On This Day

Thursday, April 26, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 9 4 .692 --
Red Sox 7 4 .636 1.0
Yankees 6 4 .600 1.5
Indians 7 6 .538 2.0
Browns 5 6 .455 3.0
Athletics 5 7 .417 3.5
Senators 4 7 .364 4.0
Tigers 3 8 .273 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 2 .800 --
Cardinals 9 5 .643 1.0
Cubs 8 7 .533 2.5
Braves 4 4 .500 3.0
Reds 8 8 .500 3.0
Phillies 3 6 .333 4.5
Robins 3 6 .333 4.5
Pirates 5 10 .333 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nemo Leibold 3
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Les Mann 2
2 Tris Speaker 2
5 18 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Heinie Groh 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dutch Ruether 3
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Phil Douglas 1
2 Heinie Groh 1
2 2 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Kopf 1
1 Nemo Leibold 1
1 Jim Thorpe 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Phil Douglas 0.44
2 Jim Bagby 0.25
3 Red Faber 0.20
4 Jimmy Ring 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Jimmy Ring 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Phil Douglas 4
2 Jim Bagby 2
2 Red Faber 2
2 Jimmy Ring 2
5 Reb Russell 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Burns .442
2 Tris Speaker .435
3 Edd Roush .429
4 Stuffy McInnis .417
5 Eddie Foster .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Ping Bodie 1
3 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 11
2 Joe Judge 10
2 Dave Robertson 10
2 Amos Strunk 10
5 7 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 6
2 Bruno Betzel 4
2 Max Carey 4
2 Nemo Leibold 4
2 4 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 0.38
2 Allan Sothoron 0.44
3 Bill Doak 0.47
4 Bullet Joe Bush 0.69
4 2 others tied 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 4
2 Bill Doak 3
2 Pete Schneider 3
2 Jim Scott 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 26
2 Fred Toney 21
3 Phil Douglas 20
4 Dutch Leonard 19
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
2 Molly Craft 1
2 George Cunningham 1
2 Dave Danforth 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .342
2 Hal Chase .330
3 Zack Wheat .319
4 Jake Daubert .318
5 Dave Robertson .308

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 14
2 Wally Pipp 13
2 Dave Robertson 13
4 Cy Williams 12
5 Home Run Baker 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 91
2 Wally Pipp 89
3 Hal Chase 85
3 Bill Hinchman 85
5 Zack Wheat 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 70
2 Max Carey 63
3 Armando Marsans 45
4 Bob Bescher 39
4 Benny Kauff 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 1.02
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.54
3 Walter Johnson 1.71
4 Rube Marquard 1.77
5 Pete Alexander 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 33
2 Jeff Pfeffer 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Babe Ruth 23
4 Bob Shawkey 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 219
2 Elmer Myers 181
3 Pete Alexander 178
4 Al Mamaux 170
5 Babe Ruth 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 9
2 Bob Shawkey 8
3 Dutch Leonard 6
3 Allen Russell 6
5 5 tied 5