On This Day

Saturday, July 4, 1914

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 42 29 .592 --
Tigers 42 32 .568 1.5
Senators 38 33 .535 4.0
Red Sox 39 34 .534 4.0
White Sox 37 33 .529 4.5
Browns 37 35 .514 5.5
Yankees 24 43 .358 16.0
Naps 25 45 .357 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 40 24 .625 --
Cubs 39 32 .549 4.5
Cardinals 37 35 .514 7.0
Reds 34 36 .486 9.0
Robins 31 33 .484 9.0
Pirates 31 34 .477 9.5
Phillies 30 34 .469 10.0
Braves 26 40 .394 15.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Chi-Feds 39 27 .591 --
Hoosiers 37 28 .569 1.5
Terrapins 35 30 .538 3.5
Buffeds 32 29 .525 4.5
Tip-Tops 29 33 .468 8.0
Packers 32 38 .457 9.0
Rebels 28 35 .444 9.5
Terriers 29 41 .414 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Demmitt 6
1 Jimmy Esmond 6
1 Frank Truesdale 6
4 George Cutshaw 5
4 3 others tied 5

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Ames 1
1 Frank Delahanty 1
1 Delos Drake 1
1 Dots Miller 1
1 Al Wickland 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 4
1 Frank LaPorte 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 George Burns 3
3 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Delahanty 4
2 Rebel Oakes 3
3 Tom Downey 2
3 Ed Gagnier 2
3 4 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Groom 2.00
2 Russ Ford 1.33
3 Slim Sallee 0.86
4 Eddie Cicotte 0.83
4 Pol Perritt 0.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Barger 1
1 Joe Benz 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 20 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moseley 10
2 Bullet Joe Bush 8
2 Russ Ford 8
4 Bob Groom 6
4 5 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 Willie Mitchell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .330
2 Jack Dalton .324
3 Dutch Zwilling .314
4 George Burns .313
5 Jake Daubert .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Luderus 10
2 Duke Kenworthy 9
2 Ed Lennox 9
4 Gavvy Cravath 8
4 3 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Lennox 56
2 Frank LaPorte 54
3 Home Run Baker 49
4 Duke Kenworthy 47
4 George Stovall 47

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 36
2 George Burns 29
2 Buck Herzog 29
2 Hap Myers 29
5 2 tied 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.03
2 Red Faber 1.31
3 Erv Lange 1.40
4 Rube Foster 1.48
5 Joe Benz 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 13
1 Christy Mathewson 13
3 Larry Cheney 12
3 Harry Coveleski 12
5 11 tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Claude Hendrix 103
1 Dutch Leonard 103
3 Cy Falkenberg 100
4 Earl Moseley 99
5 Walter Johnson 96

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 6
2 Slim Sallee 5
3 Russ Ford 4
3 George McQuillan 4
5 8 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ted Easterly .475
2 Tommy Leach .429
3 Harry Swacina .426
4 Jimmy Walsh .407
5 Pep Goodwin .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Vic Saier 4
2 Home Run Baker 3
2 Fred Beck 3
2 Joe Connolly 3
2 Red Smith 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 14
1 Red Smith 14
3 Home Run Baker 13
3 Ted Easterly 13
3 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hap Myers 12
2 George Burns 9
2 Bill McKechnie 9
4 Benny Kauff 8
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fritz Coumbe 0.00
1 Alex Main 0.00
3 Red Faber 0.26
4 Bert Humphries 0.56
5 Russ Ford 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Faber 4
1 Max Fiske 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Hippo Vaughn 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 23
1 Earl Moore 23
1 Earl Moseley 23
4 Cy Falkenberg 21
4 Hippo Vaughn 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Hendrix 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Larry Cheney 1
2 16 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Swacina .376
2 Tommy Leach .360
3 Beals Becker .355
4 Rebel Oakes .347
5 Rollie Zeider .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Steve Evans 6
2 Home Run Baker 5
2 Larry Gilbert 5
2 Fred Luderus 5
2 Vic Saier 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 32
2 Steve Evans 26
3 Home Run Baker 25
4 Benny Kauff 22
5 3 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 20
2 Hap Myers 18
3 Buck Herzog 16
4 George Burns 15
4 Bill McKechnie 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Erv Lange 0.59
2 Red Faber 0.71
3 Dutch Leonard 1.15
4 Harry Coveleski 1.17
5 Rube Foster 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Coveleski 7
2 Ray Collins 6
2 Red Faber 6
2 Max Fiske 6
2 6 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moseley 55
2 Pete Alexander 48
3 Cy Falkenberg 43
4 Walter Johnson 41
5 Larry Cheney 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Reulbach 3
1 Slim Sallee 3
3 Larry Cheney 2
3 Russ Ford 2
3 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .338
2 Gavvy Cravath .321
3 George Burns .311
4 Zack Wheat .302
5 Jim Viox .288

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 22
1 Fred Luderus 22
3 Vic Saier 19
4 Beals Becker 12
5 2 tied 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 104
2 Gavvy Cravath 100
3 Vic Saier 98
4 Sam Crawford 92
5 Fred Luderus 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 61
1 Hap Myers 61
3 Clyde Milan 56
4 Eddie Collins 55
5 Fritz Maisel 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.45
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.74
3 Babe Adams 1.78
4 Dutch Leonard 1.92
5 Rube Foster 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 31
2 Tom Seaton 25
3 Larry Cheney 23
3 Cy Falkenberg 23
3 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 220
2 Dutch Leonard 195
3 Pete Alexander 192
4 Cy Falkenberg 187
5 Bob Groom 184

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Larry Cheney 12
2 Chief Bender 10
3 Slim Sallee 7
4 Red Ames 5
4 3 others tied 5