Baseball44 On This Day: Monday, May 5, 1913

On This Day

Monday, May 5, 1913

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	13	3	.813	--
Senators	11	4	.733	1.5
Naps	13	6	.684	1.5
White Sox	13	9	.591	3.0
Browns	9	12	.429	6.5
Red Sox	7	11	.389	7.0
Tigers	6	14	.300	9.0
Yankees	2	15	.118	11.5

Games

Athletics 8, Yankees 1

Senators 5, Red Sox 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Phillies	9	4	.692	--
Cubs	13	7	.650	-0.5
Superbas	10	7	.588	1.0
Cardinals	11	8	.579	1.0
Pirates	10	9	.526	2.0
Giants	8	8	.500	2.5
Braves	4	12	.250	6.5
Reds	4	14	.222	7.5

Games

Superbas 3, Braves 2

Phillies 6, Giants 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Olaf Henriksen	4
2	Buck Herzog	3
3	Home Run Baker	2
3	Eddie Collins	2
3	13 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Sherry Magee	2
2	Gavvy Cravath	1
2	Ed Sweeney	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sherry Magee	4
2	Home Run Baker	3
2	Buck Herzog	3
2	Danny Moeller	3
5	Ira Thomas	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Home Run Baker	2
1	Clyde Milan	2
3	Eddie Collins	1
3	Hal Janvrin	1
3	5 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Eddie Plank	1.50
2	Buck O'Brien	0.60
3	Pete Alexander	0.55
4	Joe Engel	0.43
5	2 tied	0.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Pete Alexander	1
1	Walter Johnson	1
1	Eddie Plank	1
1	Pat Ragan	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Buck O'Brien	9
2	Pete Alexander	6
3	Joe Engel	3
3	Walter Johnson	3
3	Eddie Plank	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ray Schalk	.393
2	Otto Knabe	.339
3	Larry Doyle	.333
3	Casey Stengel	.333
5	Lee Magee	.329

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Johnny Bates	3
1	Sherry Magee	3
1	Casey Stengel	3
4	Gavvy Cravath	2
4	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Duffy Lewis	23
2	Jack Graney	15
2	Nap Lajoie	15
2	Heinie Zimmerman	15
5	2 tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	15
2	Eddie Collins	10
2	Danny Moeller	10
4	Donie Bush	9
4	Ray Chapman	9

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	0.20
2	Cliff Curtis	0.50
3	Cy Falkenberg	0.75
4	Pete Alexander	0.93
5	Eddie Stack	0.95

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Larry Cheney	6
1	Walter Johnson	6
3	Babe Adams	4
3	Cy Falkenberg	4
3	4 others tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	36
2	Eddie Plank	33
3	Red Ames	28
3	Tom Seaton	28
5	Larry Cheney	27

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Larry Cheney	2
2	Frank Allen	1
2	George Baumgardner	1
2	Chief Bender	1
2	13 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.418
2	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.404
3	Tris Speaker	.385
4	Nap Lajoie	.370
5	Eddie Collins	.360

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Gavvy Cravath	13
1	Frank Schulte	13
1	Heinie Zimmerman	13
4	Fred Luderus	11
4	Chief Wilson	11

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	134
2	Duffy Lewis	128
3	Sam Crawford	113
4	Heinie Zimmerman	110
5	Stuffy McInnis	104

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Milan	96
2	Eddie Collins	70
3	Bob Bescher	68
4	Ty Cobb	58
5	Tris Speaker	54

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Walter Johnson	1.45
2	Nap Rucker	1.78
3	Smoky Joe Wood	1.94
4	Christy Mathewson	2.00
5	Jeff Tesreau	2.04

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Walter Johnson	34
2	Smoky Joe Wood	32
3	Larry Cheney	30
4	Eddie Plank	26
5	Claude Hendrix	25

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	302
2	Smoky Joe Wood	246
3	Ed Walsh	225
4	Vean Gregg	196
5	Pete Alexander	190

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	9
2	Slim Sallee	7
3	Christy Mathewson	5
4	Nap Rucker	4
5	11 tied	3