On This Day

Tuesday, May 6, 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

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 9 5 .643 --
Cubs 13 8 .619 -0.5
Superbas 11 7 .611 0.0
Cardinals 12 8 .600 0.0
Giants 9 8 .529 1.5
Pirates 10 10 .500 2.0
Braves 5 12 .294 5.5
Reds 4 15 .211 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tillie Shafer 4
2 Ted Cather 3
2 Buck Herzog 3
2 Rabbit Maranville 3
2 Fred Merkle 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jeff Tesreau 3
2 Jimmy Archer 2
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Rabbit Maranville 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rafael Almeida 1
1 Art Butler 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 George Cutshaw 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pat Ragan 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 0.67
3 Larry Cheney 0.33
3 Hub Perdue 0.33
3 Bill Steele 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hub Perdue 1
1 Pat Ragan 1
1 Bill Steele 1
1 Jeff Tesreau 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 6
2 Pat Ragan 5
3 Larry Cheney 3
3 Al Demaree 3
3 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Demaree 1
1 Bob Harmon 1
1 Nap Rucker 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ray Schalk .393
2 Fred Merkle .351
3 Otto Knabe .349
4 Joe Tinker .333
5 Casey Stengel .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 Pat Ragan 5
4 Babe Adams 4
4 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Eddie Plank 33
3 Tom Seaton 31
4 Larry Cheney 30
5 Red Ames 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 2
1 Nap Rucker 2
3 Frank Allen 1
3 George Baumgardner 1
3 15 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .416
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .406
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 108
5 Stuffy McInnis 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 96
2 Eddie Collins 70
3 Bob Bescher 67
4 Ty Cobb 57
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.45
2 Nap Rucker 1.76
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.94
4 Christy Mathewson 2.00
5 Jeff Tesreau 2.10

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
3 Nap Rucker 5
5 11 tied 3