On This Day

Tuesday, April 25, 1922

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 10 2 .833 --
Browns 8 4 .667 2.0
Indians 7 4 .636 2.5
White Sox 4 6 .400 5.0
Athletics 4 6 .400 5.0
Red Sox 4 6 .400 5.0
Senators 4 8 .333 6.0
Tigers 3 8 .273 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 2 .818 --
Cubs 8 3 .727 1.0
Pirates 6 4 .600 2.5
Cardinals 6 4 .600 2.5
Phillies 4 5 .444 4.0
Robins 4 7 .364 5.0
Braves 3 6 .333 5.0
Reds 1 10 .091 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
2 Bucky Harris 3
2 Jimmy Johnston 3
2 Johnny Rawlings 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 High Pockets Kelly 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1
1 Ken Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 3
1 High Pockets Kelly 3
3 Frank Brower 2
3 Art Fletcher 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Heinie Groh 1
1 Bucky Harris 1
1 High Pockets Kelly 1
1 Marty McManus 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Shawkey 1.00
2 Howard Ehmke 0.27
3 Dutch Ruether 0.27
4 Dave Danforth 0.20
4 2 others tied 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Jonnard 1
1 Ray Kolp 1
1 Tom Phillips 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1
1 Bob Shawkey 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 7
2 Dutch Ruether 4
3 Howard Ehmke 3
3 Claude Jonnard 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cotton Tierney .483
2 High Pockets Kelly .462
3 Tris Speaker .457
4 George Sisler .451
5 Del Pratt .436

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Williams 6
2 Irish Meusel 3
3 George Burns 2
3 Joe Dugan 2
3 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 15
2 Harry Heilmann 14
3 Heinie Groh 13
3 Tris Speaker 13
5 Cotton Tierney 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 6
1 Ken Williams 6
3 Bucky Harris 4
3 Rabbit Maranville 4
3 Johnny Rawlings 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Shawkey 0.00
2 Tom Phillips 0.69
3 Tiny Osborne 0.90
4 Elam Vangilder 1.29
4 Phil Douglas 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 3
1 Waite Hoyt 3
1 Dutch Ruether 3
1 Elam Vangilder 3
5 23 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Waite Hoyt 22
2 Urban Shocker 21
3 Red Faber 19
4 Slim Harriss 16
5 Dave Danforth 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clyde Barfoot 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Stan Coveleski 1
2 Buck Freeman 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .396
2 Harry Heilmann .389
3 Ty Cobb .385
4 George Sisler .378
5 Tris Speaker .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 55
2 Ken Williams 30
3 Rogers Hornsby 23
3 Tillie Walker 23
5 Bob Meusel 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 157
2 Harry Heilmann 141
3 Bobby Veach 137
3 Ken Williams 137
5 Rogers Hornsby 132

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 47
2 George Sisler 41
3 Max Carey 37
4 Ken Williams 29
5 2 tied 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 2.48
2 Red Faber 2.60
3 Johnny Morrison 2.73
4 Bill Doak 2.75
5 Waite Hoyt 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Urban Shocker 27
2 Red Faber 26
2 Carl Mays 26
4 Wilbur Cooper 23
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 142
2 Walter Johnson 140
3 Wilbur Cooper 139
4 Bob Shawkey 138
5 Red Faber 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Mays 7
1 Lou North 7
3 Jim Middleton 6
4 Jesse Barnes 5
4 Carl Holling 5