On This Day

Sunday, April 27, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 2 0 1.000 --
White Sox 4 1 .800 -0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 1.0
Indians 1 1 .500 1.0
Tigers 1 2 .333 1.5
Senators 1 2 .333 1.5
Browns 1 3 .250 2.0
Yankees 0 1 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 5 0 1.000 --
Robins 3 0 1.000 1.0
Phillies 2 1 .667 2.0
Pirates 2 2 .500 2.5
Cubs 2 2 .500 2.5
Giants 1 2 .333 3.0
Braves 0 3 .000 4.0
Cardinals 0 5 .000 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Chick Gandil 3
1 Charlie Pick 3
1 Ray Schalk 3
4 Eddie Collins 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Max Flack 1
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Charlie Pick 2
1 Babe Ruth 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Pick 2
1 Everett Scott 2
3 Tony Boeckel 1
3 Jake Daubert 1
3 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sad Sam Jones 1.00
2 Dutch Ruether 0.60
3 Lefty Tyler 0.50
4 Jim Shaw 0.33
5 Hooks Dauss 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1
1 Lefty Tyler 1
1 Lefty Williams 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sad Sam Jones 7
2 Dutch Ruether 6
3 Lefty Tyler 4
4 Hooks Dauss 3
5 3 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Williams .778
2 Joe Gedeon .600
3 Bill Rariden .538
3 Ross Youngs .538
5 2 tied .524

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Max Flack 2
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 2
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 Larry Doyle 1
3 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 9
2 Hal Chase 6
2 Sherry Magee 6
2 Greasy Neale 6
2 Buck Weaver 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 5
2 Buck Herzog 3
2 Charlie Pick 3
2 Buck Weaver 3
5 7 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
1 Leon Cadore 0.00
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.00
1 Sad Sam Jones 0.00
1 5 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dolf Luque 2
1 Lefty Williams 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Walter Anderson 1
3 20 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hod Eller 9
2 Walter Anderson 8
2 Carl Mays 8
2 Dutch Ruether 8
2 Lefty Williams 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hod Eller 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .357
2 George Sisler .347
3 Heinie Groh .328
4 Edd Roush .318
5 Charlie Hollocher .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 81
2 Sherry Magee 80
3 Fred Merkle 71
4 George Cutshaw 68
5 Smoky Joe Wood 66

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 55
2 George Sisler 47
3 George Burns 36
4 Ty Cobb 34
4 Braggo Roth 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.14
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.68
3 Burleigh Grimes 1.92
4 Stan Coveleski 1.98
5 Allan Sothoron 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 23
2 Hippo Vaughn 21
3 Stan Coveleski 20
3 Burleigh Grimes 20
3 Lefty Tyler 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 157
2 Hippo Vaughn 135
3 Jim Shaw 126
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