On This Day

Friday, April 21, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 4 2 .667 --
Red Sox 6 3 .667 -0.5
Browns 5 3 .625 0.0
Tigers 5 4 .556 0.5
Senators 4 4 .500 1.0
White Sox 5 5 .500 1.0
Indians 2 5 .286 2.5
Athletics 1 6 .143 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 6 1 .857 --
Reds 5 3 .625 1.5
Braves 3 3 .500 2.5
Cardinals 4 4 .500 2.5
Pirates 4 5 .444 3.0
Cubs 3 4 .429 3.0
Robins 2 3 .400 3.0
Giants 1 5 .167 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Paddy Baumann 3
1 Bill Hinchman 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
1 George Sisler 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 1
1 Del Pratt 1
1 Henri Rondeau 1
1 Jim Viox 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Viox 5
2 Henri Rondeau 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
3 Jack Fournier 2
3 Honus Wagner 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tris Speaker 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Paddy Baumann 1
2 Bruno Betzel 1
2 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Harmon 4.00
2 Ray Caldwell 0.83
3 Hooks Dauss 0.78
4 Art Nehf 0.75
5 Fred Anderson 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 Al Demaree 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Harmon 8
2 Hooks Dauss 7
3 Fred Anderson 6
4 Ray Caldwell 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .450
2 George Burns .423
3 Joe Gedeon .409
4 Bill Hinchman .393
5 Bert Niehoff .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 2
2 Johnny Beall 1
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Eddie Foster 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 8
1 Jim Viox 8
3 Fred Luderus 7
3 Ray Schalk 7
5 6 tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 6
2 Hal Chase 5
3 Bruno Betzel 4
4 Home Run Baker 3
4 7 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Fisher 0.00
1 Ed Klepfer 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Jeff Pfeffer 0.00
1 Cap Crowell 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 3
2 Pete Alexander 2
2 Eddie Cicotte 2
2 Al Demaree 2
2 4 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Babe Ruth 17
2 Walter Johnson 16
3 Hooks Dauss 15
4 George McConnell 13
5 2 tied 12

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 .335
2 Ed Konetchy .315
3 Larry Doyle .313
4 Bill Hinchman .313
5 Fred Luderus .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 Bobby Veach 110
2 Sam Crawford 108
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Gavvy Cravath 96
5 Hal Chase 92

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 93
2 Benny Kauff 51
3 Fritz Maisel 47
4 Eddie Collins 45
5 Clyde Milan 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 Jeff Tesreau 173
5 Red Faber 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