On This Day

Wednesday, April 24, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 7 2 .778 --
Tigers 2 1 .667 2.0
Indians 4 2 .667 1.5
Yankees 4 5 .444 3.0
Athletics 3 4 .429 3.0
White Sox 1 2 .333 3.0
Browns 2 4 .333 3.5
Senators 2 5 .286 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 0 1.000 --
Phillies 6 1 .857 1.0
Reds 4 2 .667 2.5
Cubs 3 3 .500 3.5
Pirates 2 3 .400 4.0
Cardinals 2 3 .400 4.0
Braves 1 6 .143 6.0
Robins 0 7 .000 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Home Run Baker 3
1 Harry Hooper 3
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 Charlie Deal 2
3 19 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Burns 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Fletcher 4
2 George Burns 3
2 Del Pratt 3
4 Babe Ellison 2
5 19 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Hooper 2
2 Marty Kavanagh 1
2 Irish Meusel 1
2 Bobby Veach 1
2 Possum Whitted 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hippo Vaughn 2.00
2 Vean Gregg 1.00
3 Tom Hughes 0.60
4 Lee Meadows 0.33
5 Eric Erickson 0.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Eric Erickson 1
1 Vean Gregg 1
1 Erskine Mayer 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vean Gregg 6
1 Tom Hughes 6
1 Hippo Vaughn 6
4 Eric Erickson 3
4 Lee Meadows 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Demaree 1
1 Slim Love 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .478
1 Milt Stock .478
3 Dave Bancroft .464
4 Lee Magee .455
5 Tris Speaker .444

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 2
2 Doug Baird 1
2 George Burns 1
2 George Burns 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 11
2 Larry Doyle 9
3 George Burns 8
3 Fred Luderus 8
3 Braggo Roth 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 5
2 Max Carey 4
2 Harry Hooper 4
2 Casey Stengel 4
5 5 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 0.00
1 Joe Oeschger 0.00
1 Lefty Williams 0.00
1 Wilbur Cooper 0.00
1 Roy Walker 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Erskine Mayer 3
1 George Mogridge 3
3 Fred Anderson 2
3 Jesse Barnes 2
3 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 15
2 Carl Mays 13
3 Burleigh Grimes 11
4 Walter Johnson 10
4 Dutch Ruether 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Al Demaree 1
1 Happy Finneran 1
1 Slim Love 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .383
2 Tris Speaker .350
3 George Sisler .347
4 Edd Roush .335
5 Rogers Hornsby .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 11
2 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Wally Pipp 8
4 Larry Doyle 7
4 Bobby Veach 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 107
2 Ty Cobb 101
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
4 Hippo Vaughn 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 196
2 Hippo Vaughn 195
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