On This Day

Monday, August 12, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 73 34 .682 --
Senators 66 42 .611 7.5
Athletics 63 43 .594 9.5
Tigers 54 55 .495 20.0
White Sox 52 54 .491 20.5
Naps 51 56 .477 22.0
Browns 35 71 .330 37.5
Highlanders 32 71 .311 39.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 73 29 .716 --
Cubs 67 36 .650 6.5
Pirates 60 40 .600 12.0
Phillies 50 49 .505 21.5
Reds 48 57 .457 26.5
Cardinals 47 59 .443 28.0
Dodgers 38 67 .362 36.5
Braves 28 74 .275 45.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ward Miller 4
2 Larry Doyle 3
2 Steve Evans 3
2 Miller Huggins 3
2 Rebel Oakes 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Zack Wheat 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howard Baker 2
1 Al Bridwell 2
1 Max Carey 2
1 Red Downs 2
1 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 3
2 Beals Becker 1
2 Larry Doyle 1
2 Sherry Magee 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Fromme 0.71
2 Ed Walsh 0.50
3 George Kahler 0.33
4 Jimmy Lavender 0.25
5 Nap Rucker 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 George Kahler 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Charlie Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Art Fromme 5
1 George Kahler 5
1 Ed Walsh 5
4 Charlie Smith 4
5 Otto Hess 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .416
2 Tris Speaker .398
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .389
4 Heinie Zimmerman .379
5 Chief Meyers .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 13
2 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Larry Doyle 9
3 Frank Schulte 9
5 5 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 92
2 Sam Crawford 80
3 Duffy Lewis 78
3 Stuffy McInnis 78
5 Larry Doyle 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 66
2 Bob Bescher 42
3 Ty Cobb 40
4 Eddie Collins 39
5 Tris Speaker 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.33
2 Christy Mathewson 2.12
3 Smoky Joe Wood 2.16
4 Rube Marquard 2.20
5 Buck O'Brien 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 25
2 Smoky Joe Wood 24
3 Rube Marquard 23
4 Jack Coombs 19
4 Eddie Plank 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 227
2 Ed Walsh 175
3 Smoky Joe Wood 173
4 Pete Alexander 150
5 Claude Hendrix 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 7
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Nap Rucker 4
2 Slim Sallee 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .571
2 Amos Strunk .477
3 Bill Sweeney .471
4 Del Pratt .458
5 John Titus .442

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 Frank Schulte 3
3 Jimmy Archer 2
3 Beals Becker 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Amos Strunk 15
2 Jimmy Archer 12
2 Art Devlin 12
2 Larry Gardner 12
2 John Titus 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 11
2 Clyde Milan 8
3 Donie Bush 7
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 7
5 5 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.64
2 Jeff Tesreau 0.93
3 Mack Allison 1.04
4 Eddie Plank 1.08
5 Tom Hughes 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jean Dubuc 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Jimmy Lavender 4
4 Pete Alexander 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Walter Johnson 26
3 Pete Alexander 24
4 Smoky Joe Wood 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Joe Engel 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1
1 Eddie Stack 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .468
2 John Hummel .419
3 Eddie Collins .412
4 Stuffy McInnis .402
5 Del Pratt .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 6
2 Fred Luderus 4
3 Beals Becker 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Stuffy McInnis 31
2 Home Run Baker 30
3 Frank Schulte 27
4 Ty Cobb 23
5 4 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 20
2 Hal Chase 18
3 Bob Bescher 14
4 Tris Speaker 13
5 Ty Cobb 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hugh Bedient 0.98
2 Jeff Tesreau 1.06
3 Walter Johnson 1.45
4 Buck O'Brien 1.45
5 Tom Hughes 1.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 9
2 Jean Dubuc 7
3 Jimmy Lavender 6
3 Eddie Plank 6
3 Smoky Joe Wood 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 70
2 Ed Walsh 58
3 Claude Hendrix 48
4 Smoky Joe Wood 43
5 Pete Alexander 41

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 3
2 Ed Reulbach 2
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 Jim Baskette 1
3 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .399
2 Tris Speaker .378
3 Bill Sweeney .363
4 Eddie Collins .356
5 Home Run Baker .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 15
2 Larry Doyle 14
2 Frank Schulte 14
4 Fred Merkle 11
5 2 tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 124
2 Sam Crawford 113
3 Duffy Lewis 96
4 Stuffy McInnis 92
5 2 tied 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 85
2 Bob Bescher 76
3 Ty Cobb 67
4 Eddie Collins 52
5 Fred Snodgrass 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.55
2 Buck O'Brien 2.07
3 Christy Mathewson 2.19
4 Smoky Joe Wood 2.34
5 Nap Rucker 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 35
2 Rube Marquard 34
3 Smoky Joe Wood 28
4 Jack Coombs 27
5 2 tied 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 298
2 Ed Walsh 250
3 Smoky Joe Wood 235
4 Rube Marquard 232
5 Pete Alexander 213

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Christy Mathewson 7
3 Nap Rucker 6
4 Doc Crandall 5
4 Bobby Keefe 5