On This Day

Saturday, May 8, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 7 .696 --
Yankees 12 6 .667 1.5
White Sox 13 9 .591 2.5
Red Sox 8 8 .500 4.5
Senators 9 10 .474 5.0
Indians 9 12 .429 6.0
Athletics 7 12 .368 7.0
Browns 6 16 .273 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 13 6 .684 --
Cubs 12 7 .632 1.0
Braves 11 8 .579 2.0
Reds 10 9 .526 3.0
Cardinals 10 13 .435 5.0
Pirates 9 12 .429 5.0
Robins 8 12 .400 5.5
Giants 6 12 .333 6.5

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Rebels 14 8 .636 --
Pepper 13 9 .591 1.0
Tip-Tops 12 10 .545 2.0
Whales 12 10 .545 2.0
Packers 11 11 .500 3.0
Terriers 9 12 .429 4.5
Terrapins 10 14 .417 5.0
Blues 8 15 .348 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Solly Hofman 5
2 Nick Allen 3
2 Cozy Dolan 3
2 Delos Drake 3
2 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Cozy Dolan 1
1 Grover Hartley 1
1 Jimmy Walsh 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shano Collins 3
2 Luke Boone 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Claude Cooper 2
2 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank LaPorte 2
1 Burt Shotton 2
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Hugh Bradley 1
3 24 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 1.00
2 Earl Moseley 0.50
3 Weldon Wyckoff 0.44
4 George McConnell 0.43
4 Hub Perdue 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Nick Cullop 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 8 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Groom 7
2 Tom Hughes 5
2 Earl Moseley 5
2 Carl Weilman 5
5 9 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Herb Pennock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lee Magee .426
2 Claude Cooper .380
3 Benny Kauff .375
4 Wilbur Good .361
5 Jimmy Walsh .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 4
1 Fred Beck 4
3 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 Ted Easterly 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rebel Oakes 22
2 Vic Saier 19
3 Clyde Engle 18
3 Butch Schmidt 18
3 Bobby Veach 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 13
2 Ty Cobb 11
3 Roger Bresnahan 10
3 Benny Kauff 10
5 Shano Collins 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.51
2 George McConnell 0.71
3 Walter Johnson 1.04
4 Bert Gallia 1.24
5 Zip Zabel 1.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Allen 6
1 Hooks Dauss 6
1 Red Faber 6
4 Pete Alexander 5
4 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 37
2 Pete Alexander 36
2 Bob Groom 36
4 Red Faber 35
5 2 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 3
2 Eddie Cicotte 2
2 Gene Dale 2
4 Red Ames 1
4 19 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Walsh .435
2 Charlie Hanford .410
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .400
4 Wilbur Good .396
5 Fritz Maisel .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 3
1 Jimmy Walsh 3
3 Fred Beck 2
3 Max Carey 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rebel Oakes 16
2 Shano Collins 11
2 Sherry Magee 11
2 Vic Saier 11
2 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 8
2 Roger Bresnahan 7
3 Dots Miller 6
4 Chet Chadbourne 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Standridge 0.00
2 Rube Foster 0.47
3 Jeff Tesreau 0.50
4 Ernie Shore 0.67
5 Zip Zabel 0.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Allen 3
1 Joe Benz 3
1 Bernie Boland 3
1 Red Faber 3
1 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Reb Russell 22
2 Harry Coveleski 20
2 Bob Groom 20
2 Tom Seaton 20
5 Pete Alexander 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Hugh Bedient 1
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .322
2 Rebel Oakes .318
3 Dutch Zwilling .312
4 Beals Becker .312
5 Zack Wheat .306

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 21
2 Vic Saier 20
3 Dutch Zwilling 16
4 Fred Beck 14
5 2 tied 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 110
2 Benny Kauff 104
3 Gavvy Cravath 102
4 Sam Crawford 100
5 3 tied 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Benny Kauff 81
2 Fritz Maisel 80
3 George Burns 60
3 Eddie Collins 60
5 Bill McKechnie 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.33
2 Rube Foster 1.57
3 Claude Hendrix 1.60
4 Walter Johnson 1.63
5 Bill James 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
2 Walter Johnson 28
2 Jeff Tesreau 28
4 Claude Hendrix 27
4 3 others tied 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 230
2 Cy Falkenberg 217
2 Walter Johnson 217
4 Earl Moseley 195
5 Jeff Tesreau 194

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Dave Davenport 6
1 Slim Sallee 6
4 Rube Benton 5
4 2 others tied 5