On This Day

Wednesday, July 11, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 47 28 .627 --
White Sox 48 29 .623 0.0
Indians 43 37 .538 6.5
Yankees 38 34 .528 7.5
Tigers 38 38 .500 9.5
Senators 31 43 .419 15.5
Athletics 28 45 .384 18.0
Browns 30 49 .380 19.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 45 23 .662 --
Phillies 38 30 .559 7.0
Cardinals 40 35 .533 8.5
Reds 43 39 .524 9.0
Cubs 41 39 .513 10.0
Robins 32 37 .464 13.5
Braves 28 40 .412 17.0
Pirates 23 47 .329 23.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Amos Strunk 3
2 Ray Bates 2
2 Ping Bodie 2
2 Jack Graney 2
2 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tod Sloan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ping Bodie 3
1 Roy Grover 3
3 Elmer Myers 2
3 Wally Schang 2
3 Tod Sloan 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 2
2 Ray Chapman 1
2 Bob Jones 1
2 Bill Wambsganss 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Babe Ruth 1.60
2 Hooks Dauss 0.88
3 Stan Coveleski 0.86
4 Bert Gallia 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Elmer Myers 1
1 Babe Ruth 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Hooks Dauss 7
3 Stan Coveleski 6
4 Jim Shaw 4
5 Vince Molyneaux 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Socks Seibold 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .378
2 Edd Roush .348
3 George Sisler .345
4 Walton Cruise .335
5 Tris Speaker .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 8
2 Gavvy Cravath 7
3 Wally Pipp 6
3 Dave Robertson 6
5 2 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 54
2 Harry Heilmann 51
3 Ty Cobb 47
4 Hal Chase 45
4 2 others tied 45

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 27
2 Braggo Roth 26
3 Ty Cobb 25
4 Fritz Maisel 23
5 Max Carey 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.23
2 Fred Anderson 1.27
3 Red Faber 1.46
4 Jim Scott 1.58
5 Jim Bagby 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Toney 15
2 Pete Alexander 13
2 Eddie Cicotte 13
2 Babe Ruth 13
5 Hippo Vaughn 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 105
2 Pete Alexander 100
3 Walter Johnson 96
4 Babe Ruth 83
5 2 tied 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 4
1 Bernie Boland 4
1 Dave Danforth 4
1 Allan Sothoron 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Home Run Baker .455
2 George Sisler .442
3 Ty Cobb .384
4 Honus Wagner .383
5 Zack Wheat .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 2
1 Rogers Hornsby 2
1 Fred Merkle 2
1 Dave Robertson 2
1 Bobby Veach 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Griffith 15
1 Harry Heilmann 15
1 Del Pratt 15
4 Ping Bodie 14
4 Braggo Roth 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ray Chapman 9
1 Braggo Roth 9
3 Donie Bush 6
3 Sam Rice 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 0.00
1 Pol Perritt 0.00
3 Guy Morton 0.52
4 Fred Anderson 0.56
5 Larry Cheney 0.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elmer Myers 4
1 Fred Toney 4
3 Jim Bagby 3
3 Eddie Cicotte 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 25
2 Eddie Cicotte 19
3 Bullet Joe Bush 18
4 Babe Ruth 17
4 2 others tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Ring 2
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Bernie Boland 1
2 Hal Carlson 1
2 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .426
2 George Sisler .401
3 Honus Wagner .359
4 Greasy Neale .356
5 Rabbit Maranville .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 3
1 Tim Hendryx 3
1 Jim Hickman 3
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ping Bodie 22
2 Ty Cobb 21
2 Fred Merkle 21
4 Harry Heilmann 20
4 2 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 13
2 Ty Cobb 12
2 Fritz Maisel 12
4 Ray Chapman 11
5 Sam Rice 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Bagby 0.31
2 Pol Perritt 0.47
3 Ray Caldwell 1.05
4 Allen Russell 1.27
5 Ray Fisher 1.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Toney 7
2 Jim Bagby 5
2 Rube Marquard 5
2 Art Nehf 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 46
2 Eddie Cicotte 33
2 Hippo Vaughn 33
4 Babe Ruth 32
5 2 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bernie Boland 3
2 Stan Coveleski 2
2 Walter Johnson 2
2 Guy Morton 2
2 Jimmy Ring 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .382
2 Zack Wheat .323
3 Hal Chase .323
4 Eddie Collins .321
5 Edd Roush .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
2 Wally Pipp 14
2 Dave Robertson 14
4 Benny Kauff 10
5 2 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 99
2 Happy Felsch 96
3 Hal Chase 93
4 Ty Cobb 88
5 2 tied 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 61
2 Max Carey 54
3 Braggo Roth 53
4 Eddie Collins 47
5 2 tied 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.32
2 Ferdie Schupp 1.38
3 Pete Alexander 1.70
4 Slim Sallee 1.72
5 Babe Ruth 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 32
2 Babe Ruth 25
3 Eddie Cicotte 24
4 Eppa Rixey 23
5 Dick Rudolph 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 204
2 Pete Alexander 189
3 Hippo Vaughn 169
4 Babe Ruth 165
5 2 tied 156

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 7
2 Bernie Boland 6
2 Eddie Cicotte 6
2 Dutch Leonard 6
2 Bob Shawkey 6