On This Day

Sunday, April 15, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 3 1 .750 --
Indians 3 1 .750 0.0
Senators 2 1 .667 0.5
Red Sox 2 1 .667 0.5
Athletics 1 2 .333 1.5
Yankees 1 2 .333 1.5
Tigers 1 3 .250 2.0
Browns 1 3 .250 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Phillies 2 0 1.000 0.0
Reds 3 2 .600 0.5
Cardinals 3 2 .600 0.5
Cubs 3 2 .600 0.5
Pirates 1 4 .200 2.5
Braves 0 2 .000 2.0
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
2 Doug Baird 2
2 Bruno Betzel 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Heinie Groh 2
1 Nemo Leibold 2
1 Greasy Neale 2
1 Fred Smith 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Wambsganss 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Happy Felsch 1
2 Del Pratt 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Stan Coveleski 0.86
2 Fred Toney 0.83
3 Vic Aldridge 0.67
4 Bill Doak 0.38
5 Harry Coveleski 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Jim Scott 1
1 Fred Toney 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Stan Coveleski 6
2 Fred Toney 5
3 Bill Doak 3
4 Vic Aldridge 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tillie Walker .500
2 Tris Speaker .467
3 Ray Bates .462
4 Dode Paskert .444
5 Happy Felsch .429

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 Rowdy Elliott 5
2 Dick Hoblitzell 5
2 Tillie Walker 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Hoblitzell 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Chick Gandil 2
2 Heinie Groh 2
2 2 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 0.00
1 Bob Steele 0.00
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
1 Phil Douglas 0.00
1 8 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 2
1 Jim Scott 2
1 Fred Toney 2
4 Pete Alexander 1
4 21 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 11
2 Dutch Ruether 9
2 Fred Toney 9
4 Stan Coveleski 8
4 Frank Miller 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1
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 Hal Chase .339
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .338
3 Jake Daubert .318
4 Bill Hinchman .314
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
1 Bobby Veach 91
3 Hal Chase 87
4 Bill Hinchman 82
5 Harry Heilmann 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 71
2 Max Carey 64
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 Al Mamaux 166
4 Babe Ruth 166

Saves

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