On This Day

Thursday, June 13, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 32 19 .627 --
White Sox 33 20 .623 0.0
Senators 31 21 .596 1.5
Athletics 26 20 .565 3.5
Tigers 25 28 .472 8.0
Naps 23 26 .469 8.0
Highlanders 16 30 .348 13.5
Browns 14 36 .280 17.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 37 8 .822 --
Pirates 25 20 .556 12.0
Cubs 25 21 .543 12.5
Reds 27 23 .540 12.5
Phillies 20 23 .465 16.0
Cardinals 23 29 .442 17.5
Braves 16 33 .327 23.0
Dodgers 14 30 .318 22.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jay Kirke 4
2 Larry Doyle 3
2 Dick Egan 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Mowrey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Dick Egan 3
1 Jay Kirke 3
1 Art Phelan 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Morgan 2
2 Beals Becker 1
2 Donie Bush 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 1.25
2 Christy Mathewson 1.14
3 Bob Groom 0.50
4 Larry Cheney 0.45
4 Ralph Works 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ad Brennan 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Marty O'Toole 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Lefty Tyler 6
3 Larry Cheney 5
3 Ed Walsh 5
3 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .419
2 Chief Meyers .403
3 Tris Speaker .395
4 Larry Doyle .381
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 9
2 Larry Doyle 5
2 Chief Meyers 5
4 Tris Speaker 4
5 9 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Zimmerman 40
2 Sam Crawford 39
2 Larry Doyle 39
4 Home Run Baker 37
5 2 tied 36

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 29
2 Eddie Collins 23
3 Ty Cobb 18
4 Larry Doyle 17
4 Tris Speaker 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hooks Wiltse 1.17
2 Walter Johnson 1.20
3 Rube Marquard 1.54
4 Ed Walsh 1.88
5 Joe Benz 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 13
1 Rube Marquard 13
3 Smoky Joe Wood 12
4 Ed Walsh 11
5 2 tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 118
2 Ed Walsh 87
3 Smoky Joe Wood 85
4 Pete Alexander 75
5 Bob Groom 70

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 3
1 Nap Rucker 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
4 Pete Alexander 2
4 7 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .500
2 Larry Doyle .490
3 Sherry Magee .477
4 Rube Oldring .431
5 Heinie Zimmerman .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 5
2 Chief Meyers 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Shano Collins 2
3 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 15
2 Home Run Baker 14
2 Eddie Foster 14
2 Heinie Zimmerman 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 10
2 Larry Gardner 8
3 Ty Cobb 7
3 Armando Marsans 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.44
2 Nap Rucker 0.95
3 Lefty Tyler 1.45
4 Bert Humphries 1.57
5 Cy Morgan 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Rube Marquard 4
2 Eddie Plank 4
5 10 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 34
2 Rube Marquard 27
3 Pete Alexander 26
4 Ed Walsh 23
5 Vean Gregg 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Carl Cashion 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Larry Doyle .427
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .423
3 Dode Paskert .407
4 Heinie Zimmerman .405
5 Danny Moeller .402

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 7
2 Chief Meyers 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Larry Doyle 3
3 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 25
2 Sam Crawford 24
3 Duffy Lewis 23
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 22
5 3 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 16
2 Eddie Collins 15
3 Armando Marsans 13
3 Tris Speaker 13
5 3 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.18
2 Slim Sallee 1.32
3 Rube Marquard 1.45
4 Ed Walsh 1.67
5 Jean Dubuc 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 7
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Rube Marquard 7
1 Smoky Joe Wood 7
5 Larry Cheney 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 62
2 Pete Alexander 51
3 Vean Gregg 42
4 Smoky Joe Wood 41
5 Bob Groom 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Slim Sallee 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 17
2 Frank Schulte 16
3 Heinie Zimmerman 14
4 Fred Luderus 12
5 Chief Wilson 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 120
2 Home Run Baker 112
3 Ty Cobb 106
4 Chief Wilson 101
5 Ping Bodie 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 73
2 Ty Cobb 72
3 Clyde Milan 69
4 Josh Devore 54
5 Fred Snodgrass 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 2.32
2 Vean Gregg 2.36
3 Rube Marquard 2.48
4 Jim Scott 2.51
5 Chief Bender 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 34
2 Walter Johnson 33
3 Ed Walsh 30
4 Jack Coombs 26
5 Smoky Joe Wood 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 280
2 Ed Walsh 258
3 Rube Marquard 255
4 Smoky Joe Wood 236
5 Pete Alexander 219

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Bobby Keefe 6
2 Ed Walsh 6
5 3 tied 5