On This Day

Monday, October 5, 1914

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 98 52 .653 --
Red Sox 90 61 .596 8.5
Senators 80 72 .526 19.0
Tigers 80 73 .523 19.5
Browns 71 82 .464 28.5
White Sox 70 84 .455 30.0
Yankees 69 83 .454 30.0
Naps 51 102 .333 48.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 93 58 .616 --
Giants 83 69 .546 10.5
Cardinals 81 72 .529 13.0
Cubs 78 76 .506 16.5
Robins 74 78 .487 19.5
Phillies 73 79 .480 20.5
Pirates 69 85 .448 25.5
Reds 60 94 .390 34.5

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Chi-Feds 86 65 .570 --
Hoosiers 85 65 .567 0.5
Terrapins 79 68 .537 5.0
Buffeds 77 68 .531 6.0
Tip-Tops 74 74 .500 10.5
Packers 65 83 .439 19.5
Rebels 62 81 .434 20.0
Terriers 62 86 .419 22.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ted Cather 5
2 Rebel Oakes 4
2 Butch Schmidt 4
2 Zack Wheat 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Possum Whitted 2
2 Walter Johnson 1
2 Les Mann 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Possum Whitted 8
2 Benny Kauff 3
2 George Mullin 3
2 Butch Schmidt 3
2 Steve Yerkes 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Baldy Louden 3
2 Max Carey 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Davy Jones 2
2 3 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bullet Joe Bush 2.00
2 Pete Schneider 1.50
3 Marty McHale 0.86
4 Red Ames 0.75
4 Tom Seaton 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Dick Crutcher 1
1 Al Demaree 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Anderson 7
2 Raleigh Aitchison 6
2 Red Ames 6
2 Max Fiske 6
2 3 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Bob Shawkey 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .332
2 Casey Stengel .321
3 Sherry Magee .319
4 Zack Wheat .317
5 Jack Dalton .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 19
2 Vic Saier 18
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
4 Duke Kenworthy 15
4 Sherry Magee 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 105
2 Sherry Magee 99
3 Gavvy Cravath 98
4 Sam Crawford 97
5 Heinie Zimmerman 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 73
2 Fritz Maisel 71
3 George Burns 63
4 Eddie Collins 57
5 Buck Herzog 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 1.63
3 Walter Johnson 1.70
4 Russ Ford 1.82
5 Rube Foster 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 29
2 Walter Johnson 28
3 Pete Alexander 27
4 Bill James 26
4 2 others tied 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 229
2 Walter Johnson 226
3 Pete Alexander 214
4 Earl Moseley 206
5 Jeff Tesreau 189

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Dave Davenport 6
1 Russ Ford 6
5 3 tied 5

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chief Meyers .441
2 Bobby Veach .429
3 Red Smith .406
4 Heinie Zimmerman .397
5 2 tied .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 6
2 Bob Bescher 3
2 Dutch Zwilling 3
4 Beals Becker 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Cutshaw 23
2 Chick Gandil 18
3 Gavvy Cravath 16
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 8
1 Del Pratt 8
1 Casey Stengel 8
1 Possum Whitted 8
5 6 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Mullin 0.00
2 Pol Perritt 0.28
3 Dan Griner 0.40
4 Jim Shaw 0.52
5 Joe Oeschger 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jeff Pfeffer 4
1 Dick Rudolph 4
1 George Suggs 4
4 Raleigh Aitchison 3
4 11 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Bailey 34
2 Tom Seaton 30
3 Pete Alexander 24
3 Walter Johnson 24
5 2 tied 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Claude Hendrix 1
1 Pete Henning 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Casey Stengel .397
2 Jake Daubert .396
3 Zack Wheat .382
4 Hal Chase .373
5 Red Smith .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 8
2 Dutch Zwilling 4
3 Bob Bescher 3
3 Hal Chase 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 39
2 George Cutshaw 35
3 Red Smith 30
4 Dutch Zwilling 29
5 Hal Chase 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 18
2 Benny Kauff 15
2 Fritz Maisel 15
4 Max Carey 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dan Griner 0.39
2 George Mullin 0.47
3 Jim Shaw 1.04
4 Dick Rudolph 1.20
5 2 tied 1.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick Rudolph 8
2 Pete Alexander 7
2 George Suggs 7
4 Claude Hendrix 6
4 5 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Bailey 75
2 Pete Alexander 57
3 Cy Falkenberg 53
4 Walter Johnson 48
5 Tom Seaton 45

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Alex Main 3
2 Frank Smith 2
3 George Baumgardner 1
3 Jim Bluejacket 1
3 30 others tied 1