On This Day

Monday, April 17, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 4 0 1.000 --
White Sox 4 2 .667 1.0
Browns 3 2 .600 1.5
Yankees 1 1 .500 2.0
Indians 2 3 .400 2.5
Senators 1 2 .333 2.5
Tigers 2 4 .333 3.0
Athletics 0 3 .000 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 2 0 1.000 --
Phillies 2 1 .667 0.5
Reds 4 2 .667 0.0
Pirates 3 3 .500 1.0
Cardinals 3 3 .500 1.0
Giants 1 2 .333 1.5
Cubs 2 4 .333 2.0
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tris Speaker 4
2 Larry Gardner 3
2 Harry Heilmann 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 3
5 22 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vic Saier 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 3
2 Jack Barry 2
2 Larry Gardner 2
2 Harry Heilmann 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Barney 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Bill Hinchman 1
2 Harry Hooper 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hippo Vaughn 0.80
2 Babe Ruth 0.60
3 Dave Davenport 0.45
4 George Cunningham 0.44
5 Erv Kantlehner 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 George Cunningham 1
1 Erv Kantlehner 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 Hippo Vaughn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 8
2 Stan Coveleski 6
2 Babe Ruth 6
4 Dave Davenport 5
4 Erv Kantlehner 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fritz Mollwitz .500
1 Tris Speaker .500
3 Ray Schalk .450
4 Tommy Clarke .438
5 Larry Gardner .400

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Schalk 6
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Shano Collins 5
2 Doc Johnston 5
2 Heinie Zimmerman 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruno Betzel 3
2 Ed Barney 2
2 Jack Barry 2
2 Max Carey 2
2 9 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
1 Babe Adams 0.00
1 Harry Coveleski 0.00
1 Ray Fisher 0.00
1 7 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 2
1 Babe Ruth 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 28 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George McConnell 13
2 Babe Ruth 12
3 Walter Johnson 11
4 Dave Davenport 10
5 Bullet Joe Bush 9

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 .333
2 Larry Doyle .317
3 Jack Fournier .312
4 Fred Luderus .312
5 Ed Konetchy .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 23
2 Hal Chase 16
3 Cy Williams 13
3 Dutch Zwilling 13
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 112
1 Bobby Veach 112
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Gavvy Cravath 96
5 2 tied 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 93
2 Benny Kauff 52
3 Fritz Maisel 47
4 Eddie Collins 46
5 Burt Shotton 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.27
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.49
3 Fred Toney 1.59
4 Ernie Shore 1.61
5 Walter Johnson 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 30
2 Walter Johnson 27
3 George McConnell 24
3 Jim Scott 24
5 5 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 236
2 Dave Davenport 233
3 Walter Johnson 211
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