On This Day

Monday, May 15, 1916

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Indians	19	9	.679	--
Senators	16	9	.640	1.5
Yankees	13	12	.520	4.5
Red Sox	13	13	.500	5.0
Tigers	13	14	.481	5.5
White Sox	12	16	.429	7.0
Athletics	10	15	.400	7.5
Browns	8	16	.333	9.0

Games

Indians 6, Yankees 4

Athletics 5, Browns 4

Senators 6, Tigers 5

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Robins	13	6	.684	--
Braves	12	8	.600	1.5
Phillies	12	10	.545	2.5
Cardinals	13	13	.500	3.5
Cubs	13	13	.500	3.5
Reds	12	15	.444	5.0
Pirates	11	16	.407	6.0
Giants	8	13	.381	6.0

Games

Giants 3, Cubs 2

Phillies 7, Reds 4

Pirates 8, Braves 7

Robins 4, Cardinals 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Home Run Baker	3
1	Max Carey	3
1	Gavvy Cravath	3
1	Hank Gowdy	3
1	Bill McKechnie	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Home Run Baker	1
1	Jack Graney	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Dode Paskert	4
2	Max Carey	3
2	Mike Mowrey	3
4	Johnny Evers	2
4	8 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bobby Veach	2
2	Home Run Baker	1
2	Max Carey	1
2	Ty Cobb	1
2	14 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Sherry Smith	0.67
2	Eddie Plank	0.64
3	Bullet Joe Bush	0.60
4	Pol Perritt	0.38
5	2 tied	0.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bullet Joe Bush	1
1	Larry Cheney	1
1	Bob Harmon	1
1	Walter Johnson	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Plank	7
2	Bullet Joe Bush	6
3	Walter Johnson	5
4	Guy Morton	4
4	2 others tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jim Bagby	1
1	Al Demaree	1
1	Al Mamaux	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Heinie Zimmerman	.362
2	Jake Daubert	.359
3	Hal Chase	.352
4	Les Nunamaker	.338
5	George Burns	.337

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Cy Williams	5
2	Jack Fournier	3
2	Jack Graney	3
2	Heinie Zimmerman	3
5	7 tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Heinie Zimmerman	25
2	Cy Williams	19
3	Wally Pipp	17
4	Jack Fournier	16
4	Chick Gandil	16

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	16
2	Bruno Betzel	10
3	Ed Barney	8
3	Clyde Milan	8
3	George Sisler	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	George Mogridge	0.00
2	Wheezer Dell	0.30
3	Dutch Leonard	0.71
4	Ed Klepfer	0.73
5	Erv Kantlehner	0.86

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Walter Johnson	7
2	Guy Morton	6
3	Pete Alexander	5
3	Bullet Joe Bush	5
5	11 tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	49
2	Harry Harper	41
3	Guy Morton	35
4	Babe Ruth	34
5	George McConnell	32

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jim Bagby	2
1	Reb Russell	2
3	Pete Alexander	1
3	Chief Bender	1
3	25 others tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Tris Speaker	.415
2	Hank Gowdy	.372
3	Larry Doyle	.370
4	Heinie Zimmerman	.358
5	Dave Robertson	.357

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Cy Williams	3
1	Heinie Zimmerman	3
3	Home Run Baker	2
3	Jack Fournier	2
3	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Heinie Zimmerman	13
2	Home Run Baker	11
3	George Cutshaw	10
3	Art Fletcher	10
3	4 others tied	10

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	10
2	Armando Marsans	6
3	George Burns	5
3	Ty Cobb	5
3	5 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	George Mogridge	0.00
1	Bert Gallia	0.00
3	Wheezer Dell	0.35
4	Erv Kantlehner	0.40
5	Jim Bagby	0.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bullet Joe Bush	4
1	Guy Morton	4
3	Stan Coveleski	3
3	Walter Johnson	3
3	3 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Harry Harper	24
2	Red Ames	21
3	Walter Johnson	20
4	Al Mamaux	18
5	2 tied	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Jim Bagby	1
1	Rube Benton	1
1	Bernie Boland	1
1	12 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Eddie Collins	.327
2	Larry Doyle	.321
3	Ed Konetchy	.320
4	Bill Hinchman	.312
5	Jake Daubert	.309

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	19
2	Hal Chase	16
3	Cy Williams	15
4	Benny Kauff	11
4	Frank Schulte	11

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	104
2	Bobby Veach	102
3	Sam Crawford	99
4	Gavvy Cravath	91
5	Hal Chase	89

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	88
2	Benny Kauff	51
3	Max Carey	48
4	Clyde Milan	47
5	Burt Shotton	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Alexander	1.28
2	Smoky Joe Wood	1.53
3	Erv Kantlehner	1.69
4	Fred Toney	1.71
5	Walter Johnson	1.77

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Walter Johnson	31
2	Pete Alexander	29
3	Jim Scott	25
4	Dick Rudolph	24
5	2 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dave Davenport	227
2	Walter Johnson	220
3	Pete Alexander	213
4	Tom Hughes	166
4	George McConnell	166

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	10
2	Hugh Bedient	8
3	Carl Mays	7
4	Cy Barger	6
4	Rube Benton	6