On This Day

Friday, July 20, 1917

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
White Sox	56	32	.636	--
Red Sox	52	33	.612	2.5
Indians	47	42	.528	9.5
Yankees	43	40	.518	10.5
Tigers	44	42	.512	11.0
Browns	35	53	.398	21.0
Athletics	32	49	.395	20.5
Senators	33	51	.393	21.0

Games

White Sox 5, Red Sox 2

Athletics 6, Indians 2

Yankees 3, Tigers 1

Browns 5, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	51	26	.662	--
Phillies	42	33	.560	8.0
Reds	48	43	.527	10.0
Cardinals	44	40	.524	10.5
Cubs	43	44	.494	13.0
Robins	38	40	.487	13.5
Braves	34	46	.425	18.5
Pirates	27	55	.329	26.5

Games

Reds 4, Robins 2

Braves 5, Cubs 0

Giants 4, Pirates 0

Phillies 4, Cardinals 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Roy Grover	4
1	Harry Heilmann	4
3	Ping Bodie	3
3	Elmer Myers	3
3	3 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ray Powell	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Elmer Myers	3
1	Milt Stock	3
3	Josh Billings	2
3	Ping Bodie	2
3	4 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Cicotte	1
1	George Cutshaw	1
1	Rube Marquard	1
1	Roger Peckinpaugh	1
1	4 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Eddie Cicotte	1.40
2	Art Nehf	1.00
3	Rube Benton	0.75
4	Pete Alexander	0.50
4	Hal Carlson	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Rube Benton	1
1	Eddie Cicotte	1
1	Dave Davenport	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Cicotte	7
2	Pete Alexander	6
3	Bert Gallia	4
3	Art Nehf	4
5	3 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.373
2	George Sisler	.351
3	Tris Speaker	.338
4	Rogers Hornsby	.328
5	Walton Cruise	.327

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	8
1	Rogers Hornsby	8
3	Wally Pipp	6
3	Dave Robertson	6
5	3 tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Happy Felsch	64
2	Ty Cobb	55
3	Harry Heilmann	54
4	Bobby Veach	53
5	Heinie Zimmerman	52

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ray Chapman	30
2	Braggo Roth	28
3	Ty Cobb	27
4	Fritz Maisel	25
5	Max Carey	24

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Eddie Cicotte	1.19
2	Fred Anderson	1.34
3	Red Faber	1.49
4	Jim Scott	1.67
5	Jim Bagby	1.74

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	16
1	Eddie Cicotte	16
1	Fred Toney	16
4	Babe Ruth	15
5	4 tied	12

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	112
1	Hippo Vaughn	112
3	Walter Johnson	109
4	Eddie Cicotte	94
5	2 tied	91

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jim Bagby	4
1	Bernie Boland	4
1	Dave Danforth	4
1	Allan Sothoron	4
5	4 tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.444
2	Home Run Baker	.433
3	Ray Bates	.404
4	Tommy Griffith	.396
5	Wally Schang	.389

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Happy Felsch	2
1	Ray Powell	2
3	Fred Bailey	1
3	George Burns	1
3	16 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Happy Felsch	14
2	Bobby Veach	12
3	Ty Cobb	11
3	Benny Kauff	11
3	2 others tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Donie Bush	7
2	Max Carey	6
2	Ray Chapman	6
2	Lee King	6
5	George Burns	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Larry Cheney	0.00
2	Ed Klepfer	0.48
3	Hooks Dauss	0.50
4	Leon Cadore	0.53
5	Erskine Mayer	0.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Cicotte	4
2	Pete Alexander	3
2	Jim Bagby	3
2	Hooks Dauss	3
2	6 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Babe Ruth	22
1	Ferdie Schupp	22
3	Hooks Dauss	19
4	Eddie Cicotte	17
5	4 tied	16

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Rube Benton	1
1	Bullet Joe Bush	1
1	Hal Carlson	1
1	Fritz Coumbe	1
1	8 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.413
2	Ty Cobb	.375
3	Home Run Baker	.361
4	Harry Heilmann	.351
5	Rogers Hornsby	.350

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Happy Felsch	3
1	Tim Hendryx	3
3	Home Run Baker	2
3	Ty Cobb	2
3	13 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	26
2	Ping Bodie	24
2	Bobby Veach	24
4	Happy Felsch	22
4	2 others tied	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Donie Bush	12
1	Max Carey	12
1	Ray Chapman	12
1	Fritz Maisel	12
5	Braggo Roth	11

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Allen Russell	0.89
2	Larry Cheney	0.92
3	Jim Bagby	0.95
4	Carl Mays	1.02
5	Pete Alexander	1.16

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Fred Toney	7
2	Jim Bagby	6
2	Eddie Cicotte	6
2	Pete Schneider	6
5	7 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Cicotte	38
2	Hippo Vaughn	36
3	Walter Johnson	35
4	Bullet Joe Bush	33
5	3 tied	31

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Walter Johnson	3
2	Stan Coveleski	2
2	Guy Morton	2
2	Jimmy Ring	2
2	2 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.381
2	Tris Speaker	.352
3	Hal Chase	.325
4	Amos Strunk	.316
5	Eddie Collins	.314

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	16
2	Wally Pipp	14
3	Dave Robertson	12
4	Benny Kauff	11
5	3 tied	9

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Happy Felsch	105
2	Bobby Veach	104
3	Ty Cobb	95
4	Hal Chase	88
4	Gavvy Cravath	88

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	60
2	Max Carey	56
3	Braggo Roth	53
4	Eddie Collins	47
5	Ray Chapman	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Eddie Cicotte	1.31
2	Ferdie Schupp	1.51
3	Slim Sallee	1.64
4	Pete Alexander	1.71
5	Babe Ruth	1.78

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	33
2	Eddie Cicotte	26
3	Babe Ruth	24
4	Eppa Rixey	23
5	3 tied	21

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	193
1	Walter Johnson	193
3	Hippo Vaughn	164
4	Babe Ruth	160
5	Ferdie Schupp	158

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Eddie Cicotte	6
2	Red Ames	5
2	Jim Bagby	5
2	Bernie Boland	5
2	3 others tied	5