On This Day

Monday, April 22, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 6 1 .857 --
Indians 3 1 .750 1.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 2.5
Yankees 3 4 .429 3.0
Senators 2 3 .400 3.0
Browns 2 3 .400 3.0
White Sox 1 2 .333 3.0
Athletics 1 4 .200 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 5 0 1.000 --
Phillies 4 1 .800 1.0
Reds 3 2 .600 2.0
Pirates 2 2 .500 2.5
Cubs 2 2 .500 2.5
Cardinals 1 2 .333 3.0
Braves 1 4 .200 4.0
Robins 0 5 .000 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Home Run Baker 4
1 Edd Roush 4
3 Max Carey 3
3 Braggo Roth 3
5 35 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Burns 1
1 Max Carey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 4
1 Max Carey 4
3 George Burns 3
3 Braggo Roth 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 3
1 Edd Roush 3
3 Tris Speaker 2
4 George Burns 1
4 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Stan Coveleski 0.80
2 Art Nehf 0.60
3 Walter Johnson 0.54
4 Burleigh Grimes 0.44
5 Eddie Cicotte 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Hod Eller 1
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 Bill James 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 7
2 Art Nehf 6
3 Eddie Cicotte 5
4 Stan Coveleski 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Happy Finneran 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .545
2 Bill Wambsganss .533
3 Lee Magee .526
4 Dave Bancroft .474
5 Amos Strunk .471

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Doug Baird 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 11
2 George Burns 7
2 Braggo Roth 7
4 Larry Doyle 6
4 2 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 4
2 Max Carey 3
2 Ray Chapman 3
2 Larry Doyle 3
2 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lee Meadows 0.00
1 Joe Oeschger 0.00
1 Lefty Williams 0.00
1 Vean Gregg 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mogridge 3
2 Fred Anderson 2
2 Stan Coveleski 2
2 Earl Hamilton 2
2 3 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Mays 13
2 Burleigh Grimes 11
3 Walter Johnson 10
3 Dutch Ruether 10
5 2 tied 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Happy Finneran 1
1 Allen Russell 1
1 Slim Sallee 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .382
2 Tris Speaker .353
3 George Sisler .348
4 Edd Roush .339
5 Rogers Hornsby .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 11
2 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Wally Pipp 9
4 Larry Doyle 7
4 Bobby Veach 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 107
2 Ty Cobb 102
3 Happy Felsch 98
4 Heinie Zimmerman 95
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 55
2 Ty Cobb 53
2 Eddie Collins 53
4 Max Carey 50
5 Braggo Roth 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Anderson 1.39
2 Carl Mays 1.73
3 Stan Coveleski 1.73
4 Eddie Cicotte 1.75
5 Pete Alexander 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
2 Eddie Cicotte 26
3 Carl Mays 24
4 Babe Ruth 23
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 196
2 Hippo Vaughn 189
3 Walter Johnson 184
4 Eddie Cicotte 149
5 Ferdie Schupp 145

Saves

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