On This Day

Friday, May 9, 1913

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 4 .789 --
Naps 15 7 .682 1.5
Senators 12 6 .667 2.5
White Sox 15 10 .600 3.0
Browns 10 14 .417 7.5
Red Sox 8 13 .381 8.0
Tigers 7 16 .304 10.0
Yankees 4 16 .200 11.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 11 6 .647 --
Superbas 13 8 .619 0.0
Cubs 14 10 .583 0.5
Cardinals 13 10 .565 1.0
Giants 10 10 .500 2.5
Pirates 10 13 .435 4.0
Braves 8 12 .400 4.5
Reds 6 16 .273 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Al Bridwell 4
2 Doc Johnston 3
2 Ezra Midkiff 3
2 Vic Saier 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Herzog 1
1 Fred Luderus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Bridwell 3
1 Dots Miller 3
1 Bill Sweeney 3
4 Birdie Cree 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Bert Daniels 1
1 Charlie Deal 1
1 Josh Devore 1
1 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Pete Alexander 0.75
2 Bill James 0.67
3 Howie Camnitz 0.55
3 Jim Scott 0.55
5 Buck O'Brien 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Cliff Curtis 1
1 Russ Ford 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill James 8
2 Howie Camnitz 6
2 Jim Scott 6
4 Fred Blanding 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ray Schalk .397
2 Otto Knabe .342
3 Joe Tinker .330
4 Fred Merkle .318
5 Miller Huggins .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 23
2 Jack Graney 17
2 Dots Miller 17
4 Nap Lajoie 16
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 16
2 Donie Bush 11
2 Danny Moeller 11
4 Ray Chapman 10
4 Eddie Collins 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.20
2 Ray Keating 0.79
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.80
4 Nap Rucker 0.90
5 Pete Alexander 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
3 Cy Falkenberg 5
3 Vean Gregg 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Vean Gregg 35
2 Tom Seaton 35
4 Eddie Plank 33
5 Bill James 32

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Miller Huggins .390
2 Bill Sweeney .372
3 Lee Magee .365
4 Johnny Bates .359
5 Otto Knabe .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
4 Rafael Almeida 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 11
2 Babe Borton 9
2 Buck Herzog 9
2 Sherry Magee 9
2 Dots Miller 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 9
2 Ray Chapman 6
2 Hap Myers 6
4 Home Run Baker 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
2 Ray Keating 0.44
3 Ad Brennan 0.54
4 Nap Rucker 0.79
5 Pete Alexander 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pat Ragan 4
1 Reb Russell 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Walter Johnson 3
3 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buck O'Brien 29
2 Eddie Plank 25
3 Vean Gregg 20
4 Lefty Tyler 19
5 Walter Johnson 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nap Rucker 2
2 Frank Allen 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .415
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .407
3 Tris Speaker .379
4 Nap Lajoie .368
5 Eddie Collins .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 13
1 Frank Schulte 13
3 Fred Luderus 12
3 Heinie Zimmerman 12
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 134
2 Duffy Lewis 127
3 Sam Crawford 113
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 104
4 Stuffy McInnis 104

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 97
2 Eddie Collins 70
3 Bob Bescher 66
4 Ty Cobb 57
5 Tris Speaker 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.31
2 Nap Rucker 1.72
3 Smoky Joe Wood 1.91
4 Jeff Tesreau 1.99
5 Christy Mathewson 2.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 34
2 Smoky Joe Wood 31
3 Larry Cheney 29
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Claude Hendrix 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 297
2 Smoky Joe Wood 245
3 Ed Walsh 221
4 Vean Gregg 205
5 Pete Alexander 188

Saves

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