On This Day

Monday, September 30, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 102 46 .689 --
Senators 89 59 .601 13.0
Athletics 88 60 .595 14.0
White Sox 74 76 .493 29.0
Naps 72 77 .483 30.5
Tigers 69 80 .463 33.5
Browns 52 98 .347 51.0
Highlanders 49 99 .331 53.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 101 45 .692 --
Pirates 91 57 .615 11.0
Cubs 89 58 .605 12.5
Reds 74 76 .493 29.0
Phillies 70 77 .476 31.5
Cardinals 62 88 .413 41.0
Dodgers 57 91 .385 45.0
Braves 48 100 .324 54.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hal Chase 4
1 Claude Hendrix 4
1 Stuffy McInnis 4
4 Vin Campbell 3
4 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve Evans 1
1 Tris Speaker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Hal Chase 3
1 Bert Daniels 3
1 Art Devlin 3
1 Jake Stahl 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rebel Oakes 3
2 Home Run Baker 2
2 Arnold Hauser 2
2 Mike Mowrey 2
5 25 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Buck O'Brien 0.67
2 Pete Alexander 0.57
3 Pat Ragan 0.50
4 Claude Hendrix 0.45
5 Joe Engel 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 King Bader 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Elmer Knetzer 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buck O'Brien 6
2 Claude Hendrix 5
2 Pat Ragan 5
4 Pete Alexander 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .407
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .394
3 Tris Speaker .384
4 Heinie Zimmerman .374
5 Nap Lajoie .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 12
3 Gavvy Cravath 11
3 Fred Merkle 11
3 Chief Wilson 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 129
2 Sam Crawford 116
3 Duffy Lewis 107
3 Stuffy McInnis 107
5 Heinie Zimmerman 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 86
2 Bob Bescher 66
3 Eddie Collins 63
4 Ty Cobb 58
5 Tris Speaker 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.50
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.85
3 Jeff Tesreau 1.98
4 Christy Mathewson 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Smoky Joe Wood 33
2 Walter Johnson 32
3 Rube Marquard 26
3 Eddie Plank 26
3 Ed Walsh 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 304
2 Ed Walsh 255
3 Smoky Joe Wood 253
4 Pete Alexander 195
5 Vean Gregg 184

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Slim Sallee 6
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Nap Rucker 4
5 6 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .629
2 Otto Knabe .455
3 Nap Lajoie .435
4 Sam Crawford .432
5 Rip Williams .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ben Houser 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
1 Gus Williams 2
1 Chief Wilson 2
5 21 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 16
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
3 Mike Mitchell 14
4 Jay Kirke 13
5 Honus Wagner 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 9
1 Tommy McMillan 9
1 Clyde Milan 9
1 Rollie Zeider 9
5 2 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Marty O'Toole 0.00
2 Byron Houck 0.56
3 Eddie Plank 0.73
4 Walter Johnson 0.83
5 Ed Walsh 0.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Boardwalk Brown 3
1 Vean Gregg 3
1 Claude Hendrix 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 32
2 Nap Rucker 22
3 Earl Hamilton 21
3 Pat Ragan 21
5 Marty O'Toole 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Walt Dickson 1
1 Jack Ferry 1
1 Lefty James 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .483
2 Nap Lajoie .464
3 Home Run Baker .415
4 Ty Cobb .398
5 Sam Crawford .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Wilson 6
2 Ben Houser 4
3 Fred Merkle 3
4 Beals Becker 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 26
2 Chief Wilson 25
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 24
3 Mike Mitchell 24
5 2 tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 19
2 Bob Bescher 17
3 Ty Cobb 16
4 Tommy McMillan 15
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.63
2 Red Ames 0.65
3 Ed Walsh 1.04
3 Jim Baskette 1.04
5 Smoky Joe Wood 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Otto Hess 7
2 Christy Mathewson 6
2 Tom Seaton 6
2 Jeff Tesreau 6
5 10 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 58
2 Smoky Joe Wood 48
3 Eddie Cicotte 43
3 Nap Rucker 43
5 Walter Johnson 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hub Perdue 2
2 Mack Allison 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Rube Benton 1
2 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .405
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .396
3 Tris Speaker .382
4 Heinie Zimmerman .370
5 Eddie Collins .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 12
3 Gavvy Cravath 11
3 Fred Luderus 11
3 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 129
2 Sam Crawford 117
3 Duffy Lewis 112
4 Stuffy McInnis 107
5 2 tied 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 88
2 Bob Bescher 69
3 Eddie Collins 65
4 Ty Cobb 59
5 Tris Speaker 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.51
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.81
3 Jeff Tesreau 1.98
4 Christy Mathewson 2.09
5 Nap Rucker 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Smoky Joe Wood 34
2 Walter Johnson 33
3 Rube Marquard 27
3 Ed Walsh 27
5 Eddie Plank 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 316
2 Ed Walsh 269
3 Smoky Joe Wood 266
4 Pete Alexander 199
5 2 tied 184

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Slim Sallee 6
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Nap Rucker 4
5 6 tied 3