On This Day

Sunday, April 29, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 8 4 .667 --
White Sox 10 6 .625 0.0
Yankees 6 5 .545 1.5
Browns 7 7 .500 2.0
Indians 8 8 .500 2.0
Athletics 6 7 .462 2.5
Tigers 5 9 .357 4.0
Senators 4 8 .333 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 4 .667 --
Cardinals 9 6 .600 0.5
Cubs 9 7 .563 1.0
Braves 5 4 .556 1.5
Reds 9 10 .474 2.5
Phillies 5 6 .455 2.5
Pirates 7 11 .389 4.0
Robins 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Chapman 3
1 Walton Cruise 3
1 George Sisler 3
1 Bill Wambsganss 3
5 14 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Bescher 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Chapman 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Lou Guisto 2
1 Dots Miller 2
1 George Sisler 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Joe Evans 1
1 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Faber 1.00
2 Hal Carlson 0.86
3 Willie Mitchell 0.71
4 Bob Groom 0.25
5 Pete Schneider 0.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Carlson 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Ernie Koob 1
1 Willie Mitchell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hal Carlson 6
2 Willie Mitchell 5
3 Red Faber 4
4 Red Ames 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Davenport 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 Stuffy McInnis .423
3 Tris Speaker .415
4 George Burns .412
5 Eddie Foster .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 24 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 12
1 Lou Guisto 12
3 Larry Doyle 10
3 Harry Heilmann 10
3 6 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 7
2 Max Carey 5
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Tom Long 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Doak 0.47
2 Bullet Joe Bush 0.51
3 Allan Sothoron 0.61
4 Fritz Coumbe 0.69
5 Hal Carlson 0.81

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 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .338
2 Hal Chase .325
3 Zack Wheat .321
4 Jake Daubert .312
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 92
2 Wally Pipp 87
3 Hal Chase 85
4 Bill Hinchman 84
5 Zack Wheat 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Max Carey 64
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Bob Bescher 40
5 3 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