Baseball44 On This Day: Tuesday, May 17, 1921

On This Day

Tuesday, May 17, 1921

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	15	10	.600	--
Indians	17	12	.586	--
Red Sox	12	10	.545	1.5
Senators	15	13	.536	1.5
Tigers	16	14	.533	1.5
Browns	12	15	.444	4.0
White Sox	10	14	.417	4.5
Athletics	8	17	.320	7.0

Games

White Sox 10, Athletics 4

Indians 4, Yankees 2

Senators 2, Tigers 1

Browns 4, Red Sox 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	20	6	.769	--
Giants	19	8	.704	1.5
Robins	18	12	.600	4.0
Cubs	12	11	.522	6.5
Braves	11	14	.440	8.5
Cardinals	8	16	.333	11.0
Reds	10	20	.333	12.0
Phillies	7	18	.280	12.5

Games

Robins 9, Cardinals 7

Braves 8, Cubs 4

Giants 4, Reds 3

Pirates 6, Phillies 4

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Eddie Mulligan	4
2	Chick Galloway	3
2	Wally Gerber	3
2	Rogers Hornsby	3
2	5 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ernie Krueger	1
1	Austin McHenry	1
1	Babe Ruth	1
1	Curt Walker	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bibb Falk	4
2	Joe Oeschger	3
3	Tony Boeckel	2
3	Ernie Krueger	2
3	3 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Flack	1
1	Frankie Frisch	1
1	Ed Konetchy	1
1	Larry Kopf	1
1	7 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Whitey Glazner	0.56
2	Speed Martin	0.50
3	George Mogridge	0.44
4	George Uhle	0.33
5	Doug McWeeny	0.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jesse Barnes	1
1	Dixie Davis	1
1	Whitey Glazner	1
1	Burleigh Grimes	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Whitey Glazner	9
2	Speed Martin	4
2	Doug McWeeny	4
2	George Mogridge	4
2	George Uhle	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Harry Heilmann	.479
2	Rogers Hornsby	.449
3	Ty Cobb	.405
4	Babe Ruth	.398
5	Riggs Stephenson	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	12
2	High Pockets Kelly	8
3	Irish Meusel	5
3	Russ Wrightstone	5
5	4 tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	35
2	High Pockets Kelly	34
3	Babe Ruth	32
4	Larry Gardner	24
5	2 tied	23

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Bohne	9
1	Bucky Harris	9
3	Ty Cobb	7
3	Rabbit Maranville	7
3	Ralph Young	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Red Faber	1.11
2	Whitey Glazner	1.27
3	Carl Mays	1.33
4	Bill Piercy	1.43
5	George Mogridge	1.67

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Faber	6
1	Sad Sam Jones	6
1	Carl Mays	6
1	Urban Shocker	6
5	5 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	28
2	Slim Harriss	25
2	Urban Shocker	25
4	Whitey Glazner	24
5	Bill Piercy	23

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Carl Mays	3
2	Jesse Barnes	2
2	Huck Betts	2
2	Buck Freeman	2
2	Jimmy Zinn	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.531
2	Rogers Hornsby	.500
3	Ty Cobb	.444
4	Ken Williams	.442
5	Harry Heilmann	.438

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	6
2	Austin McHenry	4
3	Harry Heilmann	3
3	Russ Wrightstone	3
5	7 tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	23
2	Babe Ruth	17
3	Ken Williams	16
4	Larry Gardner	14
4	3 others tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Flack	5
2	Sam Bohne	4
2	Ty Cobb	4
2	George Sisler	4
2	Ken Williams	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Hugh McQuillan	0.45
2	Rube Benton	0.50
3	Red Faber	0.59
4	Buck Freeman	0.69
5	Dana Fillingim	0.82

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Faber	4
2	Wilbur Cooper	3
2	Whitey Glazner	3
2	Speed Martin	3
2	3 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Whitey Glazner	19
2	Duster Mails	14
3	Dutch Leonard	13
4	Wilbur Cooper	12
4	2 others tied	12

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Carl Mays	3
2	Jose Acosta	1
2	Jesse Barnes	1
2	Lynn Brenton	1
2	9 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.410
2	Babe Ruth	.398
3	Tris Speaker	.394
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.378
5	Rogers Hornsby	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	61
2	George Sisler	20
3	High Pockets Kelly	19
3	Irish Meusel	19
5	2 tied	16

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	152
2	Baby Doll Jacobson	133
3	Larry Gardner	129
4	George Sisler	128
5	Bobby Veach	124

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Rice	59
2	Max Carey	49
3	George Sisler	41
4	Frankie Frisch	38
5	Carson Bigbee	36

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Alexander	1.98
2	Wilbur Cooper	2.33
3	Babe Adams	2.38
4	Jesse Barnes	2.41
5	Burleigh Grimes	2.43

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Carl Mays	29
2	Jim Bagby	28
3	Red Faber	26
4	Wilbur Cooper	25
5	4 tied	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	145
2	Burleigh Grimes	128
3	Urban Shocker	127
4	Ferdie Schupp	119
4	Hippo Vaughn	119

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	6
1	Urban Shocker	6
3	Pete Alexander	5
3	Carl Mays	5
5	5 tied	4