On This Day

Saturday, May 18, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 18 10 .643 --
Yankees 15 12 .556 2.5
Indians 15 12 .556 2.5
White Sox 13 11 .542 3.0
Senators 12 14 .462 5.0
Browns 11 13 .458 5.0
Athletics 11 15 .423 6.0
Tigers 7 15 .318 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 20 6 .769 --
Cubs 16 9 .640 3.5
Reds 15 13 .536 6.0
Pirates 13 12 .520 6.5
Phillies 11 13 .458 8.0
Cardinals 9 16 .360 10.5
Robins 9 16 .360 10.5
Braves 9 17 .346 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Carey 5
2 Carson Bigbee 3
2 George Burns 3
2 Jake Daubert 3
2 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Tobin 3
2 Carson Bigbee 2
2 Howdy Caton 2
2 Max Flack 2
2 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Elmer Miller 2
1 George Sisler 2
1 Casey Stengel 2
5 24 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Slim Sallee 0.62
2 Guy Morton 0.50
3 Claude Hendrix 0.44
4 Earl Yingling 0.41
5 Bullet Joe Bush 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Dana Fillingim 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Yingling 7
2 Guy Morton 5
2 Slim Sallee 5
4 Red Faber 4
4 Claude Hendrix 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Urban Shocker 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .415
2 Tris Speaker .372
3 Tillie Walker .365
4 Benny Kauff .359
5 George Sisler .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Burns 4
1 Tillie Walker 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Braggo Roth 24
2 Home Run Baker 23
3 George Burns 20
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 20
3 Fred Merkle 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 15
2 George Burns 14
3 George Sisler 13
4 Braggo Roth 12
5 Tris Speaker 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.69
2 Earl Hamilton 0.83
3 Walter Johnson 0.98
4 Bill Sherdel 1.08
5 Jeff Tesreau 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Earl Hamilton 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
1 Hippo Vaughn 6
4 Jesse Barnes 5
4 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 35
2 Walter Johnson 32
3 Carl Mays 28
3 Guy Morton 28
5 Stan Coveleski 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 Bob Geary 2
1 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Johnston .462
2 Red Smith .425
3 Babe Ruth .405
4 Frank Gilhooley .382
5 George Sisler .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Burns 3
1 Babe Ruth 3
1 Tillie Walker 3
4 Al Wickland 2
5 13 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 13
2 Fred Merkle 11
2 Al Wickland 11
4 Braggo Roth 10
5 4 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 10
2 George Sisler 9
3 Braggo Roth 7
4 George Burns 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.00
1 Johnny Enzmann 0.00
3 Walter Johnson 0.63
4 Dana Fillingim 0.69
5 Hod Eller 0.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 4
2 Bert Gallia 3
2 Guy Morton 3
2 Scott Perry 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 21
2 Eric Erickson 18
3 Walter Johnson 17
3 Hippo Vaughn 17
5 Stan Coveleski 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Hod Eller 2
3 Johnny Enzmann 1
3 Red Faber 1
3 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .377
2 Tris Speaker .362
3 George Sisler .354
4 Red Smith .337
5 Edd Roush .331

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 10
2 Bobby Veach 8
3 Home Run Baker 7
3 Gavvy Cravath 7
3 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 114
2 Ty Cobb 99
3 Heinie Zimmerman 97
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 93
5 Happy Felsch 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 59
2 Braggo Roth 56
3 Ty Cobb 55
4 Eddie Collins 51
5 2 tied 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.68
2 Stan Coveleski 1.81
3 Pol Perritt 1.84
4 Walter Johnson 1.86
5 Jim Bagby 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 27
2 Walter Johnson 26
3 Carl Mays 25
4 Hippo Vaughn 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 188
2 Pete Alexander 179
3 Hippo Vaughn 178
4 Eddie Cicotte 145
5 2 tied 135

Saves

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