Baseball44 On This Day: Sunday, April 28, 1918

On This Day

Sunday, April 28, 1918

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Red Sox	10	2	.833	--
Indians	6	2	.750	2.0
White Sox	3	2	.600	3.5
Yankees	5	7	.417	5.0
Tigers	2	3	.400	4.5
Senators	4	6	.400	5.0
Athletics	3	7	.300	6.0
Browns	2	6	.250	6.0

Games

White Sox 2, Browns 1

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	9	1	.900	--
Phillies	8	2	.800	1.0
Cubs	6	3	.667	2.5
Pirates	4	4	.500	4.0
Reds	5	5	.500	4.0
Cardinals	3	6	.333	5.5
Braves	2	8	.200	7.0
Robins	1	9	.100	8.0

Games

Cardinals 4, Reds 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Jack Smith	4
2	Eddie Collins	3
2	Heinie Groh	3
2	Sherry Magee	3
5	2 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bert Niehoff	2
2	Hal Chase	1
2	Eddie Collins	1
2	Happy Felsch	1
2	3 others tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Lee Magee	1
1	Earl Smith	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Allan Sothoron	0.43
2	Pete Schneider	0.30
3	Red Faber	0.18
4	Bill Sherdel	0.08

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Faber	1
1	Bill Sherdel	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Schneider	3
1	Allan Sothoron	3
3	Red Faber	2
4	Bill Sherdel	1

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Burns	.469
2	Tris Speaker	.464
3	Amos Strunk	.457
4	Gene Paulette	.448
5	2 tied	.436

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Luderus	2
2	Doug Baird	1
2	Home Run Baker	1
2	George Burns	1
2	9 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	13
2	George Burns	12
2	Larry Doyle	12
4	Fred Luderus	10
5	Braggo Roth	9

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Burns	7
2	Tris Speaker	6
3	Max Carey	5
3	Amos Strunk	5
5	5 tied	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Vean Gregg	0.00
1	Red Faber	0.00
1	Alex Main	0.00
1	Joe Oeschger	0.00
5	2 tied	0.67

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bullet Joe Bush	3
1	Stan Coveleski	3
1	Earl Hamilton	3
1	Erskine Mayer	3
1	2 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Carl Mays	19
2	Pete Alexander	15
2	Hippo Vaughn	15
4	Burleigh Grimes	12
4	3 others tied	12

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Fred Anderson	1
1	Red Causey	1
1	Dave Davenport	1
1	Al Demaree	1
1	4 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.382
2	Tris Speaker	.352
3	George Sisler	.349
4	Edd Roush	.333
5	Rogers Hornsby	.324

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Robertson	11
2	Gavvy Cravath	9
3	Wally Pipp	8
4	Home Run Baker	7
4	3 others tied	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bobby Veach	108
2	Ty Cobb	101
3	Happy Felsch	98
4	Heinie Zimmerman	97
5	Hal Chase	90

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ray Chapman	54
2	Eddie Collins	53
3	Braggo Roth	52
4	Max Carey	51
4	Ty Cobb	51

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Fred Anderson	1.58
2	Pete Alexander	1.63
3	Eddie Cicotte	1.68
4	Carl Mays	1.71
5	Stan Coveleski	1.75

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	30
2	Eddie Cicotte	26
3	Carl Mays	25
4	Walter Johnson	22
4	2 others tied	22

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	199
2	Walter Johnson	186
3	Hippo Vaughn	184
4	Eddie Cicotte	147
5	2 tied	140

Saves

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