On This Day

Friday, May 3, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 12 4 .750 --
Indians 9 4 .692 1.5
White Sox 6 4 .600 3.0
Yankees 7 8 .467 4.5
Athletics 5 8 .385 5.5
Senators 5 9 .357 6.0
Tigers 3 6 .333 5.5
Browns 4 8 .333 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 13 1 .929 --
Cubs 9 3 .750 3.0
Phillies 8 6 .571 5.0
Pirates 5 6 .455 6.5
Reds 6 8 .429 7.0
Cardinals 5 8 .385 7.5
Robins 4 10 .286 9.0
Braves 3 11 .214 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buck Weaver 5
2 Rube Bressler 3
2 Happy Felsch 3
2 Max Flack 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Cutshaw 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Burns 5
2 Nemo Leibold 4
2 Swede Risberg 4
4 Rube Bressler 3
4 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buck Weaver 3
2 George Burns 2
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Harry Heilmann 2
2 Rollie Zeider 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Doak 0.50
2 Bullet Joe Bush 0.38
3 Rube Benton 0.38
4 Dave Davenport 0.33
5 Erskine Mayer 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bullet Joe Bush 5
2 Dave Davenport 4
2 Bill Doak 4
4 Rube Benton 3
4 Lefty Williams 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Vean Gregg 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .465
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .450
3 Larry Doyle .420
4 Chick Gandil .410
5 Red Smith .407

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Fred Luderus 2
3 Doug Baird 1
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 17
2 George Burns 15
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
4 Home Run Baker 14
4 Braggo Roth 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 9
2 Tris Speaker 7
3 Amos Strunk 6
4 Max Carey 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vean Gregg 0.36
2 Earl Hamilton 0.50
3 Lee Meadows 0.84
4 Jeff Tesreau 0.87
5 Stan Coveleski 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 4
1 Earl Hamilton 4
1 Lefty Williams 4
4 Jesse Barnes 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Mays 20
2 Hippo Vaughn 18
3 Larry Cheney 16
4 Pete Alexander 15
4 3 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Causey 2
2 Fred Anderson 1
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Fritz Coumbe 1
2 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 Tris Speaker .354
3 George Sisler .346
4 Edd Roush .329
5 Rogers Hornsby .328

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 110
2 Heinie Zimmerman 103
3 Ty Cobb 101
4 Happy Felsch 100
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 55
2 Ray Chapman 53
3 Eddie Collins 52
3 Braggo Roth 52
5 Max Carey 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Anderson 1.54
2 Stan Coveleski 1.64
3 Pete Alexander 1.65
4 Pol Perritt 1.71
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
2 Eddie Cicotte 26
3 Carl Mays 25
4 Walter Johnson 23
4 Hippo Vaughn 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 194
2 Walter Johnson 181
3 Hippo Vaughn 177
4 Eddie Cicotte 153
5 Dutch Leonard 138

Saves

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