On This Day

Thursday, April 25, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 8 2 .800 --
Indians 5 2 .714 1.5
Tigers 2 2 .500 3.0
Yankees 4 6 .400 4.0
Senators 3 5 .375 4.0
Athletics 3 5 .375 4.0
White Sox 1 2 .333 3.5
Browns 2 4 .333 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 0 1.000 --
Phillies 6 2 .750 2.0
Reds 4 3 .571 3.5
Cubs 4 3 .571 3.5
Pirates 3 3 .500 4.0
Cardinals 2 4 .333 5.0
Braves 2 6 .250 6.0
Robins 0 8 .000 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Amos Strunk 4
1 Ross Youngs 4
3 George Burns 3
3 Al Halt 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fritz Coumbe 4
2 Clyde Milan 3
2 Hi Myers 3
2 Possum Whitted 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 3
2 Al Halt 2
2 Possum Whitted 2
4 Bert Adams 1
4 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Carl Mays 0.60
2 Pete Schneider 0.50
3 Claude Hendrix 0.38
4 Art Nehf 0.36
5 Rube Marquard 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Carl Mays 1
1 Frank Miller 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Mays 6
2 Art Nehf 5
3 Fritz Coumbe 3
3 Claude Hendrix 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gene Paulette .588
2 Dave Bancroft .484
3 Amos Strunk .467
4 George Burns .462
5 Steve O'Neill .455

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 2
2 Doug Baird 1
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 George Burns 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 12
2 George Burns 10
3 Larry Doyle 9
3 Fred Luderus 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 5
2 Max Carey 4
2 Harry Hooper 4
2 Braggo Roth 4
2 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 0.00
1 Joe Oeschger 0.00
1 Lefty Williams 0.00
1 Wilbur Cooper 0.00
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Erskine Mayer 3
1 Carl Mays 3
1 George Mogridge 3
4 Fred Anderson 2
4 8 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Mays 19
2 Hippo Vaughn 15
3 Art Nehf 12
4 Burleigh Grimes 11
5 2 tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Al Demaree 1
1 Happy Finneran 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .385
2 Tris Speaker .350
3 George Sisler .347
4 Edd Roush .332
5 Rogers Hornsby .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 11
2 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Wally Pipp 8
4 Home Run Baker 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 107
2 Ty Cobb 101
3 Happy Felsch 97
4 Heinie Zimmerman 95
5 Hal Chase 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 55
2 Ty Cobb 53
2 Eddie Collins 53
4 Braggo Roth 52
5 Max Carey 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Anderson 1.38
2 Carl Mays 1.71
3 Stan Coveleski 1.75
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 25
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 2 tied 140

Saves

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