On This Day

Tuesday, May 18, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 16 8 .667 --
Tigers 18 11 .621 0.5
White Sox 18 12 .600 1.0
Red Sox 13 9 .591 2.0
Senators 12 14 .462 5.0
Indians 11 16 .407 6.5
Browns 10 19 .345 8.5
Athletics 9 18 .333 8.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 17 9 .654 --
Cubs 16 11 .593 1.5
Braves 14 11 .560 2.5
Robins 13 14 .481 4.5
Pirates 13 15 .464 5.0
Cardinals 13 17 .433 6.0
Reds 11 15 .423 6.0
Giants 10 15 .400 6.5

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Rebels 19 11 .633 --
Pepper 17 12 .586 1.5
Whales 17 13 .567 2.0
Tip-Tops 15 13 .536 3.0
Packers 15 13 .536 3.0
Terriers 12 14 .462 5.0
Terrapins 12 18 .400 7.0
Blues 8 21 .276 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Vin Campbell 3
1 Shano Collins 3
1 Happy Felsch 3
1 Art Fletcher 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Strands 4
2 Vin Campbell 2
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Shano Collins 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 2
2 Doug Baird 1
2 Jimmy Esmond 1
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jeff Tesreau 2.33
2 Bill Doak 0.67
2 Red Faber 0.67
2 Bert Humphries 0.67
5 George Kaiserling 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Bert Humphries 1
1 Bill James 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 8
2 Jeff Tesreau 7
3 Bill Doak 6
4 Bullet Joe Bush 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Benny Kauff .403
2 Lee Magee .364
3 Claude Cooper .361
4 Hans Lobert .357
5 Wilbur Good .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 6
2 Beals Becker 5
3 Fred Beck 4
3 Ed Konetchy 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Konetchy 25
2 Rebel Oakes 24
2 Vic Saier 24
4 Gavvy Cravath 23
4 Jimmy Walsh 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Lee Magee 13
2 Fritz Maisel 13
4 Roger Bresnahan 12
4 Benny Kauff 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McConnell 0.91
2 Pete Alexander 1.14
3 Jim Shaw 1.15
4 Jeff Tesreau 1.20
5 Rube Foster 1.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Faber 8
2 Pete Alexander 7
2 Hooks Dauss 7
2 Tom Seaton 7
5 2 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 53
2 Red Faber 47
3 Grover Lowdermilk 45
4 Bob Groom 42
4 Hippo Vaughn 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Benton 3
2 Eddie Cicotte 2
2 Gene Dale 2
2 George McQuillan 2
5 26 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Art Fletcher .444
2 Art Wilson .417
3 Hans Lobert .409
4 Dave Robertson .395
5 2 tied .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
1 Jimmy Walsh 4
3 Ed Konetchy 3
4 Cozy Dolan 2
4 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Konetchy 13
1 Jimmy Walsh 13
3 Gavvy Cravath 12
4 Babe Borton 9
5 9 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Grover Gilmore 6
1 Honus Wagner 6
3 Jimmy Austin 5
3 Doug Baird 5
3 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wheezer Dell 0.00
1 Smoky Joe Wood 0.00
3 Sailor Stroud 0.45
4 Dave Davenport 0.47
5 Ernie Shore 0.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Faber 3
1 Rube Foster 3
1 Bob Harmon 3
1 Bill James 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Weldon Wyckoff 23
2 Pete Alexander 22
2 Jeff Tesreau 22
4 Walter Johnson 21
5 Bill Doak 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Red Ames 1
1 Hugh Bedient 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .324
2 Dutch Zwilling .317
3 Beals Becker .315
4 Rebel Oakes .312
5 Sherry Magee .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 24
2 Vic Saier 21
3 Dutch Zwilling 17
4 Steve Evans 14
5 2 tied 13

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 111
2 Gavvy Cravath 108
3 Benny Kauff 104
4 Harry Swacina 101
5 Sherry Magee 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 79
2 Benny Kauff 78
3 Eddie Collins 62
4 George Burns 58
5 Bill McKechnie 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.43
2 Claude Hendrix 1.53
3 Walter Johnson 1.57
4 Rube Foster 1.59
5 Bill James 1.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 29
1 Bill James 29
3 Tom Seaton 28
3 Jeff Tesreau 28
5 3 tied 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 238
2 Walter Johnson 225
3 Cy Falkenberg 217
4 Jeff Tesreau 202
5 Earl Moseley 196

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Slim Sallee 6
3 Rube Benton 5
3 Eddie Cicotte 5
3 Dave Davenport 5