On This Day

Tuesday, May 28, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 22 13 .629 --
Yankees 19 15 .559 2.5
Browns 17 15 .531 3.5
Indians 19 17 .528 3.5
White Sox 15 15 .500 4.5
Athletics 14 18 .438 6.5
Senators 15 20 .429 7.0
Tigers 10 18 .357 8.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 10 .697 --
Cubs 22 11 .667 1.0
Reds 20 17 .541 5.0
Pirates 15 16 .484 7.0
Braves 15 19 .441 8.5
Phillies 14 18 .438 8.5
Cardinals 12 21 .364 11.0
Robins 12 21 .364 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Heilmann 3
1 Les Nunamaker 3
1 Oscar Stanage 3
1 Fred Thomas 3
5 14 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve O'Neill 1
1 Smoky Joe Wood 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gedeon 2
1 Harry Heilmann 2
1 Ray Powell 2
1 Del Pratt 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 1
1 Joe Judge 1
1 Braggo Roth 1
1 Bill Wambsganss 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bullet Joe Bush 2.00
2 Eric Erickson 0.70
3 Allen Russell 0.57
4 Eddie Cicotte 0.50
5 2 tied 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Eric Erickson 1
1 Bunny Hearn 1
1 Grover Lowdermilk 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eric Erickson 7
2 Bullet Joe Bush 6
3 Allen Russell 4
4 Eddie Cicotte 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .397
2 Tillie Walker .378
3 Al Wickland .358
4 Home Run Baker .358
5 George Burns .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
3 Smoky Joe Wood 3
5 6 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 25
1 Fred Merkle 25
1 Braggo Roth 25
4 George Burns 20
4 5 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 18
2 George Burns 17
2 Max Carey 17
4 Braggo Roth 14
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 1.10
5 Fred Toney 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 7
1 Bert Gallia 7
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Carl Mays 7
1 Hippo Vaughn 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 47
2 Eric Erickson 41
3 Carl Mays 40
4 Guy Morton 36
5 Walter Johnson 35

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 .452
2 Les Mann .447
3 Jake Daubert .444
4 Tillie Walker .422
5 Al Wickland .396

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gedeon 11
1 Sherry Magee 11
3 Walton Cruise 9
3 Red Smith 9
5 4 tied 8

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Dave Danforth 0.00
3 Hank Thormahlen 0.28
4 Dana Fillingim 0.33
5 Gene Packard 0.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Dana Fillingim 3
1 Bunny Hearn 3
1 Claude Hendrix 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 22
2 Eric Erickson 21
3 Guy Morton 19
4 Carl Mays 16
5 Stan Coveleski 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Johnny Enzmann 1
1 Elmer Myers 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tillie Walker .417
2 Fred Merkle .405
3 George Sisler .392
4 Al Wickland .390
5 Red Smith .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 3
2 Babe Ruth 3
2 Smoky Joe Wood 3
5 3 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 22
2 Sherry Magee 19
3 Dode Paskert 18
4 Walton Cruise 17
4 Earl Smith 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 18
2 Max Carey 12
2 Ty Cobb 12
4 Doug Baird 10
4 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.22
2 Walter Johnson 0.45
3 Dana Fillingim 0.77
4 Earl Hamilton 1.00
5 Grover Lowdermilk 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Gallia 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
3 Slim Love 5
3 Lefty Tyler 5
3 Hippo Vaughn 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eric Erickson 38
2 Hippo Vaughn 32
3 Guy Morton 31
4 Eddie Cicotte 25
5 2 tied 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 Bob Geary 2
4 Fred Anderson 1
4 18 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .378
2 George Sisler .365
3 Tris Speaker .350
4 Red Smith .336
5 Edd Roush .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 9
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 110
2 Ty Cobb 96
2 Heinie Zimmerman 96
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 92
5 Happy Felsch 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 59
2 Ty Cobb 57
3 Braggo Roth 54
4 Eddie Collins 50
5 George Burns 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.71
2 Stan Coveleski 1.77
3 Walter Johnson 1.77
4 Fred Anderson 1.84
5 Pol Perritt 1.87

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 184
2 Hippo Vaughn 181
3 Pete Alexander 164
4 Eddie Cicotte 148
5 Dutch Leonard 134

Saves

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