On This Day

Friday, April 27, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 9 5 .643 --
Red Sox 7 4 .636 0.5
Yankees 6 4 .600 1.0
Indians 8 6 .571 1.0
Athletics 5 7 .417 3.0
Browns 5 7 .417 3.0
Senators 4 7 .364 3.5
Tigers 4 8 .333 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 3 .727 --
Cardinals 9 5 .643 0.5
Cubs 8 7 .533 2.0
Reds 9 8 .529 2.0
Braves 4 4 .500 2.5
Phillies 4 6 .400 3.5
Robins 3 6 .333 4.0
Pirates 5 11 .313 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Doug Baird 3
1 Possum Whitted 3
3 Eddie Collins 2
3 Jack Graney 2
3 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Walter Holke 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doug Baird 3
1 Greasy Neale 3
3 Harry Heilmann 2
3 Possum Whitted 2
5 7 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
2 Ray Chapman 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.73
2 Hooks Dauss 0.60
2 Carl Weilman 0.60
4 Lefty Williams 0.56
5 Ed Klepfer 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 Ed Klepfer 1
1 Jimmy Lavender 1
1 Fred Toney 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jeff Tesreau 8
2 Elmer Jacobs 5
2 Lefty Williams 5
4 Hooks Dauss 3
4 Carl Weilman 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 George Burns .426
3 Stuffy McInnis .417
3 Tris Speaker .417
5 Eddie Foster .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Ping Bodie 1
3 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 12
2 Joe Judge 10
2 Dave Robertson 10
2 Amos Strunk 10
5 11 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 6
2 Bruno Betzel 4
2 Max Carey 4
2 Ty Cobb 4
2 5 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 0.38
2 Allan Sothoron 0.44
3 Bill Doak 0.47
4 Bullet Joe Bush 0.69
4 Fritz Coumbe 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Fred Toney 4
3 Bill Doak 3
3 Pete Schneider 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 26
2 Fred Toney 23
3 Phil Douglas 20
3 Jeff Tesreau 20
5 Dutch Leonard 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
2 Stan Coveleski 1
2 Molly Craft 1
2 George Cunningham 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .341
2 Hal Chase .328
3 Zack Wheat .321
4 Jake Daubert .315
5 Dave Robertson .307

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 14
2 Wally Pipp 13
2 Dave Robertson 13
4 Cy Williams 11
5 Home Run Baker 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 91
2 Wally Pipp 87
3 Hal Chase 86
4 Bill Hinchman 85
5 Zack Wheat 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 72
2 Max Carey 63
3 Armando Marsans 45
4 Bob Bescher 39
4 Benny Kauff 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 1.02
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.54
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Walter Johnson 1.71
5 Rube Marquard 1.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Jeff Pfeffer 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Babe Ruth 23
4 Bob Shawkey 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 219
2 Elmer Myers 181
3 Pete Alexander 175
4 Al Mamaux 170
5 Babe Ruth 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 9
2 Bob Shawkey 8
3 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Allen Russell 6
5 3 tied 5