On This Day

Saturday, May 12, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 15 5 .750 --
Yankees 12 8 .600 3.0
White Sox 15 12 .556 3.5
Browns 13 12 .520 4.5
Indians 13 13 .500 5.0
Tigers 8 14 .364 8.0
Senators 8 14 .364 8.0
Athletics 7 13 .350 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 13 5 .722 --
Cubs 18 9 .667 -0.5
Phillies 11 8 .579 2.5
Cardinals 12 10 .545 3.0
Braves 8 9 .471 4.5
Reds 11 16 .407 6.5
Pirates 8 16 .333 8.0
Robins 5 13 .278 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Bates 3
1 Amos Strunk 3
1 Tillie Walker 3
4 Jimmy Austin 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Hooper 1
1 Lew McCarty 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Hooper 3
2 Manuel Cueto 2
2 Dick Hoblitzell 2
2 Lew McCarty 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 2
2 Les Nunamaker 1
2 Wally Pipp 1
2 Braggo Roth 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jeff Pfeffer 1.20
2 Tom Seaton 1.00
3 Rube Benton 0.60
4 Eppa Rixey 0.50
5 Jim Scott 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Bert Gallia 1
1 Carl Mays 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jeff Pfeffer 6
2 Jim Bagby 4
2 Eppa Rixey 4
2 Jim Scott 4
2 Tom Seaton 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .377
2 George Sisler .374
3 Stuffy McInnis .372
4 Gavvy Cravath .348
5 2 tied .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Dave Robertson 2
5 31 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 18
1 Lou Guisto 18
3 Gavvy Cravath 17
3 Heinie Zimmerman 17
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 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.60
2 Allan Sothoron 0.67
3 Joe Oeschger 0.77
4 Ferdie Schupp 0.88
5 Jim Scott 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Fred Toney 5
2 Hippo Vaughn 5
4 Pete Alexander 4
4 5 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 .366
3 Bill Wambsganss .359
4 Benny Kauff .324
5 2 tied .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 2
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Ping Bodie 1
2 Larry Doyle 1
2 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 10
2 Lou Guisto 9
3 Happy Felsch 8
3 Les Mann 8
3 Heinie Zimmerman 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 6
2 Rollie Zeider 5
3 Ray Chapman 4
3 Hal Chase 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 Bert Gallia 0.00
1 Leon Cadore 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 3
1 Allan Sothoron 3
3 Vic Aldridge 2
3 Pete Alexander 2
3 14 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 23
2 Walter Johnson 18
3 Ray Caldwell 14
3 Jim Scott 14
5 Ferdie Schupp 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Bill Doak 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .333
2 Hal Chase .320
3 Zack Wheat .313
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 83
2 Bill Hinchman 83
4 Wally Pipp 82
5 2 tied 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 71
2 Max Carey 57
3 Armando Marsans 43
4 Bob Bescher 39
4 Burt Shotton 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 Eppa Rixey 24
4 Jeff Pfeffer 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 222
2 Pete Alexander 177
3 Elmer Myers 174
4 Hippo Vaughn 168
5 Babe Ruth 164

Saves

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