On This Day

Monday, September 10, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 91 47 .659 --
Red Sox 81 51 .614 7.0
Indians 73 62 .541 16.5
Tigers 67 67 .500 22.0
Yankees 63 69 .477 25.0
Senators 61 69 .469 26.0
Browns 52 87 .374 39.5
Athletics 47 83 .362 40.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 82 48 .631 --
Phillies 73 57 .562 9.0
Cardinals 74 62 .544 11.0
Reds 68 68 .500 17.0
Cubs 68 68 .500 17.0
Robins 62 66 .484 19.0
Braves 57 70 .449 23.5
Pirates 43 88 .328 39.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Smith 6
2 Fred Luderus 5
3 Clyde Milan 4
3 Ivy Olson 4
3 Wally Rehg 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 1
1 Rabbit Maranville 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Pipp 4
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Ivy Olson 3
2 Jeff Pfeffer 3
5 15 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Chick Shorten 2
1 Casey Stengel 2
1 Milt Stock 2
4 Eddie Ainsmith 1
4 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pat Ragan 1.10
2 Harry Harper 0.86
3 Rube Marquard 0.78
4 Carl Mays 0.57
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 Marv Goodwin 1
1 Harry Harper 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pat Ragan 11
2 Rube Marquard 7
3 Harry Harper 6
3 Elmer Myers 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 George Sisler .351
3 Tris Speaker .348
4 Edd Roush .343
5 Rogers Hornsby .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 12
2 Dave Robertson 10
3 Rogers Hornsby 8
3 Bobby Veach 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 102
2 Happy Felsch 98
3 Ty Cobb 89
4 Hal Chase 87
5 Heinie Zimmerman 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 44
2 Ty Cobb 43
3 Eddie Collins 41
4 Max Carey 40
5 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.57
2 Fred Anderson 1.61
3 Pete Alexander 1.79
4 Larry Cheney 1.84
5 Slim Sallee 1.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 25
2 Eddie Cicotte 24
3 Fred Toney 23
4 Babe Ruth 21
5 Hippo Vaughn 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 173
2 Pete Alexander 164
3 Walter Johnson 155
4 Eddie Cicotte 137
5 Ferdie Schupp 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Danforth 8
2 Bernie Boland 6
3 Jim Bagby 5
4 Red Ames 4
4 4 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Happy Felsch .448
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .444
3 Rogers Hornsby .406
4 Red Smith .400
5 Jack Smith .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
2 Fred Luderus 2
2 Rabbit Maranville 2
2 Dave Robertson 2
5 19 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
2 Duffy Lewis 12
3 Happy Felsch 11
4 Red Smith 10
4 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 11
2 Eddie Collins 10
3 Happy Felsch 9
3 Braggo Roth 9
5 Sam Rice 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc Ayers 0.00
2 Wilbur Cooper 0.31
3 Ray Fisher 0.45
4 Rube Foster 0.50
4 Ernie Shore 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 5
2 Pete Alexander 4
2 Milt Watson 4
2 Lefty Williams 4
5 6 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Phil Douglas 21
1 Hippo Vaughn 21
3 Pete Alexander 18
4 Leon Cadore 16
4 Jim Shaw 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Faber 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Fritz Coumbe 1
2 George Cunningham 1
2 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .413
2 Ty Cobb .387
3 Red Smith .373
4 Rogers Hornsby .364
5 2 tied .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
2 Dave Robertson 3
3 Larry Doyle 2
3 Fred Luderus 2
3 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 33
2 Hal Chase 22
2 Del Pratt 22
4 Bobby Veach 21
5 Joe Harris 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 18
2 Eddie Collins 14
3 Happy Felsch 12
4 Sam Rice 11
4 Milt Stock 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc Ayers 0.41
2 Tom Hughes 0.82
3 Bob Shawkey 1.02
4 Jeff Pfeffer 1.17
5 Pol Perritt 1.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 7
1 Dave Davenport 7
1 Carl Mays 7
4 Eddie Cicotte 6
4 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 41
2 Phil Douglas 39
3 Pete Alexander 36
4 Joe Oeschger 35
5 2 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Fritz Coumbe 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
1 George Dumont 2
1 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .392
2 Tris Speaker .354
3 George Sisler .349
4 Edd Roush .345
5 Rogers Hornsby .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
2 Dave Robertson 13
3 Benny Kauff 9
3 Wally Pipp 9
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 117
1 Bobby Veach 117
3 Hal Chase 102
4 Ty Cobb 101
5 Heinie Zimmerman 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 57
2 Eddie Collins 54
3 Max Carey 52
4 Braggo Roth 50
5 George Sisler 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.48
2 Ferdie Schupp 1.73
3 Pete Alexander 1.77
4 Pol Perritt 1.83
5 Slim Sallee 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 31
2 Eddie Cicotte 28
3 Babe Ruth 25
4 Fred Toney 24
5 Ferdie Schupp 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 187
1 Hippo Vaughn 187
3 Walter Johnson 174
4 Eddie Cicotte 166
5 Ferdie Schupp 158

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Danforth 9
2 Bernie Boland 6
3 Jim Bagby 5
3 Eddie Cicotte 5
5 4 tied 4