On This Day

Sunday, July 14, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 56 25 .691 --
Senators 50 32 .610 6.5
Athletics 45 35 .563 10.5
White Sox 43 35 .551 11.5
Naps 42 41 .506 15.0
Tigers 39 42 .481 17.0
Browns 22 55 .286 32.0
Highlanders 21 53 .284 31.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 58 18 .763 --
Cubs 46 28 .622 11.0
Pirates 43 31 .581 14.0
Reds 41 38 .519 18.5
Phillies 33 38 .465 22.5
Cardinals 33 49 .402 28.0
Dodgers 30 46 .395 28.0
Braves 22 58 .275 38.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Smith 4
2 Beals Becker 3
2 Jack Bliss 3
2 Red Downs 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Gowdy 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Blanding 3
2 Steve Evans 2
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Jack Bliss 1
3 24 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 2
2 Red Downs 1
2 Larry Doyle 1
2 Art Griggs 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hooks Wiltse 0.80
2 Bob Harmon 0.75
3 Otto Hess 0.42
4 Earl Moore 0.33
5 Rube Geyer 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Bob Harmon 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Lew Richie 1
1 Bill Steele 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Harmon 6
2 Otto Hess 5
3 Lefty Leifield 4
3 Rube Marquard 4
3 Hooks Wiltse 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .407
2 Tris Speaker .399
3 Ty Cobb .395
4 Chief Meyers .382
5 Larry Doyle .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 11
2 Larry Doyle 8
3 Home Run Baker 7
3 Gavvy Cravath 7
5 Chief Meyers 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 64
2 Sam Crawford 63
2 Duffy Lewis 63
4 Heinie Zimmerman 57
5 2 tied 56

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 46
2 Eddie Collins 32
3 Bob Bescher 30
4 Ty Cobb 28
5 Sam Crawford 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.31
2 Rube Marquard 1.97
3 Joe Benz 2.04
4 Charley Hall 2.17
5 Smoky Joe Wood 2.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 19
2 Smoky Joe Wood 18
3 Walter Johnson 17
4 Larry Cheney 15
5 2 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 168
2 Smoky Joe Wood 130
3 Ed Walsh 117
4 Pete Alexander 109
5 Rube Marquard 108

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nap Rucker 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
3 Christy Mathewson 3
3 George Mogridge 3
3 Slim Sallee 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .517
2 Sam Crawford .459
3 Bobby Byrne .444
4 Tris Speaker .429
5 Larry Doyle .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 2
1 Larry Gardner 2
1 Fred Luderus 2
1 Danny Moeller 2
1 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 16
3 Sam Crawford 15
4 Chick Gandil 14
5 2 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 8
1 Clyde Milan 8
3 Sam Crawford 7
4 Ty Cobb 6
4 Chick Gandil 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Barney Pelty 0.71
2 Jack Powell 0.83
3 Nap Rucker 0.98
4 Lefty Leifield 1.10
5 Jimmy Lavender 1.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Larry Cheney 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 32
2 George McConnell 26
3 Smoky Joe Wood 20
4 Vean Gregg 19
4 Willie Mitchell 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Ad Brennan 1
1 Bert Humphries 1
1 Maury Kent 1
1 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .459
2 Sam Crawford .411
3 Tris Speaker .405
4 Bill Sweeney .397
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 7
2 Home Run Baker 4
2 John Hummel 4
2 Duffy Lewis 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 31
2 Home Run Baker 27
2 Chick Gandil 27
2 Duffy Lewis 27
2 Bill Sweeney 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 17
2 Bob Bescher 15
3 Sam Crawford 11
4 Ty Cobb 10
4 3 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nap Rucker 1.02
2 Mordecai Brown 1.43
3 Jimmy Lavender 1.44
4 Smoky Joe Wood 1.45
5 Walter Johnson 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 6
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Jack Coombs 6
1 Claude Hendrix 6
1 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 50
2 Smoky Joe Wood 45
3 Rube Marquard 39
4 Pete Alexander 34
4 Jack Coombs 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Lavender 2
1 Paul Musser 2
3 Red Ames 1
3 Fred Blanding 1
3 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 17
2 Heinie Zimmerman 15
3 Larry Doyle 14
4 Home Run Baker 11
4 Fred Merkle 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 118
2 Home Run Baker 113
3 Ping Bodie 97
4 Chief Wilson 96
5 Heinie Zimmerman 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 81
2 Clyde Milan 75
3 Ty Cobb 70
4 Josh Devore 54
5 Fred Snodgrass 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.70
2 Jim Scott 2.00
3 Buck O'Brien 2.17
4 Eddie Plank 2.24
5 Joe Benz 2.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Marquard 34
2 Walter Johnson 33
3 Jack Coombs 26
3 Eddie Plank 26
3 Ed Walsh 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 285
2 Rube Marquard 247
3 Smoky Joe Wood 233
4 Ed Walsh 217
5 Pete Alexander 202

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 7
1 Ed Walsh 7
3 Christy Mathewson 6
3 Nap Rucker 6
5 2 tied 5