On This Day

Friday, April 16, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 1 0 1.000 --
Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0.0
Indians 1 0 1.000 0.0
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Yankees 1 1 .500 0.5
Tigers 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 2 0 1.000 --
Braves 2 0 1.000 0.0
Pirates 2 1 .667 0.5
Phillies 1 1 .500 1.0
Robins 1 1 .500 1.0
Cardinals 1 2 .333 1.5
Giants 0 2 .000 2.0
Cubs 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Possum Whitted 3
2 Howdy Caton 2
2 Bill Sherdel 2
4 Carson Bigbee 1
4 8 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howdy Caton 2
1 Charlie Grimm 2
3 Bill Haeffner 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Sherdel 0.45
2 Hal Carlson 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hal Carlson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Sherdel 5
2 Hal Carlson 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Del Pratt .625
2 Ivy Olson .600
3 Wally Pipp .571
4 Howdy Caton .500
4 2 others tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Heilmann 1
1 Cy Perkins 1
1 Wally Pipp 1
1 Edd Roush 1
1 Cy Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howdy Caton 5
2 Ed Konetchy 4
2 Zack Wheat 4
4 Turner Barber 3
4 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 2
1 Edd Roush 2
1 Billy Southworth 2
1 Buck Weaver 2
5 15 tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hal Carlson 0.00
1 Stan Coveleski 0.00
1 Joe Oeschger 0.00
1 Bill Doak 0.00
1 6 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Leon Cadore 1
1 Hal Carlson 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Williams 8
2 Stan Coveleski 7
3 Scott Perry 6
3 Bob Shawkey 6
5 3 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Causey 1
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 Ernie Shore 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 Bobby Veach .354
3 George Sisler .348
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .345
5 Jack Tobin .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 29
2 Gavvy Cravath 12
3 Home Run Baker 10
3 Benny Kauff 10
3 3 others tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 112
2 Bobby Veach 100
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 96
4 Happy Felsch 93
4 Harry Heilmann 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 40
2 George Cutshaw 36
3 Eddie Collins 33
4 Ty Cobb 31
5 4 tied 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.60
2 Fred Toney 1.75
3 Hippo Vaughn 1.80
4 Eddie Cicotte 1.82
5 Dutch Ruether 1.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 29
2 Jesse Barnes 25
2 Stan Coveleski 25
4 Lefty Williams 24
5 3 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 149
2 Hippo Vaughn 142
3 Hod Eller 137
4 Lefty Williams 134
5 Bob Shawkey 133

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 5
1 Bob Shawkey 5
1 Jim Shaw 5
4 Stan Coveleski 4
4 3 others tied 4