On This Day

Tuesday, July 3, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 45 24 .652 --
Red Sox 42 25 .627 2.0
Yankees 35 29 .547 7.5
Tigers 34 33 .507 10.0
Indians 35 36 .493 11.0
Senators 26 39 .400 17.0
Browns 27 42 .391 18.0
Athletics 24 40 .375 18.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 39 22 .639 --
Phillies 37 26 .587 3.0
Cardinals 37 31 .544 5.5
Cubs 39 35 .527 6.5
Reds 38 37 .507 8.0
Robins 29 33 .468 10.5
Braves 24 36 .400 14.5
Pirates 21 44 .323 20.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Hoblitzell 4
2 Ping Bodie 3
2 Happy Felsch 3
2 Mike Gonzalez 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 3
1 Dick Hoblitzell 3
1 Dots Miller 3
1 Del Pratt 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Max Carey 1
2 Happy Felsch 1
2 Chick Gandil 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elmer Myers 0.86
2 Pete Schneider 0.75
3 Dutch Leonard 0.43
4 Dave Davenport 0.33
5 Babe Ruth 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Elmer Myers 6
1 Pete Schneider 6
3 Frank Miller 5
4 Stan Coveleski 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .388
2 Tris Speaker .352
3 Edd Roush .345
4 Walton Cruise .343
5 Stuffy McInnis .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 7
1 Rogers Hornsby 7
3 Wally Pipp 6
4 Bobby Veach 5
5 4 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 48
2 Ty Cobb 43
3 Harry Heilmann 42
4 Hal Chase 41
5 2 tied 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Ray Chapman 21
2 Braggo Roth 21
4 Fritz Maisel 20
5 Max Carey 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.08
2 Red Faber 1.26
3 Fred Anderson 1.36
4 Jim Scott 1.41
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Toney 13
2 Pete Alexander 12
2 Babe Ruth 12
4 Eddie Cicotte 11
4 Hippo Vaughn 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 95
2 Pete Alexander 92
3 Walter Johnson 89
4 Eddie Cicotte 75
5 Dutch Leonard 73

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 4
1 Dave Danforth 4
1 Allan Sothoron 4
4 Red Ames 3
4 Bernie Boland 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rabbit Maranville .460
2 Ty Cobb .452
3 Greasy Neale .412
4 Tris Speaker .396
5 2 tied .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Hendryx 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Harry Heilmann 2
2 Fred Merkle 2
2 Bobby Veach 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Zack Wheat 15
2 Ping Bodie 14
2 Ty Cobb 14
4 Possum Whitted 13
5 2 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rogers Hornsby 8
2 Ty Cobb 7
2 Fritz Maisel 7
4 Doug Baird 6
4 Stuffy McInnis 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hippo Vaughn 0.25
2 Elmer Myers 0.42
3 Guy Morton 0.63
4 Jim Bagby 0.69
5 Eddie Cicotte 0.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Toney 4
1 Hippo Vaughn 4
3 Bernie Boland 3
3 Leon Cadore 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 23
2 Walter Johnson 21
3 Eddie Cicotte 19
4 Larry Cheney 18
4 Dutch Leonard 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 15 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .479
2 Rogers Hornsby .381
3 Ivy Olson .379
4 Walton Cruise .377
5 Greasy Neale .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Veach 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Harry Heilmann 3
2 Tim Hendryx 3
2 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Possum Whitted 21
3 Happy Felsch 20
3 Art Fletcher 20
5 5 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Fritz Maisel 11
3 Rogers Hornsby 10
4 Max Carey 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hippo Vaughn 0.53
2 Red Faber 1.29
3 Jim Bagby 1.33
4 Eppa Rixey 1.38
5 2 tied 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Toney 7
2 Hooks Dauss 5
2 Rube Marquard 5
2 Clarence Mitchell 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 46
2 Eddie Cicotte 33
3 Pete Alexander 32
3 Hippo Vaughn 32
5 Bill Doak 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bernie Boland 3
2 Red Ames 1
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Jesse Barnes 1
2 27 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .328
2 Zack Wheat .319
3 Eddie Collins .314
4 Edd Roush .308
5 Larry Gardner .306

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
2 Wally Pipp 14
3 Dave Robertson 12
4 Benny Kauff 10
5 5 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 97
2 Hal Chase 93
3 Happy Felsch 92
4 Ty Cobb 86
5 Gavvy Cravath 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 64
2 Max Carey 53
3 Braggo Roth 50
4 Eddie Collins 45
5 Armando Marsans 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.26
2 Ferdie Schupp 1.51
3 Eddie Plank 1.63
4 Pete Alexander 1.69
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 32
2 Eppa Rixey 25
3 Babe Ruth 24
4 Eddie Cicotte 23
5 3 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 204
2 Pete Alexander 186
3 Hippo Vaughn 163
4 Dutch Leonard 161
5 Babe Ruth 153

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 7
2 Eddie Cicotte 6
2 Dutch Leonard 6
2 Bob Shawkey 6
5 4 tied 5