On This Day

Saturday, April 14, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 2 1 .667 --
Senators 2 1 .667 0.0
Red Sox 2 1 .667 0.0
Indians 2 1 .667 0.0
Tigers 1 2 .333 1.0
Athletics 1 2 .333 1.0
Browns 1 2 .333 1.0
Yankees 1 2 .333 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Phillies 2 0 1.000 0.0
Cubs 3 1 .750 0.0
Reds 2 2 .500 1.0
Cardinals 2 2 .500 1.0
Pirates 1 3 .250 2.0
Braves 0 2 .000 2.0
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Bates 4
2 Ping Bodie 3
2 Dode Paskert 3
2 Sam Rice 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ping Bodie 1
1 Tillie Walker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Bates 5
2 Dave Bancroft 3
2 Happy Felsch 3
2 Buck Herzog 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Chick Gandil 1
1 Heinie Groh 1
1 Stuffy McInnis 1
1 Edd Roush 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.67
2 Jeff Tesreau 1.17
3 Frank Miller 0.88
4 Milt Watson 0.57
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bernie Boland 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Jing Johnson 1
1 Frank Miller 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Miller 7
1 Jeff Tesreau 7
3 Bernie Boland 5
3 Eddie Cicotte 5
3 Lefty Tyler 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Cunningham 1
1 Elmer Myers 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gavvy Cravath .714
2 George Burns .625
3 Bunny Fabrique .571
3 Dick Hoblitzell .571
5 2 tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ping Bodie 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Dick Hoblitzell 1
1 Fred Luderus 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Bates 6
2 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Dick Hoblitzell 5
2 Tillie Walker 5
5 2 tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Hoblitzell 3
2 Chick Gandil 2
2 Heinie Groh 2
2 Rollie Zeider 2
5 16 tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
1 Phil Douglas 0.00
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Bob Steele 0.00
1 8 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Bernie Boland 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 20 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 11
2 Dutch Ruether 9
3 Frank Miller 8
4 Jeff Tesreau 7
5 Phil Douglas 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Cunningham 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 Elmer Myers 1
1 Allan Sothoron 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .339
2 Hal Chase .338
3 Jake Daubert .318
4 Bill Hinchman .317
5 Zack Wheat .313

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 91
2 Bobby Veach 90
3 Hal Chase 86
4 Bill Hinchman 82
5 Harry Heilmann 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 70
2 Max Carey 66
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Burt Shotton 41
5 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.57
2 Rube Marquard 1.67
3 Eddie Cicotte 1.70
4 Babe Ruth 1.80
5 Larry Cheney 1.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Walter Johnson 25
2 Jeff Pfeffer 25
4 Bob Shawkey 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 230
2 Elmer Myers 181
3 Pete Alexander 168
4 Babe Ruth 166
5 Al Mamaux 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