On This Day

Tuesday, May 25, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 21 9 .700 --
Red Sox 20 9 .690 0.5
White Sox 17 13 .567 4.0
Yankees 16 15 .516 5.5
Senators 14 16 .467 7.0
Browns 13 17 .433 8.0
Athletics 11 19 .367 10.0
Tigers 8 22 .267 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 18 12 .600 --
Reds 19 13 .594 0.0
Cubs 19 15 .559 1.0
Robins 15 12 .556 1.5
Cardinals 14 17 .452 4.5
Giants 13 16 .448 4.5
Braves 12 15 .444 4.5
Phillies 11 21 .344 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Flack 3
1 Jack Fournier 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Greasy Neale 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Hooper 1
1 Roy Moore 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 Tillie Walker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Fletcher 3
1 Roy Moore 3
3 Sam Crane 2
3 Jake Daubert 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Edd Roush 3
2 Sam Crane 1
2 Max Flack 1
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Bressler 999.00
2 Hal Carlson 1.00
3 Leon Cadore 0.71
4 Bert Gallia 0.43
5 Hippo Vaughn 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Hal Carlson 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Roy Moore 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bert Gallia 6
2 Leon Cadore 5
3 Hal Carlson 4
3 Roy Wilkinson 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Dolf Luque 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .400
2 Doc Johnston .390
3 Heinie Groh .380
4 Buck Weaver .369
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Happy Felsch 6
2 Tillie Walker 6
4 Cy Williams 4
5 8 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 32
2 Tris Speaker 28
3 Rogers Hornsby 24
4 Tillie Walker 23
5 Tim Hendryx 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 13
2 Max Carey 12
3 Greasy Neale 9
3 Braggo Roth 9
3 Edd Roush 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Leon Cadore 1.10
2 Al Mamaux 1.24
3 Burleigh Grimes 1.27
4 Babe Adams 1.29
5 Dutch Ruether 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 9
2 Jim Bagby 8
2 Stan Coveleski 8
2 Lefty Williams 8
5 Dutch Ruether 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 45
2 Stan Coveleski 40
3 Dutch Ruether 39
4 Bob Shawkey 36
5 Lefty Williams 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 2
1 Paul Carter 2
1 Jesse Haines 2
1 Hugh McQuillan 2
1 Bill Sherdel 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Baby Doll Jacobson .429
2 Heinie Groh .419
2 Dode Paskert .419
4 Jack Fournier .409
4 Dave Robertson .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Happy Felsch 4
2 Tillie Walker 4
4 Jimmy Dykes 3
4 Ira Flagstead 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dode Paskert 13
1 Tillie Walker 13
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 12
4 Ty Cobb 11
4 4 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 5
1 Greasy Neale 5
3 Max Flack 4
3 Mike McNally 4
3 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 0.50
1 Herb Pennock 0.50
3 Leon Cadore 0.53
4 Earl Hamilton 0.60
4 Scott Perry 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 4
2 Red Faber 3
2 Art Nehf 3
2 Jack Quinn 3
2 Bob Shawkey 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jesse Haines 17
2 Pete Alexander 16
3 Stan Coveleski 15
4 Rollie Naylor 14
4 Eppa Rixey 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 2
2 Rube Benton 1
2 Paul Carter 1
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Groh .400
2 Baby Doll Jacobson .393
3 Joe Judge .370
4 Rogers Hornsby .368
5 Greasy Neale .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 7
2 Happy Felsch 6
3 Tillie Walker 4
4 Jimmy Dykes 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 22
2 Tris Speaker 20
3 Happy Felsch 19
3 Dode Paskert 19
3 2 others tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 10
2 Max Carey 8
2 Greasy Neale 8
4 Bucky Harris 7
5 5 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Ruether 0.87
2 Babe Adams 0.92
3 Pete Alexander 0.98
4 Hippo Vaughn 0.99
5 Urban Shocker 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 8
2 Jim Bagby 6
2 Dutch Ruether 6
2 Lefty Williams 6
5 3 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 29
2 Stan Coveleski 28
3 Pete Alexander 27
3 Jesse Haines 27
3 Bob Shawkey 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 2
1 Paul Carter 2
1 Bill Sherdel 2
4 Bill Burwell 1
4 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .364
2 George Sisler .351
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .348
4 Bobby Veach .348
5 Rogers Hornsby .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 34
2 Tillie Walker 16
3 Happy Felsch 13
4 Gavvy Cravath 11
4 Harry Heilmann 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 120
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 108
3 Bobby Veach 105
4 Duffy Lewis 98
5 Happy Felsch 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 41
2 George Cutshaw 39
3 George Burns 36
4 Greasy Neale 34
5 Ty Cobb 32

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.58
2 Dutch Ruether 1.59
3 Pete Alexander 1.60
4 Babe Adams 1.84
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 29
2 Lefty Williams 26
3 Pete Alexander 25
3 Dutch Ruether 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 150
2 Hippo Vaughn 147
3 Bob Shawkey 144
4 Walter Johnson 141
5 Stan Coveleski 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Shaw 6
2 Allen Russell 5
3 Al Demaree 4
3 Dolf Luque 4
3 2 others tied 4