On This Day

Wednesday, April 27, 1921

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 9 3 .750 --
Indians 9 4 .692 0.5
Browns 5 6 .455 3.5
Yankees 5 6 .455 3.5
Red Sox 4 5 .444 3.5
Tigers 4 6 .400 4.0
White Sox 3 5 .375 4.0
Athletics 3 7 .300 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 10 3 .769 --
Robins 8 5 .615 2.0
Cubs 6 4 .600 2.5
Giants 6 5 .545 3.0
Braves 6 7 .462 4.0
Reds 6 8 .429 4.5
Phillies 4 7 .364 5.0
Cardinals 1 8 .111 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Johnston 3
1 Joe Judge 3
1 Goldie Rapp 3
4 Carson Bigbee 2
4 27 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 High Pockets Kelly 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 3
2 Rube Bressler 2
2 George Cutshaw 2
2 High Pockets Kelly 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Cutshaw 1
1 Cliff Heathcote 1
1 Les Mann 1
1 Rabbit Maranville 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Shawkey 0.42
2 Rube Marquard 0.27
3 Red Causey 0.24
4 Carl Holling 0.20
5 Mule Watson 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Earl Hamilton 1
1 Al Mamaux 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 George Mogridge 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 5
2 Red Causey 4
3 Rube Marquard 3
4 Carl Holling 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Zinn 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Johnston .535
2 Harry Heilmann .513
3 Cotton Tierney .451
4 Babe Ruth .447
5 Riggs Stephenson .419

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 18
2 Babe Ruth 13
2 Walter Schmidt 13
4 Charlie Deal 11
4 4 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 6
2 Rabbit Maranville 5
3 Walter Barbare 3
3 Sam Bohne 3
3 5 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Mogridge 0.82
2 Carl Mays 0.98
3 Whitey Glazner 1.32
4 Al Mamaux 1.50
5 Bill Piercy 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 4
2 Earl Hamilton 3
2 Sad Sam Jones 3
2 Dolf Luque 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 15
2 Al Mamaux 13
2 Rube Marquard 13
2 Urban Shocker 13
5 Tom Zachary 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Huck Betts 2
2 Jesse Barnes 1
2 Stan Coveleski 1
2 Buck Freeman 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .405
2 Babe Ruth .389
3 Tris Speaker .384
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .380
5 Eddie Collins .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 59
2 George Sisler 21
3 Irish Meusel 18
4 High Pockets Kelly 16
5 3 tied 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 148
2 Baby Doll Jacobson 129
3 George Sisler 128
4 Larry Gardner 121
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 63
2 Max Carey 51
3 George Sisler 42
4 Frankie Frisch 35
5 Carson Bigbee 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.83
2 Sherry Smith 2.14
3 Burleigh Grimes 2.32
4 Dolf Luque 2.32
5 Wilbur Cooper 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 33
2 Carl Mays 28
3 Pete Alexander 27
4 Wilbur Cooper 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 161
2 Stan Coveleski 129
3 Burleigh Grimes 128
4 Hippo Vaughn 123
5 Urban Shocker 116

Saves

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