On This Day

Tuesday, May 1, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 9 4 .692 --
White Sox 10 6 .625 0.5
Yankees 7 6 .538 2.0
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 5 9 .357 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 4 .667 --
Cubs 10 7 .588 0.5
Cardinals 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 Joe Judge 3
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 Les Mann 2
2 Ray Morgan 2
2 Harry Wolter 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Deal 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Les Mann 2
1 Ray Morgan 2
1 Harry Wolter 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Les Mann 1
1 Fred Merkle 1
1 Ray Morgan 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Shawkey 0.55
2 Phil Douglas 0.50
3 Harry Harper 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Harper 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 6
2 Harry Harper 4
3 Dutch Ruether 3
4 Lou North 2
5 Phil Douglas 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

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 .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Guisto 14
2 Gavvy Cravath 13
3 Larry Doyle 12
3 Amos Strunk 12
5 2 tied 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 Bullet Joe Bush 0.51
2 Allan Sothoron 0.56
3 Hal Carlson 0.81
4 Dutch Ruether 0.98
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
3 Phil Douglas 21

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 .324
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 91
2 Wally Pipp 87
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