On This Day

Saturday, April 26, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 --
White Sox 3 1 .750 -0.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 0.5
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Indians 1 1 .500 0.5
Browns 1 3 .250 1.5
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 4 0 1.000 --
Robins 3 0 1.000 0.5
Phillies 2 1 .667 1.5
Pirates 2 1 .667 1.5
Giants 1 2 .333 2.5
Cubs 1 2 .333 2.5
Braves 0 3 .000 3.5
Cardinals 0 4 .000 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Chick Gandil 4
2 Max Flack 3
2 Ira Flagstead 3
2 Larry Kopf 3
2 Joe Schultz 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Greasy Neale 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chick Gandil 3
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Sherry Magee 2
2 George Sisler 2
2 Casey Stengel 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 3
2 Fritz Mollwitz 2
3 Ray Demmitt 1
3 Jack Graney 1
3 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Shellenback 0.50
2 Phil Douglas 0.33
2 Dolf Luque 0.33
4 Jim Bagby 0.25
5 Dave Davenport 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Dolf Luque 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 4
1 Dolf Luque 4
3 Frank Shellenback 3
4 Jim Bagby 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Williams .778
2 Joe Gedeon .600
3 Ray Chapman .571
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .556
4 Pete Kilduff .556

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Max Flack 1
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 7
2 Hal Chase 6
2 Greasy Neale 6
2 Buck Weaver 6
5 3 tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 5
2 Buck Herzog 3
3 Fritz Mollwitz 2
3 George Sisler 2
3 4 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Leon Cadore 0.00
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
1 Carl Mays 0.00
1 6 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dolf Luque 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Walter Anderson 1
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 17 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hod Eller 9
2 Walter Anderson 8
2 Carl Mays 8
4 Burleigh Grimes 7
5 4 tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hod Eller 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .356
2 George Sisler .349
3 Heinie Groh .326
4 Edd Roush .323
5 Charlie Hollocher .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Tillie Walker 11
3 Gavvy Cravath 8
4 Cy Williams 7
5 Walton Cruise 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 81
2 Sherry Magee 78
3 Fred Merkle 70
4 George Cutshaw 67
5 2 tied 66

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 56
2 George Sisler 47
3 George Burns 37
4 Ty Cobb 34
4 Braggo Roth 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.16
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.68
3 Burleigh Grimes 1.95
4 Scott Perry 1.98
5 Stan Coveleski 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 24
2 Hippo Vaughn 21
3 Stan Coveleski 20
3 Burleigh Grimes 20
5 5 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 159
2 Hippo Vaughn 135
3 Jim Shaw 124
4 Bullet Joe Bush 120
5 2 tied 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 7
2 Jim Bagby 6
3 Bob Geary 4
4 Doc Ayers 3
4 8 others tied 3