On This Day

Wednesday, May 2, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 9 4 .692 --
White Sox 11 6 .647 0.0
Yankees 8 6 .571 1.5
Browns 8 8 .500 2.5
Indians 8 10 .444 3.5
Athletics 6 8 .429 3.5
Tigers 6 9 .400 4.0
Senators 5 10 .333 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 4 .667 --
Cardinals 10 7 .588 0.5
Cubs 10 8 .556 1.0
Phillies 7 6 .538 1.5
Reds 10 10 .500 2.0
Braves 5 6 .455 2.5
Pirates 7 12 .368 4.5
Robins 3 7 .300 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shano Collins 4
2 George Sisler 3
2 Milt Stock 3
2 Joe Wilhoit 3
5 17 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bunny Fabrique 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shano Collins 2
1 Rogers Hornsby 2
1 Swede Risberg 2
4 Eddie Collins 1
4 16 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carson Bigbee 1
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Shano Collins 1
1 Walton Cruise 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hippo Vaughn 2.50
2 Fred Toney 1.50
3 Burleigh Grimes 0.88
4 Joe Oeschger 0.57
5 Ferdie Schupp 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 Joe Oeschger 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 10
2 Ferdie Schupp 8
3 Larry Cheney 7
3 Burleigh Grimes 7
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 Tris Speaker .426
3 George Burns .411
3 Stuffy McInnis .411
5 George Sisler .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 26 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Guisto 15
2 Gavvy Cravath 13
3 Larry Doyle 12
3 Amos Strunk 12
5 3 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 Ferdie Schupp 0.84
5 Dutch Ruether 0.98

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 36
2 Fred Toney 26
3 Pete Alexander 21
3 Stan Coveleski 21
3 2 others tied 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 .335
2 Hal Chase .322
3 Zack Wheat .316
4 Jake Daubert .306
5 Happy Felsch .304

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 86
3 Bill Hinchman 84
4 Hal Chase 83
5 Zack Wheat 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Max Carey 63
3 Armando Marsans 47
4 Bob Bescher 40
4 2 others tied 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.99
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.54
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Rube Marquard 1.75
5 Babe Ruth 1.79

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 221
2 Elmer Myers 176
3 Pete Alexander 175
4 Hippo Vaughn 168
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