On This Day

Monday, April 30, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 9 4 .692 --
White Sox 10 6 .625 0.5
Yankees 7 5 .583 1.5
Browns 8 7 .533 2.0
Indians 8 9 .471 3.0
Athletics 6 8 .429 3.5
Tigers 5 9 .357 4.5
Senators 4 9 .308 5.0

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 5 .500 2.0
Phillies 6 6 .500 2.0
Reds 9 10 .474 2.5
Pirates 7 11 .389 4.0
Robins 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Hooper 3
1 Socks Seibold 3
1 George Sisler 3
1 Whitey Witt 3
5 10 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Barry 2
1 Lou Guisto 2
1 Hugh High 2
1 Babe Ruth 2
1 Amos Strunk 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 2
2 Ray Chapman 1
2 Duke Kenworthy 1
2 Armando Marsans 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pete Alexander 0.62
2 Stan Coveleski 0.43
3 Dave Davenport 0.40
4 Babe Ruth 0.17
5 Dick Rudolph 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 Urban Shocker 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 5
2 Dave Davenport 4
3 Stan Coveleski 3
4 Babe Ruth 2
5 5 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allan Sothoron 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 Tris Speaker .426
3 George Burns .412
4 Stuffy McInnis .411
5 Walton Cruise .370

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 Lou Guisto 14
2 Gavvy Cravath 13
3 Amos Strunk 12
4 Sam Rice 11
4 George Sisler 11

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 0.56
4 Hal Carlson 0.81
5 5 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Fred Toney 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Bill Doak 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 26
2 Fred Toney 23
3 Pete Alexander 21
3 Stan Coveleski 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
3 Stan Coveleski 1
3 Molly Craft 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .336
2 Hal Chase .325
3 Zack Wheat .318
4 Jake Daubert .310
5 Happy Felsch .305

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 92
2 Wally Pipp 86
3 Hal Chase 85
4 Bill Hinchman 84
5 Zack Wheat 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Max Carey 64
3 Armando Marsans 47
4 Bob Bescher 40
5 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 1.02
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.54
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Rube Marquard 1.75
5 Walter Johnson 1.87

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 216
2 Elmer Myers 176
3 Pete Alexander 175
4 Babe Ruth 167
5 Al Mamaux 166

Saves

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