On This Day

Tuesday, April 18, 1916

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 4 1 .800 --
White Sox 5 2 .714 0.0
Yankees 2 1 .667 1.0
Senators 2 2 .500 1.5
Browns 3 3 .500 1.5
Tigers 3 4 .429 2.0
Indians 2 4 .333 2.5
Athletics 0 4 .000 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 3 1 .750 --
Reds 5 2 .714 -0.5
Braves 2 1 .667 0.5
Cardinals 3 3 .500 1.0
Pirates 3 4 .429 1.5
Giants 1 2 .333 1.5
Cubs 2 4 .333 2.0
Robins 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hal Chase 3
1 Joe Gedeon 3
1 Bill Hinchman 3
4 Eddie Collins 2
4 18 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Hinchman 3
1 Bert Niehoff 3
3 Hal Chase 2
3 Eddie Collins 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 3
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Danny Moeller 2
4 Donie Bush 1
4 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ernie Shore 0.75
2 Harry Harper 0.71
3 Babe Adams 0.36
4 Dick Rudolph 0.33
5 Guy Morton 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Harry Harper 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ernie Shore 6
2 Harry Harper 5
3 Babe Adams 4
4 Jean Dubuc 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fritz Mollwitz .500
2 Tris Speaker .474
3 Tommy Clarke .400
4 Ray Schalk .391
5 Shano Collins .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Fred Merkle 1
1 Clyde Milan 1
1 Vic Saier 1
1 George Sisler 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Schalk 7
2 Ty Cobb 6
2 Jack Fournier 6
4 Eddie Collins 5
4 4 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 5
2 Hal Chase 4
3 Bruno Betzel 3
4 Ed Barney 2
4 12 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Foster 0.00
1 Ray Fisher 0.00
1 Ed Klepfer 0.00
1 Jeff Tesreau 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 2
1 Eddie Cicotte 2
1 Red Faber 2
1 Babe Ruth 2
1 Pete Schneider 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George McConnell 13
2 Babe Ruth 12
3 Walter Johnson 11
4 Babe Adams 10
4 2 others tied 10

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Foster 1
1 Dan Griner 1
1 Herb Pennock 1
1 Reb Russell 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .337
2 Larry Doyle .317
3 Jack Fournier .312
4 Fred Luderus .310
5 Ed Konetchy .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 23
2 Hal Chase 17
3 Cy Williams 13
3 Dutch Zwilling 13
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 111
2 Bobby Veach 109
3 Ty Cobb 105
4 Gavvy Cravath 96
5 Hal Chase 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 93
2 Benny Kauff 52
3 Fritz Maisel 48
4 Eddie Collins 46
5 Burt Shotton 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.24
2 Smoky Joe Wood 1.49
3 Fred Toney 1.59
4 Ernie Shore 1.63
5 Walter Johnson 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 31
2 Walter Johnson 27
3 Red Faber 24
3 George McConnell 24
3 Jim Scott 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 238
2 Dave Davenport 225
3 Walter Johnson 211
4 Red Faber 178
5 Jeff Tesreau 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh Bedient 9
1 Tom Hughes 9
3 Rube Benton 8
4 Carl Mays 7
5 Cy Barger 6