On This Day

Wednesday, April 30, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 6 1 .857 --
Red Sox 4 1 .800 1.0
Indians 3 1 .750 1.5
Yankees 2 2 .500 2.5
Athletics 2 3 .400 3.0
Senators 2 4 .333 3.5
Tigers 1 4 .200 4.0
Browns 1 5 .167 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 6 0 1.000 --
Robins 4 1 .800 1.5
Giants 3 2 .600 2.5
Phillies 3 2 .600 2.5
Cubs 3 3 .500 3.0
Pirates 2 3 .400 3.5
Cardinals 1 6 .143 5.5
Braves 0 5 .000 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hi Myers 5
2 Tommy Griffith 4
2 Harry Hooper 4
2 Fred Luderus 4
2 Lew Malone 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hi Myers 1
1 Dode Paskert 1
1 Sammy Vick 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 4
1 Hi Myers 4
3 Doug Baird 3
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 3
3 Dode Paskert 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Powell 2
2 Turner Barber 1
2 George Burns 1
2 Leo Callahan 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Nehf 0.67
2 Lee Meadows 0.50
3 Ray Caldwell 0.40
4 Dickey Kerr 0.38
5 Burleigh Grimes 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Caldwell 1
1 Red Causey 1
1 Phil Douglas 1
1 Dickey Kerr 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Burleigh Grimes 8
2 Dickey Kerr 6
2 Art Nehf 6
4 Ray Caldwell 4
4 Jim Shaw 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Bob Shawkey 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Wambsganss .571
2 Cy Williams .538
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .533
4 Bill Rariden .529
5 Joe Gedeon .476

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Max Flack 2
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 2
3 Doug Baird 1
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doug Baird 11
2 Eddie Collins 9
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 8
3 Sherry Magee 8
3 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 6
2 Buck Herzog 4
2 Charlie Pick 4
2 Buck Weaver 4
5 2 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jing Johnson 0.00
1 Sad Sam Jones 0.00
1 Guy Morton 0.00
1 Bob Shawkey 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Causey 2
1 Eddie Cicotte 2
1 Ray Fisher 2
1 Dolf Luque 2
1 3 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Burleigh Grimes 15
2 Carl Mays 11
3 Howard Ehmke 10
3 Harry Harper 10
3 Dick Rudolph 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Hod Eller 1
1 Bob Shawkey 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .354
2 George Sisler .342
3 Heinie Groh .322
4 Edd Roush .319
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 Sherry Magee 81
1 Bobby Veach 81
3 Fred Merkle 71
4 Dode Paskert 68
5 2 tied 67

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 56
2 George Sisler 46
3 George Burns 37
4 Braggo Roth 35
5 Ray Chapman 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.28
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.66
3 Scott Perry 2.00
4 Stan Coveleski 2.00
5 Allan Sothoron 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 23
2 Hippo Vaughn 21
3 Burleigh Grimes 20
3 Carl Mays 20
5 5 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 160
2 Hippo Vaughn 138
3 Jim Shaw 126
4 Guy Morton 122
5 2 tied 120

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 7
2 Jim Bagby 6
3 Fritz Coumbe 4
3 Bob Geary 4
5 8 tied 3