On This Day

Saturday, May 6, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 13 7 .650 --
Senators 11 7 .611 1.0
Yankees 10 8 .556 2.0
Red Sox 10 10 .500 3.0
Tigers 9 10 .474 3.5
White Sox 10 12 .455 4.0
Browns 7 10 .412 4.5
Athletics 6 12 .333 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 9 4 .692 --
Braves 9 5 .643 0.5
Cubs 10 7 .588 1.0
Reds 11 9 .550 1.5
Phillies 8 7 .533 2.0
Cardinals 9 10 .474 3.0
Pirates 7 11 .389 4.5
Giants 2 12 .143 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Zip Collins 3
1 Clyde Milan 3
1 Zack Wheat 3
1 Possum Whitted 3
5 25 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Cutshaw 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Baldy Louden 3
2 Art Fletcher 2
2 Benny Kauff 2
2 Tom Long 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bert Niehoff 2
2 Ed Burns 1
2 Max Carey 1
2 Joe Judge 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Harper 0.60
2 Babe Adams 0.50
3 Al Schulz 0.44
4 Bill Doak 0.40
5 Erskine Mayer 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Cliff Markle 1
1 Guy Morton 1
1 Jeff Pfeffer 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Erskine Mayer 5
1 Pol Perritt 5
3 Babe Adams 4
3 Bill Doak 4
3 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Cullop 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .370
2 Bill Hinchman .357
3 George Burns .350
4 Heinie Groh .338
5 4 tied .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 2
1 Jack Graney 2
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Vic Saier 2
1 Cy Williams 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 13
1 Ray Schalk 13
1 Heinie Zimmerman 13
4 Hal Chase 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 10
2 Ed Barney 8
3 Bruno Betzel 7
4 Hal Chase 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.26
2 Lefty Williams 0.63
3 Ed Klepfer 0.73
4 Erv Kantlehner 1.13
5 Jeff Pfeffer 1.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 5
2 Pete Alexander 4
2 Bullet Joe Bush 4
2 Red Faber 4
2 3 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Babe Ruth 30
3 Dave Davenport 27
3 Guy Morton 27
5 2 tied 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Reb Russell 2
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Nick Cullop 1
2 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .329
2 Bill Hinchman .317
3 Larry Doyle .314
4 Ed Konetchy .314
5 Max Flack .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 22
2 Hal Chase 16
3 Cy Williams 13
4 Benny Kauff 11
4 3 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 106
2 Ty Cobb 102
3 Sam Crawford 100
4 Gavvy Cravath 94
5 Hal Chase 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 88
2 Benny Kauff 49
3 Max Carey 45
4 Eddie Collins 44
4 2 others tied 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.25
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.49
3 Ernie Shore 1.69
4 Fred Toney 1.72
5 Walter Johnson 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 30
2 Walter Johnson 29
3 Jim Scott 25
4 Dick Rudolph 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dave Davenport 223
2 Pete Alexander 222
3 Walter Johnson 218
4 Tom Hughes 170
5 Red Faber 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 10
2 Hugh Bedient 9
3 Carl Mays 7
4 Cy Barger 6
5 3 tied 5