 27
3 George McConnell 24
3 Jim Scott 24
5 5 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 241
2 Dave Davenport 228
3 Walter Johnson 210
4 Red Faber 176
5 Jeff Tesreau 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 9
1 Tom Hughes 9
3 Rube Benton 8
4 Carl Mays 7
5 Cy Barger 6