On This Day

Thursday, May 28, 1914

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 21 13 .618 --
Athletics 18 12 .600 1.0
Tigers 22 15 .595 0.5
Yankees 15 16 .484 4.5
Browns 16 18 .471 5.0
Red Sox 15 17 .469 5.0
White Sox 16 21 .432 6.5
Naps 12 23 .343 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 21 10 .677 --
Giants 18 11 .621 2.0
Reds 21 15 .583 2.5
Robins 14 15 .483 6.0
Cardinals 18 21 .462 7.0
Phillies 13 17 .433 7.5
Cubs 16 21 .432 8.0
Braves 9 20 .310 11.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Terrapins 22 8 .733 --
Chi-Feds 16 16 .500 7.0
Tip-Tops 13 14 .481 7.5
Packers 16 18 .471 8.0
Terriers 16 18 .471 8.0
Hoosiers 14 16 .467 8.0
Buffeds 13 15 .464 8.0
Rebels 13 18 .419 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Crawford 4
1 Baldy Louden 4
3 Everett Booe 3
3 Davy Jones 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 Al Shaw 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Baldy Louden 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Chick Gandil 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Shano Collins 2
1 Baldy Louden 2
1 Les Nunamaker 2
1 Ivey Wingo 2
5 18 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Plank 0.89
2 Eddie Cicotte 0.75
3 Howie Camnitz 0.71
4 Bob Harmon 0.67
5 George Baumgardner 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Hooks Dauss 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 Russ Ford 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 8
2 Howie Camnitz 5
2 Snipe Conley 5
2 Russ Ford 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hugh Bradley .392
2 Art Wilson .371
3 Ed Lennox .371
4 George Burns .364
5 Jack Dalton .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Walsh 7
1 Art Wilson 7
3 Ed Lennox 6
4 Duke Kenworthy 5
4 Sherry Magee 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Lennox 35
2 Howie Shanks 29
3 Duke Kenworthy 28
4 George Stovall 27
4 Art Wilson 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 15
2 Clyde Milan 14
3 Fritz Maisel 13
3 Armando Marsans 13
5 Lee Magee 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.52
2 Ray Fisher 0.87
3 Ray Caldwell 1.21
4 Babe Adams 1.28
5 Rube Foster 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 7
1 Claude Hendrix 7
1 Walter Johnson 7
1 Tom Seaton 7
5 12 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 67
2 Dutch Leonard 59
3 Bob Groom 57
4 Larry Cheney 48
5 Willie Mitchell 46

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Bentley 3
1 Rube Benton 3
1 Larry Cheney 3
1 George McQuillan 3
1 Jeff Pfeffer 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Benny Kauff .468
2 George Burns .449
3 Roger Bresnahan .419
4 Honus Wagner .412
5 Baldy Louden .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Burns 3
1 Jimmy Walsh 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Rube Oldring 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Howie Shanks 16
2 Baldy Louden 12
2 Jimmy Walsh 12
4 Benny Kauff 11
5 5 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 8
2 Wilbur Good 7
3 Cozy Dolan 6
3 Hans Lobert 6
3 4 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
2 Earl Yingling 0.31
3 George Pierce 0.50
4 Claude Hendrix 0.66
5 Walter Johnson 0.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 4
1 Tom Seaton 4
1 George Suggs 4
4 Frank Allen 3
4 14 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jim Shaw 27
2 Rip Hagerman 21
2 Dutch Leonard 21
2 Eddie Plank 21
5 5 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Bentley 2
1 Rube Benton 2
1 Jack Rowan 2
1 Slim Sallee 2
5 13 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .407
2 Hugh Bradley .402
3 Ed Lennox .400
4 Jake Daubert .345
5 Jack Dalton .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ed Lennox 6
2 Jimmy Walsh 5
3 Duke Kenworthy 4
4 George Burns 3
4 8 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Lennox 31
2 Howie Shanks 26
3 George Stovall 24
4 Duke Kenworthy 21
5 2 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Clyde Milan 14
2 Benny Kauff 13
3 Shano Collins 10
3 Lee Magee 10
3 Fritz Maisel 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
2 Larry Cheney 0.73
3 Dutch Leonard 0.77
4 Ray Fisher 1.02
5 Earl Yingling 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Tom Seaton 6
3 Ray Caldwell 5
3 Larry Cheney 5
3 9 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 47
2 Dutch Leonard 44
3 Bob Groom 43
4 Jim Shaw 42
5 Larry Cheney 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Bentley 3
1 Rube Benton 3
3 Chief Bender 2
3 Hooks Dauss 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .349
2 Sam Crawford .340
3 George Burns .312
4 Fred Snodgrass .306
5 Jim Viox .302

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 17
1 Fred Luderus 17
3 Vic Saier 15
4 Home Run Baker 13
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 106
2 Gavvy Cravath 98
3 Home Run Baker 94
4 Vic Saier 89
5 Heinie Zimmerman 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 61
1 Clyde Milan 61
3 Danny Moeller 53
3 Hap Myers 53
5 Ty Cobb 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.41
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.63
3 Babe Adams 1.89
4 Ray Caldwell 1.94
5 Dutch Leonard 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 32
2 Tom Seaton 27
3 Christy Mathewson 25
4 Rube Marquard 23
5 2 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 227
2 Bob Groom 183
3 Dutch Leonard 176
4 Claude Hendrix 163
5 3 tied 162

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 12
2 Larry Cheney 10
3 Doc Crandall 6
3 Tom Hughes 6
5 3 tied 5