On This Day

Sunday, May 26, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 21 12 .636 --
Yankees 18 14 .563 2.5
Browns 16 14 .533 3.5
Indians 18 16 .529 3.5
White Sox 14 14 .500 4.5
Athletics 13 17 .433 6.5
Senators 14 19 .424 7.0
Tigers 9 17 .346 8.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 9 .719 --
Cubs 21 11 .656 2.0
Reds 20 16 .556 5.0
Pirates 15 14 .517 6.5
Phillies 13 18 .419 9.5
Braves 13 19 .406 10.0
Cardinals 12 20 .375 11.0
Robins 11 21 .344 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Home Run Baker 4
2 Heinie Groh 3
2 Charlie Hollocher 3
2 Dode Paskert 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Caldwell 2
1 Charlie Hollocher 2
1 Elmer Miller 2
1 Dode Paskert 2
1 Cy Williams 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Gonzalez 3
2 Ping Bodie 2
2 Al Halt 2
4 Red Ames 1
4 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hippo Vaughn 1.40
2 Walter Johnson 0.50
3 Red Ames 0.40
4 Dan Griner 0.27
5 Pete Schneider 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Brad Hogg 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Hippo Vaughn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 7
2 Red Ames 4
3 Dan Griner 3
3 Walter Johnson 3
5 Rudy Kallio 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Prendergast 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .402
2 Tillie Walker .378
3 George Burns .370
4 Home Run Baker .359
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 24
3 Fred Merkle 23
4 George Burns 20
4 3 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 3 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.77
2 Earl Hamilton 0.83
3 Walter Johnson 0.88
4 Bill Sherdel 1.12
5 Fred Toney 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Gallia 7
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Carl Mays 7
1 Hippo Vaughn 7
5 7 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 47
2 Carl Mays 40
3 Walter Johnson 35
4 Eric Erickson 34
5 2 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 Tillie Walker .488
2 Red Smith .472
3 Jake Daubert .444
4 Lee Magee .415
5 3 tied .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 3
2 Walton Cruise 2
2 Smoky Joe Wood 2
4 Ping Bodie 1
4 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 14
2 Walton Cruise 12
3 Joe Gedeon 10
4 Larry Gardner 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 9
2 George Burns 7
3 Doug Baird 6
3 Max Carey 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.00
3 Dana Fillingim 0.33
4 Claude Hendrix 0.39
5 Gene Packard 0.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Bressler 3
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Dana Fillingim 3
1 Carl Mays 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 22
2 Eric Erickson 19
3 Carl Mays 16
4 Stan Coveleski 15
4 Guy Morton 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 .410
2 Tillie Walker .410
3 Jake Daubert .408
4 Fred Merkle .402
5 George Sisler .402

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 3
2 Babe Ruth 3
4 Walton Cruise 2
4 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 20
1 Fred Merkle 20
3 Dode Paskert 18
4 Walton Cruise 17
4 3 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 16
2 Max Carey 13
3 George Burns 12
3 Ty Cobb 12
5 Doug Baird 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.65
2 Dana Fillingim 0.77
3 Earl Hamilton 1.00
4 Hank Thormahlen 1.10
5 Rube Marquard 1.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 7
2 Bert Gallia 6
2 Lefty Tyler 6
4 Rube Bressler 5
4 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 32
2 Eric Erickson 31
3 Guy Morton 27
4 Walter Johnson 25
5 2 tied 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 Bob Geary 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .378
2 George Sisler .362
3 Tris Speaker .354
4 Red Smith .335
5 Edd Roush .326

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 97
3 Heinie Zimmerman 96
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 92
5 Braggo Roth 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 59
2 Ty Cobb 57
3 Braggo Roth 53
4 Eddie Collins 51
5 George Burns 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.71
2 Walter Johnson 1.76
3 Pol Perritt 1.77
4 Stan Coveleski 1.77
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 27
2 Carl Mays 26
3 Pete Alexander 25
4 Hippo Vaughn 24
5 Fred Toney 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 188
2 Hippo Vaughn 181
3 Pete Alexander 164
4 Eddie Cicotte 147
5 Rube Marquard 134

Saves

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