On This Day

Friday, May 2, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 11 3 .786 --
Naps 12 5 .706 0.5
Senators 9 4 .692 1.5
White Sox 12 8 .600 2.0
Red Sox 7 9 .438 5.0
Browns 8 11 .421 5.5
Tigers 5 13 .278 8.0
Yankees 2 13 .133 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 13 5 .722 --
Phillies 7 4 .636 2.5
Giants 8 6 .571 3.0
Superbas 8 7 .533 3.5
Pirates 9 8 .529 3.5
Cardinals 9 8 .529 3.5
Braves 4 10 .286 7.0
Reds 3 13 .188 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Merkle 3
1 Dots Miller 3
1 Dode Paskert 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Tommy Leach 1
1 Les Mann 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 4
2 Duffy Lewis 3
2 Les Mann 3
2 Ray Morgan 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 3
2 Ward Miller 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Everett Booe 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Tyler 1.50
2 Larry Cheney 0.67
3 Dutch Leonard 0.60
4 Bob Groom 0.50
5 Chick Smith 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Fred Blanding 1
1 Larry Cheney 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Dutch Leonard 6
1 Lefty Tyler 6
4 Bob Groom 5
4 Chick Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Chalmers 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .481
2 Ray Schalk .353
3 Fred Merkle .349
4 Chief Wilson .343
5 Larry Doyle .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Bates 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Lee Magee 2
3 Mike Mitchell 2
5 28 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 23
2 Babe Borton 14
2 Nap Lajoie 14
4 Dots Miller 13
4 2 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 12
2 Danny Moeller 9
3 Eddie Collins 8
4 George Burns 7
4 5 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 0.00
2 Walter Johnson 0.24
3 Christy Mathewson 0.56
4 Cy Falkenberg 0.75
5 Eddie Stack 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 6
2 Cy Falkenberg 4
2 Vean Gregg 4
2 Walter Johnson 4
2 Tom Seaton 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Walter Johnson 29
3 Tom Seaton 28
4 Red Ames 27
4 Larry Cheney 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 2
2 Frank Allen 1
2 George Baumgardner 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .424
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .401
3 Tris Speaker .394
4 Nap Lajoie .370
5 Eddie Collins .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Zimmerman 14
2 Frank Schulte 13
3 Gavvy Cravath 11
3 Fred Luderus 11
3 2 others tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 135
2 Duffy Lewis 129
3 Sam Crawford 115
4 Stuffy McInnis 110
4 Heinie Zimmerman 110

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 93
2 Eddie Collins 69
3 Bob Bescher 68
4 Ty Cobb 56
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.47
2 Nap Rucker 1.86
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.94
4 Christy Mathewson 2.05
5 Jeff Tesreau 2.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 33
2 Smoky Joe Wood 32
3 Larry Cheney 30
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Claude Hendrix 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 306
2 Smoky Joe Wood 246
3 Ed Walsh 227
4 Vean Gregg 192
5 Pete Alexander 188

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Slim Sallee 7
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Nap Rucker 4
5 13 tied 3