On This Day

Friday, May 24, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 20 12 .625 --
Indians 18 14 .563 2.0
Browns 16 13 .552 2.5
Yankees 16 14 .533 3.0
White Sox 14 13 .519 3.5
Senators 13 18 .419 6.5
Athletics 12 17 .414 6.5
Tigers 8 16 .333 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 7 .767 --
Cubs 19 11 .633 4.0
Reds 19 15 .559 6.0
Pirates 15 14 .517 7.5
Phillies 12 17 .414 10.5
Braves 13 19 .406 11.0
Robins 11 19 .367 12.0
Cardinals 10 20 .333 13.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Steve O'Neill 4
1 Wally Rehg 4
3 Donie Bush 3
3 Ray Demmitt 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Smoky Joe Wood 2
2 Ping Bodie 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Joe Gedeon 3
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Ray Demmitt 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Pitler 2
1 George Sisler 2
3 Jimmy Austin 1
3 Ty Cobb 1
3 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eric Erickson 1.50
2 Rube Marquard 0.46
3 Fred Toney 0.42
4 Gene Packard 0.40
5 Bert Gallia 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Bert Gallia 1
1 Gene Packard 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eric Erickson 12
2 Rube Marquard 6
3 Bert Gallia 5
3 Fred Toney 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .402
2 Tillie Walker .374
3 George Burns .365
3 George Sisler .365
5 Al Wickland .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Braggo Roth 25
2 Home Run Baker 23
2 Fred Merkle 23
4 George Burns 20
4 2 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 17
1 Max Carey 17
3 George Sisler 16
4 Braggo Roth 13
5 Tris Speaker 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.77
2 Earl Hamilton 0.83
3 Walter Johnson 0.98
4 Bill Sherdel 1.12
5 Fred Toney 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Gallia 7
2 Jesse Barnes 6
2 Rube Bressler 6
2 Bullet Joe Bush 6
2 6 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 40
2 Carl Mays 36
3 Eric Erickson 34
4 Stan Coveleski 32
4 2 others tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 2
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .487
2 Tillie Walker .422
3 George Burns .413
3 Al Wickland .413
5 Sherry Magee .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 4
2 George Burns 3
3 Walton Cruise 2
3 Smoky Joe Wood 2
5 10 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 16
2 Joe Gedeon 11
3 Harry Hooper 9
3 Tillie Walker 9
5 6 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 9
2 George Burns 7
2 Max Carey 7
2 Braggo Roth 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.00
3 Dana Fillingim 0.33
4 Gene Packard 0.41
5 Carl Mays 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Bressler 3
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Wilbur Cooper 3
1 Dana Fillingim 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eric Erickson 19
2 Stan Coveleski 18
3 Carl Mays 16
4 Guy Morton 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Hod Eller 1
1 Johnny Enzmann 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .419
2 George Sisler .416
3 George Burns .385
4 Tillie Walker .376
5 Fred Merkle .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 20
1 Fred Merkle 20
3 George Burns 17
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 17
3 2 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 16
2 Max Carey 13
3 George Burns 12
3 Braggo Roth 12
5 Ty Cobb 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.74
2 Dana Fillingim 0.77
3 Earl Hamilton 1.00
4 Hank Thormahlen 1.10
5 Bill Sherdel 1.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Gallia 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
3 Jesse Barnes 5
3 Rube Bressler 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eric Erickson 34
2 Hippo Vaughn 31
3 Guy Morton 27
4 Stan Coveleski 24
5 4 tied 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 2
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 Bob Geary 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .380
2 George Sisler .359
3 Tris Speaker .353
4 Red Smith .333
5 Edd Roush .329

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 114
2 Ty Cobb 99
3 Heinie Zimmerman 95
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 92
5 Hal Chase 88

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 59
2 Ty Cobb 58
3 Braggo Roth 53
4 Eddie Collins 51
5 George Burns 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.71
2 Stan Coveleski 1.72
3 Pol Perritt 1.80
4 Walter Johnson 1.81
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 26
2 Pete Alexander 25
2 Carl Mays 25
4 Hippo Vaughn 23
5 Fred Toney 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 185
2 Hippo Vaughn 174
3 Pete Alexander 164
4 Eddie Cicotte 147
5 Dutch Leonard 136

Saves

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