On This Day

Thursday, April 18, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 3 0 1.000 --
Indians 1 0 1.000 1.0
Yankees 2 1 .667 1.0
White Sox 1 1 .500 1.5
Browns 1 1 .500 1.5
Senators 1 2 .333 2.0
Tigers 0 1 .000 2.0
Athletics 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Reds 2 1 .667 0.5
Phillies 1 1 .500 1.0
Cardinals 1 1 .500 1.0
Cubs 1 1 .500 1.0
Braves 1 1 .500 1.0
Pirates 1 2 .333 1.5
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Chick Gandil 3
1 Gene Paulette 3
1 Braggo Roth 3
4 Doug Baird 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Doug Baird 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doug Baird 3
1 Greasy Neale 3
1 Braggo Roth 3
4 Turner Barber 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 2
1 Casey Stengel 2
3 Max Carey 1
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hippo Vaughn 0.54
2 Frank Miller 0.44
3 Bill Doak 0.43
4 Lefty Williams 0.38
5 Stan Coveleski 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Snipe Conley 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Hippo Vaughn 1
1 Lefty Williams 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 7
2 Stan Coveleski 4
2 Frank Miller 4
4 Rube Bressler 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gene Paulette .833
2 Lee Magee .636
3 Walton Cruise .600
4 Joe Gedeon .556
5 Howie Shanks .538

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Doug Baird 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 6
2 Rip Conway 4
2 Clyde Milan 4
2 Howie Shanks 4
2 Milt Stock 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Pickles Dillhoefer 2
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 2
5 25 tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Barnes 0.00
1 Earl Hamilton 0.00
1 Grover Lowdermilk 0.00
1 Carl Mays 0.00
1 5 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mogridge 2
2 Fred Anderson 1
2 Jesse Barnes 1
2 Snipe Conley 1
2 13 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Leonard 9
2 Carl Mays 8
3 Hippo Vaughn 7
4 Erskine Mayer 6
5 4 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 George Sisler .353
3 Tris Speaker .352
4 Edd Roush .336
5 Rogers Hornsby .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 11
1 Dave Robertson 11
3 Wally Pipp 9
4 Rogers Hornsby 8
5 Bobby Veach 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 110
2 Ty Cobb 106
3 Happy Felsch 98
3 Heinie Zimmerman 98
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 54
2 Ray Chapman 53
2 Ty Cobb 53
4 Max Carey 51
5 Braggo Roth 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Anderson 1.39
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.66
3 Carl Mays 1.73
4 Pete Alexander 1.80
5 Pol Perritt 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
2 Eddie Cicotte 27
3 Carl Mays 23
3 Babe Ruth 23
3 Hippo Vaughn 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 196
2 Pete Alexander 194
3 Walter Johnson 178
4 Eddie Cicotte 150
4 Dutch Leonard 150

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Danforth 8
2 Jim Bagby 7
3 Bernie Boland 6
4 Fritz Coumbe 5
5 3 tied 4