On This Day

Saturday, April 28, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 8 4 .667 --
White Sox 10 5 .667 -0.5
Yankees 6 5 .545 1.5
Indians 8 7 .533 1.5
Athletics 6 7 .462 2.5
Browns 6 7 .462 2.5
Senators 4 8 .333 4.0
Tigers 4 9 .308 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 4 .667 --
Cardinals 9 5 .643 0.0
Braves 5 4 .556 1.5
Cubs 8 7 .533 1.5
Reds 9 9 .500 2.0
Phillies 5 6 .455 2.5
Pirates 6 11 .353 4.5
Robins 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 4
1 Armando Marsans 4
3 Sam Agnew 3
3 Ray Chapman 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 2
1 Armando Marsans 2
1 Everett Scott 2
1 Hank Severeid 2
5 19 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Happy Felsch 1
1 William Fischer 1
1 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Anderson 0.57
2 Lefty Tyler 0.44
3 Jim Scott 0.43
3 Ernie Shore 0.43
5 Eppa Rixey 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Burleigh Grimes 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Anderson 4
1 Deacon Jones 4
1 Jeff Pfeffer 4
1 Lefty Tyler 4
5 6 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 Stuffy McInnis .423
3 George Burns .412
4 Tris Speaker .400
5 Eddie Foster .375

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 Lou Guisto 10
2 Harry Heilmann 10
2 Dick Hoblitzell 10
2 4 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 7
2 Max Carey 5
2 Frank Schulte 5
4 Bruno Betzel 4
4 6 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 0.38
2 Bill Doak 0.47
3 Bullet Joe Bush 0.51
4 Allan Sothoron 0.61
5 Fritz Coumbe 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Fred Toney 4
3 Bill Doak 3
3 Red Faber 3
3 3 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 .335
2 Hal Chase .326
3 Zack Wheat .320
4 Jake Daubert .313
5 Dave Robertson .305

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 64
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Bob Bescher 39
4 2 others tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 1.02
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.54
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Rube Marquard 1.79
5 Walter Johnson 1.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Jeff Pfeffer 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Eppa Rixey 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 222
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