On This Day

Friday, May 4, 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

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 5 .615 --
Cardinals 11 7 .611 -0.5
Cubs 12 8 .600 -0.5
Phillies 8 6 .571 0.5
Reds 10 12 .455 2.5
Robins 5 7 .417 2.5
Braves 5 8 .385 3.0
Pirates 7 13 .350 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Greasy Neale 3
2 George Cutshaw 2
2 Jake Daubert 2
2 Fred Merkle 2
2 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Wilson 3
2 Leon Cadore 2
2 Fred Merkle 2
4 Charlie Deal 1
4 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jim Thorpe 2
1 Harry Wolter 2
3 Hal Chase 1
3 Jake Daubert 1
3 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Al Demaree 0.33
2 Leon Cadore 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Leon Cadore 1
1 Al Demaree 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Demaree 4
2 Hod Eller 3
3 Leon Cadore 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .426
2 Stuffy McInnis .400
3 George Burns .383
4 George Sisler .381
5 Gavvy Cravath .380

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 Les Mann 14
4 Larry Doyle 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 Zack Wheat .319
3 Hal Chase .318
4 Jake Daubert .307
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 Bill Hinchman 84
3 Hal Chase 83
3 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 1.74
4 Rube Marquard 1.75
5 Babe Ruth 1.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 32
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 173
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