On This Day

Saturday, September 30, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 90 61 .596 --
White Sox 88 64 .579 2.5
Tigers 87 66 .569 4.0
Yankees 77 74 .510 13.0
Browns 78 75 .510 13.0
Senators 76 74 .507 13.5
Indians 76 76 .500 14.5
Athletics 34 116 .227 55.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 91 59 .607 --
Phillies 89 58 .605 0.5
Braves 85 61 .582 4.0
Giants 85 63 .574 5.0
Cubs 66 86 .434 26.0
Pirates 65 88 .425 27.5
Cardinals 60 92 .395 32.0
Reds 59 93 .388 33.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Rice 6
2 Buck Thrasher 5
3 Ty Cobb 4
3 Eddie Collins 4
3 10 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Fred Luderus 1
1 Sherry Magee 1
1 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 5
2 Hal Chase 4
2 Bill Hinchman 4
4 Charlie Deal 3
4 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Edd Roush 4
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Chick Gandil 2
2 Benny Kauff 2
2 3 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Benton 2.50
2 Rube Marquard 2.33
3 Lefty Tyler 0.78
4 Burleigh Grimes 0.71
5 Al Mamaux 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Bernie Boland 1
1 Bert Gallia 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 9 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Mamaux 8
2 Claude Hendrix 7
2 Rube Marquard 7
2 Lefty Tyler 7
5 3 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .342
2 Hal Chase .340
3 Jake Daubert .319
4 Bill Hinchman .315
5 Zack Wheat .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 12
2 Gavvy Cravath 11
2 Wally Pipp 11
2 Dave Robertson 11
5 Home Run Baker 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 89
2 Wally Pipp 86
3 Hal Chase 83
4 Bill Hinchman 81
5 Heinie Zimmerman 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 67
2 Max Carey 63
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Benny Kauff 41
5 Bob Bescher 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.59
2 Rube Marquard 1.67
3 Babe Ruth 1.72
4 Wilbur Cooper 1.82
5 Larry Cheney 1.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 32
2 Walter Johnson 25
3 Jeff Pfeffer 24
4 Babe Ruth 23
4 Bob Shawkey 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 229
2 Elmer Myers 181
3 Babe Ruth 170
4 Pete Alexander 168
5 Larry Cheney 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Shawkey 8
2 Red Ames 7
3 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Allen Russell 6
5 5 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Rice .436
2 Eddie Collins .400
3 Clyde Milan .390
4 Fred Luderus .385
5 Del Pratt .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Benny Kauff 4
2 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 Happy Felsch 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 27 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Benny Kauff 16
2 Happy Felsch 14
3 Bert Niehoff 12
4 Hal Chase 11
4 5 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 9
1 Ty Cobb 9
3 Doug Baird 5
3 Dave Bancroft 5
3 10 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.25
2 Pol Perritt 0.35
3 Rube Benton 0.51
4 Al Demaree 0.75
5 Lefty Tyler 0.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 4
1 Rube Benton 4
1 Al Demaree 4
1 Bert Gallia 4
1 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Tyler 36
2 Lefty Williams 29
3 Rube Marquard 28
4 Larry Cheney 26
4 Al Mamaux 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 Al Gould 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .411
2 Fred Luderus .376
3 Bill Hinchman .357
4 Walter Holke .344
5 Art Fletcher .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Benny Kauff 7
2 Gavvy Cravath 6
3 Wally Schang 4
3 Zack Wheat 4
5 14 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Benny Kauff 26
2 Bobby Veach 24
3 Hal Chase 23
4 Gavvy Cravath 22
4 Bill Hinchman 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 18
2 Max Carey 14
3 Eddie Collins 13
4 Benny Kauff 10
4 Amos Strunk 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.30
2 Pol Perritt 0.78
3 Eddie Cicotte 0.91
4 Babe Ruth 1.07
5 Al Demaree 1.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 7
1 Jeff Tesreau 7
3 Rube Benton 6
3 Al Demaree 6
3 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Cheney 47
2 Elmer Myers 43
3 Babe Ruth 42
3 Lefty Tyler 42
5 3 tied 41

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Cicotte 2
1 Hooks Dauss 2
1 Bob Shawkey 2
4 Pete Alexander 1
4 16 others tied 1