On This Day

Friday, June 6, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 25 11 .694 --
Indians 21 13 .618 3.0
Yankees 19 12 .613 3.5
Red Sox 16 16 .500 7.0
Tigers 17 18 .486 7.5
Browns 16 18 .471 8.0
Senators 12 21 .364 11.5
Athletics 7 24 .226 15.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 24 11 .686 --
Reds 21 16 .568 4.0
Robins 20 17 .541 5.0
Cubs 18 18 .500 6.5
Pirates 18 20 .474 7.5
Phillies 15 17 .469 7.5
Braves 13 21 .382 10.5
Cardinals 13 22 .371 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jake Daubert 3
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 Sam Rice 3
1 Howie Shanks 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Herzog 1
1 Edd Roush 1
1 Zack Wheat 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Gavvy Cravath 2
2 Heinie Groh 2
2 Cliff Heathcote 2
2 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Del Gainer 1
1 Bob Jones 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jim Shaw 0.67
2 Claude Hendrix 0.60
3 Rube Benton 0.50
4 Herb Pennock 0.40
5 Jeff Pfeffer 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 Dick Rudolph 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jeff Pfeffer 5
2 Herb Pennock 4
3 Doc Ayers 3
3 Rube Benton 3
3 Claude Hendrix 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Dolf Luque 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gavvy Cravath .446
2 Ross Youngs .363
3 Bobby Veach .355
4 Ty Cobb .355
5 Joe Gedeon .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Benny Kauff 5
1 Cy Williams 5
3 Gavvy Cravath 4
3 Larry Doyle 4
3 Braggo Roth 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 30
2 Eddie Collins 26
2 Larry Gardner 26
4 Tommy Griffith 25
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 13
1 Ross Youngs 13
3 Carson Bigbee 12
3 Buck Herzog 12
5 Ivy Olson 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 1.01
3 Jack Quinn 1.40
4 Hippo Vaughn 1.45
5 Dick Rudolph 1.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 10
2 Jesse Barnes 7
2 Red Causey 7
2 Jeff Pfeffer 7
2 2 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 53
2 Burleigh Grimes 42
3 Hod Eller 40
4 Lefty Williams 39
5 2 tied 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Bob Shawkey 2
2 Jesse Winters 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 21 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Braggo Roth .490
2 Doc Johnston .486
3 Sam Rice .463
4 Bobby Veach .444
5 Babe Ruth .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Braggo Roth 4
2 Heinie Zimmerman 3
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 Hal Chase 2
3 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 18
1 Billy Southworth 18
3 Heinie Groh 15
4 Home Run Baker 14
4 Walter Holke 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carson Bigbee 6
2 Doug Baird 5
2 George Cutshaw 5
2 Billy Southworth 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Speed Martin 0.00
2 Claude Hendrix 0.31
3 Walt Kinney 0.48
4 Dick Rudolph 0.53
4 Slim Sallee 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 4
1 Bob Shawkey 4
3 Rube Benton 3
3 Hooks Dauss 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jeff Pfeffer 19
2 Phil Douglas 18
3 Rube Marquard 17
4 Walter Johnson 16
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Dave Danforth 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gavvy Cravath .423
2 Edd Roush .393
3 Braggo Roth .390
4 Sam Rice .385
5 George Sisler .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
1 Benny Kauff 4
1 Braggo Roth 4
4 George Sisler 3
4 Heinie Zimmerman 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 26
2 Benny Kauff 20
3 Larry Gardner 19
4 Heinie Groh 18
4 Billy Southworth 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carson Bigbee 11
2 Ross Youngs 10
3 Doc Johnston 8
3 Fred Merkle 8
5 2 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.95
2 Claude Hendrix 1.01
3 Dick Rudolph 1.21
4 Phil Douglas 1.30
5 Sherry Smith 1.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 7
2 Bob Shawkey 6
3 Rube Benton 5
3 Red Causey 5
3 Earl Hamilton 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 35
2 Rube Marquard 27
2 Jeff Pfeffer 27
4 Lefty Williams 26
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Jesse Winters 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .397
2 George Sisler .340
3 Zack Wheat .335
4 George Burns .328
5 Heinie Groh .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 11
2 Cy Williams 10
3 Edd Roush 7
3 Babe Ruth 7
5 6 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 85
2 George Cutshaw 71
3 Ty Cobb 70
4 Larry Gardner 69
5 Edd Roush 68

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 40
2 George Burns 33
3 Ray Chapman 32
3 Eddie Collins 32
5 George Sisler 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.53
2 Allan Sothoron 1.74
3 Hippo Vaughn 1.78
4 Lefty Tyler 1.81
5 Harry Harper 1.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 23
2 Wilbur Cooper 20
3 Eddie Cicotte 19
3 Stan Coveleski 19
3 2 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 174
2 Jim Shaw 135
3 Burleigh Grimes 123
4 Wilbur Cooper 122
5 Hippo Vaughn 114

Saves

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