On This Day

Wednesday, April 21, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 2 .750 --
Indians 5 3 .625 1.0
Senators 4 3 .571 1.5
Yankees 4 3 .571 1.5
Red Sox 3 3 .500 2.0
Browns 3 5 .375 3.0
Athletics 2 4 .333 3.0
White Sox 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 6 0 1.000 --
Reds 6 2 .750 1.0
Cubs 4 3 .571 2.5
Braves 4 3 .571 2.5
Pirates 3 4 .429 3.5
Giants 2 5 .286 4.5
Cardinals 2 6 .250 5.0
Robins 2 6 .250 5.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Tip-Tops 6 3 .667 --
Whales 5 3 .625 0.5
Pepper 6 4 .600 0.5
Packers 5 5 .500 1.5
Rebels 5 5 .500 1.5
Blues 4 5 .444 2.0
Terriers 3 5 .375 2.5
Terrapins 3 7 .300 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Benny Kauff 3
1 Duke Kenworthy 3
1 Hi Myers 3
1 Bill Zimmerman 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Duke Kenworthy 1
1 Duffy Lewis 1
1 Clyde Milan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doc Cook 3
1 Duke Kenworthy 3
1 Frank LaPorte 3
1 Rip Williams 3
1 Bill Zimmerman 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Burt Shotton 2
3 Joe Agler 1
3 George Anderson 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Chalmers 1.40
2 Red Ames 1.33
3 Bill Steen 1.00
4 Ray Fisher 0.80
5 Reb Russell 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Allen 1
1 Red Ames 1
1 George Boehler 1
1 Joe Boehling 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Chalmers 7
2 Reb Russell 5
2 Bill Steen 5
4 Red Ames 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lee Magee .519
2 Bob Fisher .500
3 Tex Wisterzil .476
4 Claude Cooper .438
5 Amos Strunk .423

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 William Fischer 3
2 Fred Beck 2
2 Ted Easterly 2
2 Doc Johnston 2
2 Rube Oldring 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 11
1 Frank LaPorte 11
3 Gavvy Cravath 10
3 Benny Kauff 10
3 Milt Reed 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 8
2 Shano Collins 5
2 Steve Evans 5
2 Lee Magee 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McConnell 0.00
1 Al Demaree 0.00
1 Jean Dubuc 0.00
1 Rube Marquard 0.00
5 Walter Johnson 0.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Allen 3
1 Hooks Dauss 3
3 Pete Alexander 2
3 Rube Benton 2
3 16 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 17
1 Hippo Vaughn 17
3 Bob Groom 16
3 Grover Lowdermilk 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Gene Dale 2
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Happy Finneran 1
2 Elmer Knetzer 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .329
2 Ed Lennox .320
3 Hal Chase .315
4 Zack Wheat .314
5 Dutch Zwilling .309

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 20
2 Vic Saier 18
3 Duke Kenworthy 16
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
5 2 tied 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 113
2 Gavvy Cravath 108
3 Benny Kauff 102
4 Sam Crawford 100
5 Steve Evans 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 81
2 Fritz Maisel 77
3 George Burns 62
4 Eddie Collins 61
5 Bill McKechnie 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.04
2 Claude Hendrix 1.54
3 Walter Johnson 1.72
4 Russ Ford 1.83
5 Rube Foster 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Claude Hendrix 30
2 Pete Alexander 28
2 Walter Johnson 28
4 Dick Rudolph 27
4 Jeff Tesreau 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 230
2 Walter Johnson 222
3 Pete Alexander 221
4 Earl Moseley 208
5 Jeff Tesreau 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Dave Davenport 6
1 Slim Sallee 6
4 Larry Cheney 5
4 4 others tied 5