On This Day

Wednesday, October 2, 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 75 76 .497 29.0
Naps 73 77 .487 30.5
Tigers 69 81 .460 34.5
Browns 52 99 .344 52.0
Highlanders 49 100 .329 54.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 101 47 .682 --
Pirates 92 57 .617 9.5
Cubs 89 59 .601 12.0
Reds 74 77 .490 28.5
Phillies 72 77 .483 29.5
Cardinals 63 88 .417 39.5
Dodgers 57 93 .380 45.0
Braves 50 100 .333 52.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jay Kirke 5
2 Vin Campbell 4
2 Ty Cobb 4
2 Rabbit Maranville 4
5 8 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jay Kirke 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
1 Bobby Veach 3
4 Bob Fisher 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Shano Collins 1
1 Heinie Groh 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Tyler 1.00
2 Red Ames 0.86
2 Earl Hamilton 0.86
4 Tom Seaton 0.69
5 Fred Blanding 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Bill McTigue 1
1 Tom Seaton 1
1 Lefty Tyler 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Seaton 9
2 Lefty Tyler 8
3 Red Ames 6
3 Earl Hamilton 6
3 Bill McTigue 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .412
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .394
3 Tris Speaker .385
4 Heinie Zimmerman .372
5 Nap Lajoie .359

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 59
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 2.16

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 10
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 .621
2 Nap Lajoie .475
3 Ray Chapman .459
4 Home Run Baker .444
5 Sam Crawford .432

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ben Houser 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
1 Gus Williams 2
4 Ping Bodie 1
4 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 17
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 15
2 Jay Kirke 15
4 Mike Mitchell 14
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 Bob Bescher 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Marty O'Toole 0.00
1 Nap Rucker 0.00
3 Byron Houck 0.56
4 Walter Johnson 0.83
5 Jeff Tesreau 0.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Boardwalk Brown 3
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 Claude Hendrix 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 32
2 Earl Hamilton 27
3 Eddie Cicotte 22
3 Bob Groom 22
5 Marty O'Toole 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 2
2 Sandy Burk 1
2 Larry Cheney 1
2 Jack Ferry 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .500
2 Nap Lajoie .462
3 Ty Cobb .429
4 Home Run Baker .426
5 Sam Crawford .409

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 Nap Lajoie 26
3 Chief Wilson 25
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 23
4 Mike Mitchell 23

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.59
2 Ed Walsh 0.85
3 Red Ames 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 Tom Seaton 6
1 Jeff Tesreau 6
5 8 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 51
2 Smoky Joe Wood 48
3 Nap Rucker 43
4 Eddie Cicotte 42
4 Walter Johnson 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hub Perdue 2
1 Ed Walsh 2
3 Mack Allison 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 16 others tied 1