On This Day

Friday, May 16, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 14 5 .737 --
Yankees 8 4 .667 2.5
Indians 11 6 .647 2.0
Red Sox 8 6 .571 3.5
Senators 6 8 .429 5.5
Browns 6 10 .375 6.5
Tigers 5 12 .294 8.0
Athletics 3 10 .231 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 12 4 .750 --
Robins 11 5 .688 1.0
Reds 13 6 .684 0.5
Pirates 9 8 .529 3.5
Cubs 9 10 .474 4.5
Phillies 5 9 .357 6.0
Cardinals 5 13 .278 8.0
Braves 2 11 .154 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tony Boeckel 3
2 Happy Felsch 2
2 Tommy Griffith 2
2 Heinie Groh 2
2 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Chick Gandil 2
1 Fritz Mollwitz 2
1 Walter Schmidt 2
5 19 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Boeckel 2
2 Carson Bigbee 1
2 Buck Herzog 1
2 Les Mann 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Wilbur Cooper 0.57
2 Red Faber 0.43
3 Lefty Tyler 0.33
4 Rube Marquard 0.29
5 Jesse Barnes 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 Bill Sherdel 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Cooper 4
2 Red Faber 3
2 Bill Sherdel 3
4 Rube Marquard 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ross Youngs .456
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .411
3 Cy Williams .407
4 Ed Konetchy .400
5 Elmer Smith .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Jim Shaw 3
1 Cy Williams 3
4 Gavvy Cravath 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 18
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 17
3 Happy Felsch 14
4 Tommy Griffith 13
5 Buck Weaver 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 10
2 Ivy Olson 9
3 Buck Herzog 8
4 Tony Boeckel 7
4 4 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 0.43
2 Urban Shocker 0.60
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.67
4 Jack Quinn 0.87
5 Allen Russell 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 5
1 Eddie Cicotte 5
1 Jeff Pfeffer 5
4 Red Causey 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hod Eller 31
2 Walter Johnson 29
3 Burleigh Grimes 24
4 Howard Ehmke 19
4 Jim Shaw 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 3
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 .346
2 George Sisler .333
3 Zack Wheat .325
4 Charlie Hollocher .323
5 Heinie Groh .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 10
2 Babe Ruth 9
2 Cy Williams 9
4 Tillie Walker 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 75
2 Sherry Magee 73
3 George Cutshaw 68
4 Edd Roush 66
5 Ty Cobb 64

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 50
2 George Sisler 39
3 George Burns 34
4 Ray Chapman 33
5 Eddie Collins 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.41
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.60
3 Allan Sothoron 1.96
4 Sad Sam Jones 1.96
5 Burleigh Grimes 1.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 21
1 Hippo Vaughn 21
3 Wilbur Cooper 20
4 Claude Hendrix 19
4 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 160
2 Hippo Vaughn 134
3 Jim Shaw 131
4 Wilbur Cooper 126
5 Burleigh Grimes 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 6
2 Jim Bagby 5
3 Stan Coveleski 4
3 Walter Johnson 4
5 7 tied 3