On This Day

Friday, May 28, 1915

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 25 12 .676 --
Tigers 23 14 .622 2.0
Yankees 17 15 .531 5.5
Red Sox 14 14 .500 6.5
Senators 15 17 .469 7.5
Indians 14 19 .424 9.0
Browns 14 20 .412 9.5
Athletics 12 23 .343 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 19 13 .594 --
Cubs 20 14 .588 0.0
Robins 16 16 .500 3.0
Braves 17 17 .500 3.0
Cardinals 17 18 .486 3.5
Pirates 16 17 .485 3.5
Reds 13 17 .433 5.0
Giants 12 18 .400 6.0

Games

Federal League

Team W L Pct GB
Whales 21 14 .600 --
Rebels 22 15 .595 0.0
Packers 19 14 .576 1.0
Pepper 19 16 .543 2.0
Tip-Tops 17 16 .515 3.0
Terriers 15 16 .484 4.0
Terrapins 13 21 .382 7.5
Blues 11 25 .306 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Art Fletcher 4
1 Shag Thompson 4
3 Dave Bancroft 3
3 Zinn Beck 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Art Fletcher 1
1 Cy Rheam 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Fletcher 4
2 Sherry Magee 3
2 Rebel Oakes 3
2 Dave Robertson 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Bill Hinchman 1
1 Harry Hooper 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Barger 0.67
2 Al Mamaux 0.50
2 Lefty Tyler 0.50
4 Bob Shawkey 0.47
5 2 tied 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Barger 1
1 Bill James 1
1 Al Mamaux 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 7
1 Lefty Tyler 7
3 Pete Alexander 5
3 Eppa Rixey 5
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Benny Kauff .407
2 Lee Magee .389
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .359
4 Steve Evans .348
5 Red Smith .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 9
2 Beals Becker 6
3 Vic Saier 5
4 Fred Beck 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rebel Oakes 32
2 Gavvy Cravath 30
3 Ed Konetchy 29
3 Vic Saier 29
5 Bobby Veach 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Fritz Maisel 18
3 Lee Magee 14
4 Benny Kauff 13
5 2 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sailor Stroud 0.99
2 George McConnell 1.05
3 Walter Johnson 1.46
4 Jim Shaw 1.54
5 Jack Coombs 1.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Faber 9
2 Pete Alexander 8
2 Hooks Dauss 8
2 Tom Seaton 8
5 Frank Allen 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 72
2 Red Faber 58
2 Grover Lowdermilk 58
4 Hippo Vaughn 53
5 Bob Groom 51

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 3
1 Rube Benton 3
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
4 Gene Dale 2
4 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Heinie Zimmerman .395
2 Rebel Oakes .389
3 Braggo Roth .375
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .371
5 Gavvy Cravath .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Jimmy Esmond 2
2 Walter Johnson 2
2 Red Murray 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
2 Nap Lajoie 12
3 Art Fletcher 11
4 Eddie Collins 10
5 3 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 6
1 Happy Felsch 6
3 Max Carey 5
3 Doc Cook 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wheezer Dell 0.33
2 Harry Coveleski 0.50
2 Jeff Pfeffer 0.50
4 Bert Humphries 0.54
5 Al Mamaux 0.72

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Scott 4
2 Walter Johnson 3
3 Pete Alexander 2
3 Fred Anderson 2
3 26 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 31
2 Weldon Wyckoff 24
3 Tom Hughes 21
3 Jeff Tesreau 21
5 Red Faber 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Eddie Cicotte 1
2 Dan Griner 1
2 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .385
2 Dave Robertson .375
3 Jake Daubert .357
4 Jack Fournier .354
5 Fritz Maisel .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 7
2 Beals Becker 4
2 Vic Saier 4
2 Jimmy Walsh 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Konetchy 21
1 Rebel Oakes 21
3 Babe Borton 19
3 Gavvy Cravath 19
5 Jack Fournier 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 12
1 Fritz Maisel 12
3 Doug Baird 8
3 Doc Cook 8
3 3 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Wheezer Dell 0.83
2 Sailor Stroud 0.89
3 Al Mamaux 0.97
4 Cy Falkenberg 1.01
5 Ernie Shore 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Seaton 6
2 Wheezer Dell 5
2 Red Faber 5
4 Pete Alexander 4
4 16 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 45
2 Weldon Wyckoff 44
3 Grover Lowdermilk 35
3 Tom Seaton 35
5 Walter Johnson 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 3
2 Eddie Cicotte 2
2 Bert Humphries 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 18 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Daubert .333
2 Rebel Oakes .319
3 Dutch Zwilling .318
4 Beals Becker .318
5 Zack Wheat .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 27
2 Vic Saier 20
3 Dutch Zwilling 17
4 Beals Becker 14
4 Steve Evans 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 111
2 Frank LaPorte 105
3 Sam Crawford 101
3 Sherry Magee 101
5 Steve Evans 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fritz Maisel 79
2 Benny Kauff 73
3 George Burns 58
3 Eddie Collins 58
5 Bill McKechnie 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 1.44
2 Claude Hendrix 1.57
3 Walter Johnson 1.61
4 Rube Foster 2.04
5 Ernie Shore 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 30
2 Bill James 28
3 Claude Hendrix 27
3 Walter Johnson 27
3 2 others tied 27

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 253
2 Walter Johnson 230
3 Cy Falkenberg 214
4 Jeff Tesreau 201
5 Dave Davenport 194

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Eddie Cicotte 6
3 Hugh Bedient 5
3 Dave Davenport 5
3 Alex Main 5