On This Day

Friday, June 28, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 44 21 .677 --
Athletics 37 25 .597 5.5
White Sox 37 27 .578 6.5
Senators 38 29 .567 7.0
Naps 30 31 .492 12.0
Tigers 31 35 .470 13.5
Highlanders 18 41 .305 23.0
Browns 17 43 .283 24.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 49 11 .817 --
Cubs 34 24 .586 14.0
Pirates 35 25 .583 14.0
Reds 34 31 .523 17.5
Dodgers 24 34 .414 24.0
Phillies 22 33 .400 24.5
Cardinals 26 41 .388 26.5
Braves 20 45 .308 31.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Murray 5
2 Beals Becker 4
2 Donie Bush 4
2 Bill Carrigan 4
2 11 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Tris Speaker 1
1 Dutch Sterrett 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stuffy McInnis 4
1 Chief Meyers 4
3 Shano Collins 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 6 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Josh Devore 2
1 Arnold Hauser 2
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Fred Snodgrass 2
5 32 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jimmy Lavender 1.67
2 Eppa Rixey 0.50
3 Christy Mathewson 0.45
4 Hugh Bedient 0.43
5 Barney Pelty 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Cy Barger 1
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Lavender 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 Pat Ragan 5
4 Russ Ford 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Sallee 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .408
2 Chief Meyers .402
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .392
4 Tris Speaker .387
5 Larry Doyle .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 9
2 Larry Doyle 7
3 Home Run Baker 6
3 Chief Meyers 6
5 Tris Speaker 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 53
2 Larry Doyle 49
2 Duffy Lewis 49
4 Sam Crawford 48
5 2 tied 47

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 38
2 Eddie Collins 28
3 Rollie Zeider 24
4 Bob Bescher 22
4 Ty Cobb 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.29
2 Joe Benz 1.57
3 Rube Marquard 1.58
4 Hooks Wiltse 2.19
5 Ed Walsh 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 17
2 Smoky Joe Wood 15
3 Walter Johnson 13
4 Larry Cheney 12
4 2 others tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 129
2 Smoky Joe Wood 106
3 Ed Walsh 104
4 Rube Marquard 91
5 Bob Groom 84

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 3
1 Nap Rucker 3
1 Slim Sallee 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
5 7 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .513
2 Fred Merkle .468
3 Harry Lord .459
4 Zack Wheat .455
5 Bill Sweeney .453

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
2 Home Run Baker 3
2 John Hummel 3
2 Duffy Lewis 3
5 6 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 18
2 Home Run Baker 16
2 Bill Sweeney 16
4 Zack Wheat 15
5 Stuffy McInnis 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 9
2 Rollie Zeider 8
3 Bob Bescher 7
3 Josh Devore 7
3 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Boardwalk Brown 0.50
2 Joe Benz 0.50
3 George Suggs 0.72
4 Nap Rucker 0.83
5 Lew Richie 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nap Rucker 5
2 Howie Camnitz 4
2 Jack Coombs 4
2 Joe Lake 4
2 Rube Marquard 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Benz 24
2 Rube Benton 22
2 Rube Marquard 22
4 Jack Coombs 21
4 Smoky Joe Wood 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Jimmy Lavender 1
1 Jim Moroney 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .505
2 Bill Sweeney .429
3 Larry Doyle .422
4 Chief Meyers .405
5 Heinie Zimmerman .398

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 5
1 Heinie Zimmerman 5
3 Gavvy Cravath 4
3 Ben Houser 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 32
2 Duffy Lewis 30
3 Chick Gandil 29
4 Sam Crawford 25
4 Bill Sweeney 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 19
2 Ty Cobb 11
2 Larry Gardner 11
2 Rollie Zeider 11
5 4 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.88
2 Nap Rucker 0.89
3 Bert Humphries 1.58
4 George Suggs 1.59
5 Larry Cheney 1.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 8
1 Rube Marquard 8
1 Nap Rucker 8
4 Tom Hughes 7
4 Smoky Joe Wood 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 49
2 Walter Johnson 45
3 Smoky Joe Wood 44
4 Jack Coombs 40
4 Ed Walsh 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Sallee 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Carl Cashion 1
2 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 16
1 Frank Schulte 16
3 Heinie Zimmerman 14
4 Home Run Baker 12
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 123
2 Home Run Baker 118
3 Chief Wilson 106
4 Ping Bodie 101
4 Ty Cobb 101

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 78
2 Clyde Milan 76
3 Ty Cobb 71
4 Josh Devore 56
5 Fred Snodgrass 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Scott 2.08
2 Buck O'Brien 2.10
3 Walter Johnson 2.27
4 Joe Benz 2.28
5 Vean Gregg 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 36
2 Walter Johnson 31
3 Jack Coombs 27
3 Ed Walsh 27
5 Eddie Plank 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 275
2 Rube Marquard 263
3 Ed Walsh 240
4 Smoky Joe Wood 238
5 Pete Alexander 204

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 7
2 Ed Walsh 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Bobby Keefe 5
3 4 others tied 5