On This Day

Sunday, July 18, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 56 27 .675 --
Yankees 56 30 .651 1.5
White Sox 50 32 .610 5.5
Browns 41 42 .494 15.0
Senators 39 40 .494 15.0
Red Sox 37 42 .468 17.0
Tigers 27 53 .338 27.5
Athletics 23 63 .267 34.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 51 34 .600 --
Reds 45 34 .570 3.0
Pirates 40 38 .513 7.5
Cardinals 41 43 .488 9.5
Giants 39 42 .481 10.0
Cubs 41 45 .477 10.5
Braves 33 40 .452 12.0
Phillies 33 47 .413 15.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ping Bodie 3
1 Max Flack 3
1 Patsy Gharrity 3
1 Bucky Harris 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ping Bodie 1
1 Fred Merkle 1
1 Irish Meusel 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ping Bodie 6
2 Patsy Gharrity 3
2 Fred Merkle 3
4 Ray Powell 2
5 25 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rabbit Maranville 2
1 Sam Rice 2
3 Nemo Leibold 1
3 Irish Meusel 1
3 Howie Shanks 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lee Meadows 0.62
2 Jesse Haines 0.50
3 Lefty Tyler 0.45
4 Dolf Luque 0.33
5 2 tied 0.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rip Collins 1
1 Dolf Luque 1
1 Lee Meadows 1
1 Al Schacht 1
1 Lefty Tyler 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lee Meadows 5
1 Lefty Tyler 5
3 Jesse Haines 4
4 Rip Collins 3
4 Lefty Williams 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .415
2 George Sisler .404
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .399
4 Babe Ruth .392
5 Sam Rice .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 29
2 Happy Felsch 10
2 Tillie Walker 10
4 Cy Williams 9
5 Dave Robertson 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 83
2 Tris Speaker 77
3 Larry Gardner 71
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 67
5 Happy Felsch 63

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 39
2 Max Carey 33
3 George Sisler 25
4 Edd Roush 21
5 Charlie Hollocher 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Mamaux 1.91
2 Pete Alexander 1.91
3 Dutch Ruether 1.94
4 Burleigh Grimes 2.04
5 Stan Coveleski 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 17
2 Pete Alexander 16
2 Lefty Williams 16
4 Stan Coveleski 15
5 Wilbur Cooper 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 110
2 Lefty Williams 86
3 Walter Johnson 80
4 Burleigh Grimes 75
5 Dutch Ruether 74

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 5
2 Walter Johnson 3
2 Hugh McQuillan 3
2 Jack Quinn 3
5 19 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jack Smith .522
2 Tris Speaker .500
3 Bob Meusel .479
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .455
5 Turner Barber .450

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 5
2 Wally Pipp 3
2 Frank Welch 3
4 Ping Bodie 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 21
2 Del Pratt 20
3 Ping Bodie 15
3 Happy Felsch 15
3 Zack Wheat 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 9
2 Max Carey 8
3 George Sisler 7
4 Carson Bigbee 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Scott Perry 0.60
2 Rube Benton 0.69
3 Clarence Mitchell 0.73
4 Al Mamaux 0.81
5 Pete Alexander 0.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 4
1 Carl Mays 4
3 Babe Adams 3
3 Hal Carlson 3
3 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 24
2 Pete Alexander 22
3 Hippo Vaughn 20
4 Ray Caldwell 16
4 3 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sherry Smith 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Howard Ehmke 1
2 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .470
2 Tris Speaker .445
3 Sam Rice .440
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .439
5 Eddie Collins .414

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 10
2 George Burns 4
2 Wally Pipp 4
2 Braggo Roth 4
5 10 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 33
2 Del Pratt 31
3 Tris Speaker 30
4 Happy Felsch 28
5 Babe Ruth 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 17
2 Max Carey 14
3 Carson Bigbee 11
3 George Sisler 11
5 Edd Roush 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.27
2 Phil Douglas 1.58
3 Red Faber 1.80
4 Guy Morton 1.88
5 Ray Fisher 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 6
1 Wilbur Cooper 6
1 Carl Mays 6
1 Art Nehf 6
5 11 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Mamaux 44
2 Pete Alexander 39
3 Urban Shocker 38
4 Jim Shaw 30
4 Lefty Williams 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 2
1 Sherry Smith 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 21 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .386
2 Tris Speaker .382
3 George Sisler .381
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .377
5 Babe Ruth .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 45
2 Happy Felsch 14
2 Tillie Walker 14
4 Cy Williams 12
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 136
2 Tris Speaker 118
3 Larry Gardner 115
4 Happy Felsch 112
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson 109

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 55
2 Max Carey 48
3 Edd Roush 35
4 George Sisler 34
5 Greasy Neale 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.65
2 Dutch Ruether 2.08
3 Sherry Smith 2.08
4 Babe Adams 2.10
5 Ray Fisher 2.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 27
1 Stan Coveleski 27
3 Wilbur Cooper 24
4 Jim Bagby 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 193
2 Hippo Vaughn 144
3 Lefty Williams 140
4 Stan Coveleski 134
5 Walter Johnson 132

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Shaw 6
1 Bill Sherdel 6
3 Allen Russell 5
4 Walter Johnson 4
5 10 tied 3