On This Day

Sunday, May 7, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 14 7 .667 --
Senators 11 7 .611 1.5
Yankees 10 8 .556 2.5
Tigers 10 10 .500 3.5
Red Sox 10 10 .500 3.5
White Sox 10 13 .435 5.0
Browns 7 11 .389 5.5
Athletics 6 12 .333 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 9 4 .692 --
Braves 9 5 .643 0.5
Cubs 10 8 .556 1.5
Phillies 8 7 .533 2.0
Reds 11 10 .524 2.0
Cardinals 10 10 .500 2.5
Pirates 8 11 .421 4.0
Giants 2 12 .143 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Happy Felsch 3
1 Fred McMullin 3
1 Burt Shotton 3
4 George Burns 2
4 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Max Carey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Burns 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
3 Max Carey 1
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 6 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Bruno Betzel 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Max Flack 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 0.83
2 Fritz Coumbe 0.78
3 Fred Toney 0.50
4 Harry Coveleski 0.33
5 2 tied 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Harry Coveleski 1
1 Erv Kantlehner 1
1 Willie Mitchell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fritz Coumbe 7
2 Red Ames 5
3 Harry Coveleski 4
4 Willie Mitchell 3
4 Fred Toney 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .370
2 Bill Hinchman .357
3 George Burns .350
4 Les Nunamaker .333
5 Heinie Zimmerman .329

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 4 tied 11

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.26
2 Red Ames 0.36
3 Ed Klepfer 0.73
4 Erv Kantlehner 0.88
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 .328
2 Larry Doyle .317
3 Bill Hinchman .316
4 Ed Konetchy .313
5 Jake Daubert .309

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 104
2 Ty Cobb 100
3 Sam Crawford 98
4 Gavvy Cravath 94
5 Hal Chase 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 87
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 1.71
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 166

Saves

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