On This Day

Thursday, May 17, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 17 8 .680 --
Yankees 16 9 .640 1.0
White Sox 20 12 .625 0.5
Indians 16 15 .516 4.0
Browns 14 16 .467 5.5
Senators 11 16 .407 7.0
Tigers 10 17 .370 8.0
Athletics 7 18 .280 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 22 9 .710 --
Giants 14 7 .667 3.0
Phillies 14 9 .609 4.0
Cardinals 14 11 .560 5.0
Reds 12 18 .400 9.5
Braves 8 13 .381 9.0
Robins 7 14 .333 10.0
Pirates 9 19 .321 11.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Edd Roush 4
2 Home Run Baker 3
2 Jake Daubert 3
2 Benny Kauff 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Evans 1
1 Walter Holke 1
1 Fred Luderus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Luderus 4
2 Gus Getz 3
2 Bill Hinchman 3
2 Casey Stengel 3
2 Heinie Zimmerman 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Home Run Baker 4
2 Ben Dyer 1
2 Jimmy Johnston 1
2 Fritz Maisel 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ferdie Schupp 1.50
2 Tom Seaton 1.00
3 Eddie Cicotte 0.60
3 Howard Ehmke 0.60
5 Frank Allen 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ferdie Schupp 9
2 Howard Ehmke 6
2 Tom Seaton 6
4 Urban Shocker 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Lavender 1
1 Jim Middleton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .364
2 Gavvy Cravath .346
3 Heinie Zimmerman .342
4 George Sisler .339
5 Ty Cobb .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Rogers Hornsby 4
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Bunny Brief 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Zimmerman 20
2 Gavvy Cravath 19
2 Les Mann 19
2 Sam Rice 19
5 5 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 10
2 Rollie Zeider 9
3 George Sisler 8
4 Doug Baird 7
4 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Seaton 0.67
2 Erskine Mayer 0.69
3 Ferdie Schupp 0.73
4 Eddie Cicotte 0.89
5 Jim Scott 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Eddie Cicotte 6
2 Fred Toney 6
2 Hippo Vaughn 6
5 2 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 52
2 Fred Toney 37
3 Pete Alexander 36
4 Stan Coveleski 33
5 Dutch Leonard 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
5 17 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .400
2 Ty Cobb .357
3 Elmer Smith .353
4 Jimmy Austin .346
5 Gavvy Cravath .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bunny Brief 2
1 Gavvy Cravath 2
1 William Fischer 2
4 Bert Adams 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 14
2 Les Mann 10
2 Heinie Zimmerman 10
4 Fred Merkle 9
4 Casey Stengel 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 7
2 Fritz Maisel 5
2 Rollie Zeider 5
4 Home Run Baker 4
4 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
2 Vic Aldridge 0.34
3 Bert Gallia 0.41
4 Fred Anderson 0.50
5 Ferdie Schupp 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 4
2 Vic Aldridge 3
2 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Babe Ruth 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howard Ehmke 20
2 Jim Shaw 19
3 Ray Caldwell 17
3 Eddie Cicotte 17
5 Hippo Vaughn 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Dave Danforth 1
2 Bill Doak 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .337
2 Hal Chase .326
3 Zack Wheat .318
4 Jake Daubert .305
5 Eddie Collins .302

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
2 Wally Pipp 13
3 Dave Robertson 12
4 Home Run Baker 9
4 3 others tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 94
2 Bill Hinchman 88
3 Hal Chase 85
4 Wally Pipp 81
4 Zack Wheat 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 69
2 Max Carey 55
3 Armando Marsans 42
4 Burt Shotton 40
5 George Burns 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.95
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.32
3 Babe Ruth 1.70
4 Rube Marquard 1.70
5 Slim Sallee 1.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Babe Ruth 27
3 Eppa Rixey 23
3 Bob Shawkey 23
5 Jeff Pfeffer 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 211
2 Pete Alexander 180
3 Elmer Myers 170
4 Hippo Vaughn 167
5 Babe Ruth 166

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 9
2 Dutch Leonard 7
2 Allen Russell 7
2 Bob Shawkey 7
5 Eddie Cicotte 6