On This Day

Saturday, April 23, 1921

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 5 2 .714 --
Indians 6 3 .667 0.0
Senators 5 3 .625 0.5
White Sox 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 4 5 .444 2.0
Red Sox 3 4 .429 2.0
Tigers 2 4 .333 2.5
Athletics 2 6 .250 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 5 2 .714 --
Pirates 7 3 .700 -0.5
Cubs 4 2 .667 0.5
Braves 4 5 .444 2.0
Robins 4 5 .444 2.0
Phillies 3 4 .429 2.0
Reds 4 6 .400 2.5
Cardinals 1 5 .167 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Collins 3
1 Bibb Falk 3
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 3
1 Doc Johnston 3
5 17 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Carson Bigbee 1
1 Lew Fonseca 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Sewell 4
2 Bubbles Hargrave 2
2 Lefty York 2
4 Carson Bigbee 1
4 14 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ralph Young 2
2 Sam Bohne 1
2 Donie Bush 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 0.67
2 Lefty Tyler 0.33
3 Stan Coveleski 0.31
4 Red Faber 0.25
5 Dutch Leonard 0.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Shovel Hodge 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 Lefty York 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 6
2 Stan Coveleski 4
3 Dutch Leonard 3
3 Tink Riviere 3
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Riggs Stephenson .516
2 Charlie Deal .500
3 Cotton Tierney .486
4 Babe Ruth .481
5 Jack Tobin .459

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
3 Irish Meusel 3
3 Elmer Smith 3
5 3 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 15
2 Babe Ruth 11
2 Walter Schmidt 11
4 Charlie Deal 10
4 Patsy Gharrity 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 6
2 Sam Bohne 3
2 Rabbit Maranville 3
2 Billy Southworth 3
2 Ralph Young 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Barnes 0.00
1 Lefty York 0.00
1 Al Mamaux 0.00
1 Whitey Glazner 0.00
5 Carl Mays 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Mays 3
2 Jim Bagby 2
2 Stan Coveleski 2
2 Earl Hamilton 2
2 7 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 10
1 Jack Scott 10
1 Urban Shocker 10
4 Hugh McQuillan 9
5 4 tied 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Huck Betts 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .407
2 Babe Ruth .389
3 Tris Speaker .382
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .379
5 Eddie Collins .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 58
2 George Sisler 21
3 Irish Meusel 17
4 High Pockets Kelly 15
4 3 others tied 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 146
2 Baby Doll Jacobson 129
3 George Sisler 128
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 120
5 Larry Gardner 119

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 64
2 Max Carey 51
3 George Sisler 42
4 Frankie Frisch 35
5 2 tied 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.83
2 Sherry Smith 2.21
3 Burleigh Grimes 2.28
4 Dolf Luque 2.30
5 Babe Adams 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 32
2 Carl Mays 29
3 Pete Alexander 27
4 Wilbur Cooper 24
5 4 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 161
2 Burleigh Grimes 133
3 Stan Coveleski 129
4 Hippo Vaughn 124
5 Lefty Williams 118

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 6
1 Urban Shocker 6
3 Pete Alexander 5
3 Dickey Kerr 5
3 Hugh McQuillan 5