On This Day

Wednesday, May 8, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 12 8 .600 --
Indians 10 8 .556 1.0
White Sox 8 7 .533 1.5
Yankees 10 9 .526 1.5
Browns 8 9 .471 2.5
Senators 8 10 .444 3.0
Tigers 6 8 .429 3.0
Athletics 7 10 .412 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 1 .944 --
Cubs 12 5 .706 4.5
Pirates 9 8 .529 7.5
Phillies 8 10 .444 9.0
Reds 8 12 .400 10.0
Cardinals 7 11 .389 10.0
Robins 6 12 .333 11.0
Braves 5 13 .278 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Foster 3
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 3
1 Fred Luderus 3
1 Les Mann 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Les Mann 1
1 Cy Perkins 1
1 Al Wickland 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Perkins 5
2 Doug Baird 3
2 Ray Demmitt 3
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Howie Shanks 3
2 Clyde Milan 2
2 George Sisler 2
2 Earl Smith 2
5 16 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Cicotte 999.00
2 Allan Sothoron 1.00
3 Ray Caldwell 0.50
3 Jim Shaw 0.50
5 Jack Coombs 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Art Nehf 1
1 Pol Perritt 1
1 Scott Perry 1
1 Mike Regan 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ray Caldwell 6
1 Allan Sothoron 6
3 Jack Coombs 5
4 Jim Shaw 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hod Eller 1
1 Harry Harper 1
1 Lefty Williams 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .426
2 Fred McMullin .400
3 Tris Speaker .393
4 Home Run Baker .384
5 Jack Tobin .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 3
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 Fred Luderus 2
4 Doug Baird 1
4 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 19
1 Braggo Roth 19
3 Larry Doyle 18
4 Home Run Baker 16
5 George Burns 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 10
1 Max Carey 10
3 George Sisler 7
3 Tris Speaker 7
3 Amos Strunk 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Oeschger 0.53
2 Earl Hamilton 0.80
3 Bill Sherdel 0.92
4 Jeff Tesreau 0.93
5 Lefty Tyler 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Earl Hamilton 5
2 Jesse Barnes 4
2 Stan Coveleski 4
2 Bert Gallia 4
2 3 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 23
2 Carl Mays 20
2 Allan Sothoron 20
4 Burleigh Grimes 19
5 4 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Causey 2
1 Slim Sallee 2
3 Fred Anderson 1
3 Eddie Cicotte 1
3 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 Tris Speaker .351
3 George Sisler .346
4 Edd Roush .326
5 Rogers Hornsby .325

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 113
2 Ty Cobb 103
3 Heinie Zimmerman 102
4 Happy Felsch 101
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson 97

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Anderson 1.54
2 Pete Alexander 1.65
3 Pol Perritt 1.68
4 Stan Coveleski 1.71
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
2 Eddie Cicotte 26
3 Carl Mays 25
4 Walter Johnson 24
5 Hippo Vaughn 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 194
2 Walter Johnson 177
3 Hippo Vaughn 175
4 Eddie Cicotte 155
5 Pete Schneider 139

Saves

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