On This Day

Thursday, May 3, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 10 4 .714 --
White Sox 11 7 .611 1.0
Yankees 8 7 .533 2.5
Browns 8 8 .500 3.0
Indians 9 10 .474 3.5
Tigers 6 9 .400 4.5
Athletics 6 9 .400 4.5
Senators 6 10 .375 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 5 .615 --
Cardinals 11 7 .611 -0.5
Cubs 11 8 .579 0.0
Phillies 8 6 .571 0.5
Reds 10 11 .476 2.0
Braves 5 7 .417 2.5
Robins 4 7 .364 3.0
Pirates 7 13 .350 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gavvy Cravath 3
1 Charlie Deal 3
1 Jack Graney 3
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Les Mann 4
2 Doug Baird 2
2 Gavvy Cravath 2
2 Hi Myers 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Merkle 2
2 Jack Barry 1
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Leonard 1.14
2 Ray Caldwell 1.00
3 Ed Klepfer 0.62
4 Jim Shaw 0.50
4 Bob Steele 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Otis Lambeth 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 Erskine Mayer 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Leonard 8
2 Ray Caldwell 7
3 Ed Klepfer 5
4 Al Mamaux 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Doak 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Edd Roush .429
2 Tris Speaker .426
3 Stuffy McInnis .400
4 George Burns .383
5 George Sisler .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 4
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 26 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
1 Lou Guisto 15
3 Larry Doyle 13
3 Les Mann 13
5 Amos Strunk 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 7
2 Max Carey 5
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Tom Long 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Allan Sothoron 0.56
2 Bullet Joe Bush 0.63
3 Dutch Leonard 0.75
4 Jim Scott 0.81
4 Hal Carlson 0.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Ruth 5
1 Fred Toney 5
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Bill Doak 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 36
2 Dutch Leonard 27
3 Fred Toney 26
4 Pete Alexander 21
4 3 others tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
3 Stan Coveleski 1
3 Molly Craft 1
3 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson .334
2 Hal Chase .321
3 Zack Wheat .317
4 Jake Daubert .308
5 Eddie Collins .304

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
2 Wally Pipp 13
2 Dave Robertson 13
4 Home Run Baker 10
4 Cy Williams 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 91
2 Hal Chase 84
2 Bill Hinchman 84
4 Wally Pipp 83
5 Gavvy Cravath 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Max Carey 63
3 Armando Marsans 46
4 Bob Bescher 40
4 2 others tied 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ferdie Schupp 0.99
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.56
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Rube Marquard 1.75
5 Babe Ruth 1.79

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 221
2 Elmer Myers 176
3 Pete Alexander 175
4 Al Mamaux 170
5 2 tied 164

Saves

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