On This Day

Tuesday, May 13, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 4 .750 --
Red Sox 7 4 .636 2.5
Yankees 6 4 .600 3.0
Indians 9 6 .600 2.5
Senators 6 6 .500 4.0
Tigers 5 10 .333 6.5
Browns 4 10 .286 7.0
Athletics 3 8 .273 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 10 3 .769 --
Giants 9 4 .692 1.0
Reds 11 5 .688 0.5
Cubs 9 7 .563 2.5
Phillies 5 6 .455 4.0
Pirates 6 8 .429 4.5
Cardinals 4 12 .250 7.5
Braves 1 10 .091 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Donie Bush 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Jack Graney 3
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 George Cutshaw 1
1 Ira Flagstead 1
1 Charlie Hollocher 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Donie Bush 2
1 Fritz Coumbe 2
1 Art Fletcher 2
1 Jack Graney 2
1 Doc Johnston 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Boeckel 1
1 Happy Felsch 1
1 Joe Gedeon 1
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elmer Jacobs 0.71
2 Marv Goodwin 0.60
3 Pete Alexander 0.50
4 Rube Benton 0.29
5 Art Nehf 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Fritz Coumbe 1
1 Dave Davenport 1
1 Marv Goodwin 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Marv Goodwin 6
2 Pete Alexander 5
2 Elmer Jacobs 5
4 Dickey Kerr 4
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ross Youngs .474
2 Cy Williams .447
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .435
4 Ed Konetchy .409
4 Whitey Witt .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Jim Shaw 3
1 Cy Williams 3
4 Max Flack 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 16
2 Eddie Collins 14
3 Happy Felsch 13
4 Doug Baird 11
4 3 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 9
2 Buck Herzog 7
2 Ray Powell 7
2 Buck Weaver 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ray Caldwell 0.50
2 Sad Sam Jones 0.67
3 Hippo Vaughn 0.78
4 Jack Quinn 0.87
5 Harry Harper 0.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jeff Pfeffer 5
2 Jesse Barnes 4
2 Eddie Cicotte 4
2 Ray Fisher 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 29
2 Hod Eller 28
3 Burleigh Grimes 19
3 Jim Shaw 19
5 Lefty Williams 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 2
2 Rube Benton 1
2 Fritz Coumbe 1
2 Molly Craft 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .350
2 George Sisler .333
3 Zack Wheat .322
4 Charlie Hollocher .321
5 Ross Youngs .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 9
1 Babe Ruth 9
1 Tillie Walker 9
1 Cy Williams 9
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 79
2 Bobby Veach 75
3 George Cutshaw 66
4 Ty Cobb 64
5 Edd Roush 63

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 52
2 George Sisler 42
3 George Burns 36
4 Ray Chapman 34
5 Braggo Roth 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.33
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.65
3 Harry Harper 1.87
4 Sad Sam Jones 1.96
5 George Mogridge 2.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hippo Vaughn 21
2 Burleigh Grimes 20
2 Walter Johnson 20
4 Wilbur Cooper 19
4 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 169
2 Hippo Vaughn 133
3 Jim Shaw 132
4 Wilbur Cooper 125
5 Burleigh Grimes 117

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 7
2 Jim Bagby 5
3 Walter Johnson 4
4 Doc Ayers 3
4 8 others tied 3