On This Day

Sunday, May 20, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 18 10 .643 --
Yankees 17 10 .630 0.5
White Sox 22 13 .629 -0.5
Indians 18 16 .529 3.0
Browns 15 18 .455 5.5
Senators 13 17 .433 6.0
Tigers 11 18 .379 7.5
Athletics 8 20 .286 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 22 11 .667 --
Giants 15 8 .652 2.0
Phillies 16 9 .640 2.0
Cardinals 14 13 .519 5.0
Reds 13 19 .406 8.5
Braves 9 14 .391 8.0
Robins 9 14 .391 8.0
Pirates 10 20 .333 10.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Chapman 4
2 Eddie Foster 3
2 Braggo Roth 3
2 Hank Severeid 3
2 Bill Wambsganss 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Severeid 2
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Ray Bates 1
2 Bernie Boland 1
2 12 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 3
2 Braggo Roth 2
2 Tris Speaker 2
4 Jim Bagby 1
4 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bernie Boland 1.17
2 Bob Groom 0.75
3 Jim Bagby 0.33
3 Bullet Joe Bush 0.33
3 2 others tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Bernie Boland 1
1 Al Gould 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Carl Mays 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bernie Boland 7
2 Bob Groom 6
3 Bullet Joe Bush 4
3 Bert Gallia 4
5 5 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .365
2 Gavvy Cravath .341
3 Benny Kauff .333
4 George Sisler .331
5 Heinie Zimmerman .330

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 Sam Rice 22
2 Les Mann 21
3 Happy Felsch 20
3 Heinie Zimmerman 20
5 3 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 13
2 Braggo Roth 10
3 George Sisler 9
3 Rollie Zeider 9
5 Ty Cobb 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Erskine Mayer 0.60
2 Ferdie Schupp 0.73
3 Eddie Cicotte 0.89
4 Fred Anderson 1.15
5 Jim Scott 1.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Pete Alexander 6
2 Eddie Cicotte 6
2 Fred Toney 6
2 Hippo Vaughn 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 60
2 Pete Alexander 43
3 Fred Toney 39
4 Walter Johnson 34
4 Dutch Leonard 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Danforth 3
2 Red Ames 2
2 Jim Bagby 2
2 Allan Sothoron 2
5 18 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Austin .387
2 Braggo Roth .382
3 Walter Holke .361
4 Bill Wambsganss .360
5 2 tied .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bunny Brief 2
1 William Fischer 2
3 Bert Adams 1
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 15
2 Home Run Baker 12
3 Sam Rice 11
3 Casey Stengel 11
5 Braggo Roth 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 10
2 Braggo Roth 7
3 Home Run Baker 5
3 Fritz Maisel 5
3 George Sisler 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
2 Fred Anderson 0.47
3 Vic Aldridge 0.49
4 Erskine Mayer 0.53
4 Ferdie Schupp 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 4
2 Vic Aldridge 3
2 Pete Alexander 3
2 Stan Coveleski 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 24
2 Pete Alexander 22
3 Howard Ehmke 20
4 Bob Groom 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
3 Eddie Cicotte 1
3 Bob Groom 1
3 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .339
2 Hal Chase .329
3 Zack Wheat .320
4 Jake Daubert .306
5 Happy Felsch .305

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
2 Wally Pipp 13
3 Dave Robertson 11
4 Home Run Baker 9
4 3 others tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 95
2 Bill Hinchman 87
3 Hal Chase 83
4 Wally Pipp 82
5 Zack Wheat 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 70
2 Max Carey 55
3 Armando Marsans 42
4 George Burns 39
4 2 others tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.95
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.34
3 Slim Sallee 1.50
4 Rube Marquard 1.70
5 Pete Alexander 1.76

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 205
2 Pete Alexander 184
3 Babe Ruth 167
3 Hippo Vaughn 167
5 2 tied 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