On This Day

Tuesday, September 10, 1912

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Red Sox	93	38	.710	--
Athletics	79	53	.598	14.5
Senators	80	54	.597	14.5
White Sox	64	67	.489	29.0
Tigers	62	72	.463	32.5
Naps	58	74	.439	35.5
Highlanders	47	84	.359	46.0
Browns	45	86	.344	48.0

Games

Tigers 8, Athletics 6

Red Sox 5, White Sox 4

Senators 11, Naps 2

Highlanders 8, Browns 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	92	39	.702	--
Cubs	82	48	.631	9.5
Pirates	78	53	.595	14.0
Reds	66	67	.496	27.0
Phillies	63	67	.485	28.5
Cardinals	55	77	.417	37.5
Dodgers	49	82	.374	43.0
Braves	39	91	.300	52.5

Games

Cubs 6, Braves 4

Pirates 11, Phillies 4

Reds 10, Dodgers 4

Giants 4, Cardinals 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bob Bescher	4
1	Nap Lajoie	4
3	Babe Adams	3
3	Ty Cobb	3
3	11 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Home Run Baker	1
1	Beals Becker	1
1	Chief Wilson	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Chief Wilson	5
2	Home Run Baker	3
2	Jack Lelivelt	3
4	Bob Bescher	2
4	14 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Home Run Baker	2
1	Art Phelan	2
3	Beals Becker	1
3	Bob Bescher	1
3	20 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	George McConnell	0.67
2	Babe Adams	0.60
3	Rube Marquard	0.54
4	Earl Moore	0.50
5	Carl Cashion	0.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Babe Adams	1
1	Carl Cashion	1
1	Larry Cheney	1
1	Art Fromme	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	George McConnell	8
2	Rube Marquard	7
3	Babe Adams	6
4	Carl Cashion	5
4	2 others tied	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Charley Hall	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.414
2	Tris Speaker	.395
3	Heinie Zimmerman	.380
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.374
5	Chief Meyers	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Zimmerman	14
2	Frank Schulte	12
3	Gavvy Cravath	10
3	Larry Doyle	10
3	Fred Merkle	10

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	119
2	Sam Crawford	102
3	Duffy Lewis	97
4	Stuffy McInnis	95
5	Heinie Zimmerman	93

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	74
2	Bob Bescher	59
3	Ty Cobb	52
4	Tris Speaker	48
5	Eddie Collins	47

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.53
2	Smoky Joe Wood	1.85
3	Christy Mathewson	2.09
4	Jeff Tesreau	2.31
5	Ed Walsh	2.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Smoky Joe Wood	31
2	Walter Johnson	29
3	Rube Marquard	26
4	Eddie Plank	24
5	3 tied	22

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	274
2	Smoky Joe Wood	227
3	Ed Walsh	212
4	Pete Alexander	173
5	Vean Gregg	163

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Nap Lajoie	.442
2	Ty Cobb	.438
3	Bob Bescher	.436
4	Chief Wilson	.429
5	Johnny Evers	.425

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Sherry Magee	3
2	Beals Becker	2
2	Hal Chase	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	5 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	18
2	Chief Wilson	17
3	Fred Merkle	12
4	Hal Chase	11
4	2 others tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	12
2	Ty Cobb	10
3	Bert Daniels	9
4	Jake Daubert	6
4	3 others tied	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Willie Mitchell	0.00
1	Elmer Knetzer	0.00
3	Smoky Joe Wood	0.26
4	Ray Collins	0.50
5	Hank Robinson	0.53

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	5
2	Larry Cheney	4
2	George Suggs	4
2	Jeff Tesreau	4
2	Smoky Joe Wood	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Smoky Joe Wood	30
2	Walter Johnson	24
3	Eddie Cicotte	23
3	George McConnell	23
5	Ed Walsh	20

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Mack Allison	1
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Rube Benton	1
1	Howie Camnitz	1
1	5 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Johnny Evers	.447
2	Ty Cobb	.404
3	Nap Lajoie	.400
4	Eddie Collins	.398
5	Heinie Zimmerman	.387

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Sherry Magee	4
2	Fred Merkle	3
2	Frank Schulte	3
4	Beals Becker	2
4	11 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	28
2	Sam Crawford	23
2	Chief Wilson	23
4	Fred Merkle	22
4	Heinie Zimmerman	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	17
2	Bert Daniels	13
3	Ty Cobb	12
4	Sam Crawford	11
4	Clyde Milan	11

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Smoky Joe Wood	0.69
1	Jack Ferry	0.69
3	Art Fromme	1.11
4	George McConnell	1.17
5	Red Ames	1.19

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Suggs	7
1	Smoky Joe Wood	7
3	Larry Cheney	6
3	Bob Groom	6
3	Jeff Tesreau	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	54
1	Smoky Joe Wood	54
3	Ed Walsh	42
4	Eddie Cicotte	33
4	2 others tied	33

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Slim Sallee	2
2	Mack Allison	1
2	Chief Bender	1
2	Rube Benton	1
2	18 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.414
2	Tris Speaker	.386
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.382
4	Heinie Zimmerman	.363
5	Eddie Collins	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Zimmerman	15
2	Larry Doyle	14
3	Frank Schulte	13
4	Fred Merkle	12
5	Home Run Baker	11

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	137
2	Sam Crawford	116
3	Duffy Lewis	109
4	Heinie Zimmerman	101
5	2 tied	98

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	83
2	Bob Bescher	81
3	Ty Cobb	65
4	Eddie Collins	54
5	Tris Speaker	51

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.62
2	Smoky Joe Wood	1.76
3	Christy Mathewson	2.05
4	Buck O'Brien	2.25
5	Jeff Tesreau	2.31

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Smoky Joe Wood	34
2	Walter Johnson	33
3	Rube Marquard	31
4	Jack Coombs	26
4	2 others tied	26

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	301
2	Smoky Joe Wood	258
3	Ed Walsh	253
4	Pete Alexander	203
5	Rube Marquard	187

Saves

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