On This Day

Tuesday, October 1, 1912

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 103 46 .691 --
Senators 89 60 .597 14.0
Athletics 89 60 .597 14.0
White Sox 74 76 .493 29.5
Naps 72 77 .483 31.0
Tigers 69 80 .463 34.0
Browns 52 98 .347 51.5
Highlanders 49 100 .329 54.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 101 46 .687 --
Pirates 92 57 .617 10.0
Cubs 89 59 .601 12.5
Reds 74 77 .490 29.0
Phillies 71 77 .480 30.5
Cardinals 63 88 .417 40.0
Dodgers 57 91 .385 44.5
Braves 48 100 .324 53.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Duffy Lewis 4
2 Chick Gandil 3
2 Stan Gray 3
2 Dode Paskert 3
5 16 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dode Paskert 4
2 Clyde Engle 3
2 Heinie Wagner 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Barry 1
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Ted Cather 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 1.17
2 Roger Salmon 1.00
3 Babe Adams 0.83
4 Hugh Bedient 0.70
5 Bob Groom 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 George Chalmers 1
1 Phil Redding 1
1 Roger Salmon 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hugh Bedient 7
1 Rube Marquard 7
3 Bob Groom 6
4 Babe Adams 5
4 Roger Salmon 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sandy Burk 1
1 Herb Pennock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .407
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .394
3 Tris Speaker .385
4 Heinie Zimmerman .372
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 131
2 Sam Crawford 116
3 Duffy Lewis 107
3 Stuffy McInnis 107
5 Heinie Zimmerman 103

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 86
2 Bob Bescher 67
3 Eddie Collins 64
4 Ty Cobb 58
5 Tris Speaker 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.50
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.85
3 Jeff Tesreau 1.95
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 .656
2 Home Run Baker .444
3 Nap Lajoie .442
4 Sam Crawford .432
5 Art Devlin .418

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ben Houser 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
1 Gus Williams 2
4 Ping Bodie 1
4 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 16
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
3 Mike Mitchell 14
4 Jay Kirke 12
4 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 Bob Bescher 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Marty O'Toole 0.00
2 Byron Houck 0.56
3 Walter Johnson 0.83
4 Jeff Tesreau 0.87
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 Bob Groom 22
2 Nap Rucker 22
4 Earl Hamilton 21
5 Marty O'Toole 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sandy Burk 1
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Jack Ferry 1
1 Lefty James 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .506
2 Nap Lajoie .462
3 Home Run Baker .426
4 Sam Crawford .408
5 Ty Cobb .393

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 28
2 Chief Wilson 25
3 Mike Mitchell 24
4 Sam Crawford 23
4 2 others tied 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 20
2 Bob Bescher 17
3 Ty Cobb 16
4 Tommy McMillan 15
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.59
2 Red Ames 0.65
3 Ed Walsh 1.04
4 Smoky Joe Wood 1.06
5 Willie Mitchell 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Otto Hess 6
1 Christy Mathewson 6
1 Jeff Tesreau 6
4 Boardwalk Brown 5
4 8 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 58
2 Smoky Joe Wood 48
3 Nap Rucker 43
4 Walter Johnson 42
5 Eddie Cicotte 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hub Perdue 2
2 Mack Allison 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Rube Benton 1
2 18 others tied 1