On This Day

Friday, April 16, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 2 1 .667 --
Senators 2 1 .667 0.0
Indians 2 1 .667 0.0
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Red Sox 1 1 .500 0.5
Tigers 1 2 .333 1.0
Browns 1 2 .333 1.0
Yankees 1 2 .333 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 2 0 1.000 --
Giants 2 1 .667 0.5
Reds 2 1 .667 0.5
Cubs 2 1 .667 0.5
Pirates 1 2 .333 1.5
Cardinals 1 2 .333 1.5
Robins 1 2 .333 1.5
Braves 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Tip-Tops 4 1 .800 --
Whales 3 1 .750 0.5
Packers 4 2 .667 0.5
Pepper 3 3 .500 1.5
Blues 2 3 .400 2.0
Terrapins 2 4 .333 2.5
Rebels 2 4 .333 2.5
Terriers 1 3 .250 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Chapman 4
2 Jimmy Austin 3
2 Vern Duncan 3
2 Hans Lobert 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wilbur Good 1
1 Rube Oldring 1
1 Zack Wheat 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pete Shields 3
1 Bobby Veach 3
3 Vern Duncan 2
3 Wilbur Good 2
3 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
2 Eddie Ainsmith 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Ray Chapman 1
2 20 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Grover Lowdermilk 1.50
2 Bert Gallia 0.60
3 Pug Cavet 0.42
4 Phil Douglas 0.40
5 Clint Rogge 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Appleton 1
1 Bill Bailey 1
1 Phil Douglas 1
1 Bert Gallia 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Grover Lowdermilk 9
2 Pug Cavet 5
2 Clint Rogge 5
4 Boardwalk Brown 4
4 Phil Douglas 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gene Dale 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lee Magee .700
2 Hans Lobert .692
3 Heinie Groh .625
4 Tex Wisterzil .600
5 Danny Moeller .571

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bunny Brief 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Art Fletcher 1
1 Wilbur Good 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 8
1 Benny Kauff 8
1 Tex Wisterzil 8
4 Ed Konetchy 7
4 Milt Reed 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Benny Kauff 3
1 Lee Magee 3
1 Fred Snodgrass 3
1 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Lafitte 0.00
1 Pete Alexander 0.00
1 Nick Cullop 0.00
1 Bert Gallia 0.00
1 9 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Faber 2
1 Chief Johnson 2
1 Tom Seaton 2
4 Pete Alexander 1
4 36 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 11
2 Chief Johnson 10
2 Al Schulz 10
4 Grover Lowdermilk 9
5 2 tied 8

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Gene Dale 1
1 Ed Lafitte 1
1 Bill Upham 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .330
2 Zack Wheat .319
3 Ed Lennox .317
4 Jack Dalton .315
5 Casey Stengel .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 19
2 Vic Saier 18
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
4 Duke Kenworthy 15
5 Sherry Magee 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 110
2 Gavvy Cravath 102
2 Benny Kauff 102
4 Sam Crawford 98
5 2 tied 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 78
2 Fritz Maisel 72
3 George Burns 63
4 Eddie Collins 60
5 Bill McKechnie 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 1.60
3 Walter Johnson 1.70
4 Russ Ford 1.76
5 Bill Doak 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 30
2 Walter Johnson 28
3 Pete Alexander 27
3 Jeff Tesreau 27
5 4 tied 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 242
2 Walter Johnson 221
3 Pete Alexander 216
4 Earl Moseley 210
5 Claude Hendrix 196

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Larry Cheney 6
1 Dave Davenport 6
1 Russ Ford 6
5 4 tied 5