On This Day

Thursday, April 20, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 6 2 .750 --
Yankees 3 2 .600 1.5
Senators 4 3 .571 1.5
Browns 4 3 .571 1.5
White Sox 5 4 .556 1.5
Tigers 4 4 .500 2.0
Indians 2 4 .333 3.0
Athletics 0 6 .000 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 5 1 .833 --
Reds 5 3 .625 1.0
Braves 3 2 .600 1.5
Cardinals 4 3 .571 1.5
Cubs 3 4 .429 2.5
Pirates 3 5 .375 3.0
Robins 1 3 .250 3.0
Giants 1 4 .200 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 William Fischer 4
2 Johnny Beall 3
2 George Burns 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 13 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Beall 1
1 Happy Felsch 1
1 Eddie Foster 1
1 Fred Luderus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Beall 3
1 Eddie Foster 3
1 Danny Moeller 3
1 Wally Pipp 3
5 11 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 2
1 Clyde Milan 2
3 Ed Barney 1
3 Max Carey 1
3 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Babe Ruth 0.62
2 Harry Coveleski 0.57
3 Walter Johnson 0.36
4 Pete Schneider 0.33
5 Mellie Wolfgang 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Bernie Boland 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 George McQuillan 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Cooper 5
1 Walter Johnson 5
1 Babe Ruth 5
4 Harry Coveleski 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Sallee 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .500
2 Tris Speaker .474
3 Joe Gedeon .421
4 Benny Kauff .412
5 Bert Niehoff .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 2
2 Johnny Beall 1
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Eddie Foster 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Schalk 7
2 Ty Cobb 6
2 Jack Fournier 6
2 Larry Gardner 6
2 2 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 6
2 Hal Chase 5
3 Ed Barney 3
3 Bruno Betzel 3
3 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Fisher 0.00
1 Ed Klepfer 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Cap Crowell 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 3
2 Pete Alexander 2
2 Eddie Cicotte 2
2 Red Faber 2
2 2 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Babe Ruth 17
2 Walter Johnson 16
3 George McConnell 13
4 Pete Schneider 12
5 3 tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Rube Foster 1
1 Dan Griner 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .336
2 Ed Konetchy .315
3 Larry Doyle .314
4 Fred Luderus .310
5 Bill Hinchman .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 23
2 Hal Chase 17
3 Cy Williams 13
3 Dutch Zwilling 13
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 109
1 Bobby Veach 109
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Gavvy Cravath 96
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 93
2 Benny Kauff 52
3 Fritz Maisel 47
4 Eddie Collins 45
5 2 tied 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.24
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.49
3 Fred Toney 1.63
4 Ernie Shore 1.63
5 Walter Johnson 1.78

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 238
2 Dave Davenport 225
3 Walter Johnson 211
4 Red Faber 173
4 Jeff Tesreau 173

Saves

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