On This Day

Tuesday, April 23, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 7 1 .875 --
Indians 4 1 .800 1.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 3.0
Yankees 3 5 .375 4.0
White Sox 1 2 .333 3.5
Senators 2 4 .333 4.0
Athletics 2 4 .333 4.0
Browns 2 4 .333 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 6 0 1.000 --
Phillies 5 1 .833 1.0
Reds 4 2 .667 2.0
Cardinals 2 2 .500 3.0
Pirates 2 3 .400 3.5
Cubs 2 3 .400 3.5
Braves 1 5 .167 5.0
Robins 0 6 .000 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Bancroft 3
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Joe Gedeon 3
1 Charlie Hollocher 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Gedeon 1
1 Fred Luderus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Luderus 4
1 Tris Speaker 4
3 Larry Doyle 3
3 Heinie Zimmerman 3
5 3 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Howdy Caton 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Dumont 0.55
2 Rube Bressler 0.36
3 Bill Doak 0.29
3 Brad Hogg 0.29
3 Lefty Tyler 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Brad Hogg 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Dumont 6
2 Rube Bressler 5
3 Bert Gallia 4
4 Hugh Canavan 3
4 Jakie May 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .571
2 Bill Wambsganss .533
3 Dave Bancroft .500
3 Larry Doyle .500
5 Milt Stock .474

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 2
2 Doug Baird 1
2 George Burns 1
2 Max Carey 1
2 3 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 11
2 Larry Doyle 9
3 Fred Luderus 8
3 Braggo Roth 8
5 2 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 5
2 Max Carey 4
2 Casey Stengel 4
4 Ray Chapman 3
4 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 Bullet Joe Bush 2
2 Stan Coveleski 2
2 4 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Mays 13
2 Burleigh Grimes 11
3 Walter Johnson 10
3 Dutch Ruether 10
5 3 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 .383
2 Tris Speaker .353
3 George Sisler .347
4 Edd Roush .335
5 Rogers Hornsby .325

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 100
3 Heinie Zimmerman 98
4 Happy Felsch 97
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 55
2 Ty Cobb 53
2 Eddie Collins 53
4 Max Carey 51
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