On This Day

Saturday, August 4, 1917

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
White Sox	66	37	.641	--
Red Sox	60	38	.612	3.5
Tigers	54	47	.535	11.0
Indians	55	49	.529	11.5
Yankees	50	48	.510	13.5
Senators	43	57	.430	21.5
Browns	38	64	.373	27.5
Athletics	35	61	.365	27.5

Games

Red Sox 3, Indians 2

Tigers 3, Yankees 0

White Sox 7, Athletics 3

White Sox 4, Athletics 3

Senators 5, Browns 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	60	31	.659	--
Cardinals	53	46	.535	11.0
Phillies	48	42	.533	11.5
Reds	55	50	.524	12.0
Cubs	51	50	.505	14.0
Robins	47	47	.500	14.5
Braves	41	53	.436	20.5
Pirates	31	67	.316	32.5

Games

Cubs 5, Phillies 1

Reds 4, Giants 1

Braves 6, Pirates 3

Cardinals 3, Robins 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Happy Felsch	4
1	Roy Grover	4
3	Chick Gandil	3
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	3
3	4 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ping Bodie	1
1	Ty Cobb	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Chick Gandil	3
2	Ping Bodie	2
2	Ty Cobb	2
2	Eddie Collins	2
2	5 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Rabbit Maranville	2
1	Howie Shanks	2
3	Jack Barry	1
3	Max Carey	1
3	12 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Dutch Leonard	1.14
2	Bernie Boland	1.00
3	Lee Meadows	0.67
4	Elmer Myers	0.43
5	2 tied	0.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Doc Ayers	1
1	Bernie Boland	1
1	Paul Carter	1
1	Eddie Cicotte	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dutch Leonard	8
2	Elmer Myers	6
3	Bernie Boland	4
3	Lee Meadows	4
3	2 others tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.390
2	Tris Speaker	.351
3	George Sisler	.346
4	Edd Roush	.331
5	Rogers Hornsby	.330

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	8
1	Rogers Hornsby	8
3	Bobby Veach	7
4	Wally Pipp	6
4	Dave Robertson	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bobby Veach	79
2	Happy Felsch	76
3	Ty Cobb	74
4	Harry Heilmann	65
5	Heinie Zimmerman	64

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	35
2	Braggo Roth	34
3	Ray Chapman	32
4	Max Carey	31
5	Fritz Maisel	25

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Eddie Cicotte	1.36
2	Fred Anderson	1.45
3	Red Faber	1.56
4	Jim Bagby	1.65
5	Jim Scott	1.74

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	18
1	Eddie Cicotte	18
1	Fred Toney	18
4	Babe Ruth	17
5	Jim Bagby	15

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	127
2	Hippo Vaughn	125
3	Walter Johnson	122
4	Dutch Leonard	105
5	Ferdie Schupp	104

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bernie Boland	5
1	Dave Danforth	5
3	Red Ames	4
3	Jim Bagby	4
3	3 others tied	4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.484
2	Happy Felsch	.438
3	Benny Kauff	.434
3	Bobby Veach	.434
5	Joe Judge	.431

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Cy Williams	3
2	Ty Cobb	2
2	Bobby Veach	2
4	Ping Bodie	1
4	15 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bobby Veach	26
2	Ty Cobb	19
2	Braggo Roth	19
4	Hal Chase	13
5	2 tied	12

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	8
2	Max Carey	7
2	Eddie Collins	7
2	Joe Kelly	7
5	2 tied	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Fritz Coumbe	0.00
2	Ed Klepfer	0.48
3	Bob Groom	0.56
4	Ernie Koob	0.57
5	George Cunningham	0.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Oscar Horstmann	4
1	Walter Johnson	4
3	Jim Bagby	3
3	Phil Douglas	3
3	4 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Schneider	23
2	Dutch Leonard	19
3	Doc Ayers	16
3	Phil Douglas	16
5	Pete Alexander	15

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Eddie Cicotte	2
1	Otis Lambeth	2
3	Red Ames	1
3	Fred Anderson	1
3	15 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.409
2	Ty Cobb	.397
3	Bobby Veach	.381
4	Tris Speaker	.362
5	Max Carey	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Happy Felsch	3
1	Cy Williams	3
3	Ty Cobb	2
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	2
3	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bobby Veach	41
2	Ty Cobb	30
3	Braggo Roth	28
4	Happy Felsch	27
5	Harry Heilmann	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	13
2	Braggo Roth	12
3	Donie Bush	11
4	George Burns	10
4	Ty Cobb	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Klepfer	0.69
2	Hooks Dauss	1.07
3	Larry Cheney	1.17
4	Bob Shawkey	1.18
5	Ernie Koob	1.23

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jim Bagby	6
1	Eddie Cicotte	6
1	Art Nehf	6
4	Pete Alexander	5
4	8 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Schneider	36
2	Ferdie Schupp	35
3	Walter Johnson	33
4	Dutch Leonard	32
5	2 tied	31

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bernie Boland	2
1	Bullet Joe Bush	2
1	Eddie Cicotte	2
1	Stan Coveleski	2
1	Otis Lambeth	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.395
2	Tris Speaker	.358
3	George Sisler	.338
4	Bobby Veach	.326
5	Hal Chase	.326

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	15
2	Wally Pipp	14
3	Benny Kauff	11
3	Dave Robertson	11
5	2 tied	8

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bobby Veach	119
2	Happy Felsch	108
3	Ty Cobb	106
4	Hal Chase	94
5	Gavvy Cravath	93

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	65
2	Max Carey	58
3	Braggo Roth	52
4	Eddie Collins	51
5	Ray Chapman	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Eddie Cicotte	1.39
2	Babe Ruth	1.67
3	Pete Alexander	1.74
4	Slim Sallee	1.75
5	Ferdie Schupp	1.81

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	31
2	Eddie Cicotte	25
2	Babe Ruth	25
4	Fred Toney	23
5	Eppa Rixey	22

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	192
2	Pete Alexander	185
3	Dutch Leonard	160
4	Babe Ruth	159
5	Hippo Vaughn	158

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Red Ames	6
1	Bernie Boland	6
1	Eddie Cicotte	6
1	Dave Danforth	6
5	Jim Bagby	5