On This Day

Friday, May 11, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 14 5 .737 --
Yankees 12 7 .632 2.0
White Sox 14 12 .538 3.5
Indians 13 12 .520 4.0
Browns 12 12 .500 4.5
Tigers 8 13 .381 7.0
Athletics 7 12 .368 7.0
Senators 7 14 .333 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 12 5 .706 --
Cubs 17 9 .654 -0.5
Cardinals 12 9 .571 2.0
Phillies 10 8 .556 2.5
Braves 8 9 .471 4.0
Reds 11 15 .423 5.5
Pirates 8 16 .333 7.5
Robins 5 12 .294 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Walter Holke 3
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 Lew McCarty 3
1 Zack Wheat 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Jim Thorpe 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 3
1 Braggo Roth 3
1 Heinie Zimmerman 3
4 Gavvy Cravath 2
4 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Ainsmith 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Larry Gardner 1
1 Rogers Hornsby 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Babe Ruth 0.86
2 Ray Caldwell 0.83
2 Ferdie Schupp 0.83
4 Bullet Joe Bush 0.44
5 Walter Johnson 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Guy Morton 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Babe Ruth 6
2 Ray Caldwell 5
2 Ferdie Schupp 5
4 Red Ames 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .379
2 Stuffy McInnis .378
3 George Burns .365
4 Gavvy Cravath .355
5 Heinie Zimmerman .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Dave Robertson 2
5 29 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Guisto 18
2 Gavvy Cravath 17
2 Larry Doyle 17
4 Heinie Zimmerman 16
5 Harry Heilmann 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rollie Zeider 9
2 Doug Baird 7
2 George Sisler 7
4 Max Carey 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.60
2 Joe Oeschger 0.77
3 Allan Sothoron 0.81
4 Ferdie Schupp 0.88
5 Willie Mitchell 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Fred Toney 5
2 Hippo Vaughn 5
4 Pete Alexander 4
4 3 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 49
2 Fred Toney 35
3 Walter Johnson 31
4 Dutch Leonard 29
5 Pete Alexander 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
4 Jim Bagby 1
4 12 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .457
2 Ray Chapman .357
3 Greasy Neale .342
4 Jimmy Johnston .333
5 Bill Wambsganss .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 2
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Ping Bodie 1
2 Larry Doyle 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 9
1 Lou Guisto 9
3 Happy Felsch 8
3 Harry Heilmann 8
3 Les Mann 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 6
2 Rollie Zeider 5
3 Hal Chase 4
3 Ty Cobb 4
3 Harry Wolter 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Reb Russell 0.00
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Leon Cadore 0.00
5 Joe Oeschger 0.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 3
2 Vic Aldridge 2
2 Pete Alexander 2
2 Bullet Joe Bush 2
2 14 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 23
2 Walter Johnson 18
3 Ray Caldwell 14
3 Fred Toney 14
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .336
2 Hal Chase .320
3 Zack Wheat .316
4 Jake Daubert .301
5 Eddie Collins .301

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
2 Dave Robertson 14
3 Wally Pipp 13
4 Home Run Baker 9
4 3 others tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 93
2 Gavvy Cravath 84
2 Bill Hinchman 84
4 Wally Pipp 83
5 Zack Wheat 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 72
2 Max Carey 59
3 Armando Marsans 43
4 Burt Shotton 40
5 Bob Bescher 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.99
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.44
3 Babe Ruth 1.62
4 Pete Alexander 1.69
5 Slim Sallee 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Babe Ruth 26
3 Jeff Pfeffer 23
3 Eppa Rixey 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 222
2 Pete Alexander 177
3 Elmer Myers 176
4 Hippo Vaughn 170
5 Fred Toney 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 9
2 Bob Shawkey 8
3 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Allen Russell 6
5 4 tied 5