On This Day

Sunday, August 18, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 77 35 .688 --
Senators 69 44 .611 8.5
Athletics 67 44 .604 9.5
White Sox 55 56 .495 21.5
Tigers 55 60 .478 23.5
Naps 51 61 .455 26.0
Highlanders 38 72 .345 38.0
Browns 36 76 .321 41.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 75 31 .708 --
Cubs 71 38 .651 5.5
Pirates 65 42 .607 10.5
Phillies 53 55 .491 23.0
Reds 52 59 .468 25.5
Cardinals 50 61 .450 27.5
Dodgers 39 71 .355 38.0
Braves 30 78 .278 46.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Johnny Evers 3
1 Art Fletcher 3
1 Bill Killefer 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Fred Merkle 3
3 Bob Bescher 2
3 Josh Devore 2
3 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Dick Egan 1
1 Johnny Evers 1
1 Eddie Grant 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 0.83
2 Charlie Smith 0.50
3 Larry Cheney 0.29
4 Rube Geyer 0.17
4 Tom Seaton 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 Eppa Rixey 1
1 Lefty Tyler 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 5
2 Eppa Rixey 3
2 Charlie Smith 3
4 Larry Cheney 2
4 5 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 LaRue Kirby 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .411
2 Tris Speaker .391
3 Heinie Zimmerman .383
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .382
5 Chief Meyers .369

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 98
2 Sam Crawford 87
3 Duffy Lewis 84
4 Stuffy McInnis 83
5 Heinie Zimmerman 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 67
2 Bob Bescher 45
3 Eddie Collins 41
3 Tris Speaker 41
5 Ty Cobb 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.27
2 Smoky Joe Wood 2.09
3 Christy Mathewson 2.18
4 Rube Marquard 2.27
5 Buck O'Brien 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 27
2 Smoky Joe Wood 25
3 Rube Marquard 24
4 Jack Coombs 20
4 Eddie Plank 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 234
2 Smoky Joe Wood 186
3 Ed Walsh 184
4 Pete Alexander 158
5 Claude Hendrix 143

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 8
2 Slim Sallee 6
3 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Nap Rucker 4
5 3 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .463
2 Eddie Collins .457
3 Johnny Evers .417
4 Home Run Baker .408
5 2 tied .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Archer 2
1 Gavvy Cravath 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Ed Konetchy 2
1 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 15
2 Heinie Zimmerman 14
3 Al Bridwell 13
3 Stuffy McInnis 13
5 4 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 8
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 7
2 Clyde Milan 7
2 Del Paddock 7
2 Guy Zinn 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.00
2 Walter Johnson 0.60
3 Earl Yingling 0.83
4 Eddie Plank 1.13
5 Charley Hall 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 5
2 Chief Bender 4
3 Jack Coombs 3
3 Jimmy Lavender 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 32
2 Smoky Joe Wood 28
3 Walter Johnson 25
4 Vean Gregg 22
5 Claude Hendrix 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Sallee 2
2 Jack Coombs 1
2 Jean Dubuc 1
2 Joe Engel 1
2 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .484
2 Ty Cobb .415
3 Johnny Evers .414
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .404
5 Del Pratt .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 6
2 Beals Becker 3
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Fred Luderus 3
2 Jake Stahl 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 33
1 Stuffy McInnis 33
3 Ty Cobb 24
4 Frank Schulte 23
5 Sam Crawford 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 20
2 Hal Chase 19
3 Bob Bescher 14
4 Bert Daniels 12
4 Guy Zinn 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.05
2 Eddie Plank 1.17
3 Jeff Tesreau 1.21
4 Lefty Leifield 1.45
5 Babe Adams 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 9
2 Jack Coombs 6
2 Jean Dubuc 6
2 Eddie Plank 6
2 Smoky Joe Wood 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 61
2 Walter Johnson 56
3 Smoky Joe Wood 47
4 Pete Alexander 45
5 Claude Hendrix 43

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Sallee 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
3 Ed Reulbach 2
4 Pete Alexander 1
4 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .409
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .387
3 Tris Speaker .376
4 Eddie Collins .363
5 Heinie Zimmerman .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 15
2 Larry Doyle 14
3 Frank Schulte 13
4 Fred Merkle 11
5 2 tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 129
2 Sam Crawford 117
3 Duffy Lewis 98
4 Heinie Zimmerman 97
5 Stuffy McInnis 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 84
2 Bob Bescher 78
3 Ty Cobb 65
4 Eddie Collins 54
5 2 tied 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.54
2 Buck O'Brien 2.17
3 Christy Mathewson 2.27
4 Smoky Joe Wood 2.28
5 Eddie Plank 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Rube Marquard 34
3 Smoky Joe Wood 29
4 Jack Coombs 27
4 Eddie Plank 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 298
2 Ed Walsh 254
3 Smoky Joe Wood 248
4 Rube Marquard 225
5 Pete Alexander 215

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 10
2 Christy Mathewson 7
3 Nap Rucker 6
3 Slim Sallee 6
5 2 tied 5