On This Day

Wednesday, July 25, 1917

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 60 32 .652 --
Red Sox 53 35 .602 5.0
Indians 49 43 .533 11.0
Tigers 46 44 .511 13.0
Yankees 44 44 .500 14.0
Senators 36 52 .409 22.0
Athletics 33 51 .393 23.0
Browns 36 56 .391 24.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 53 27 .663 --
Reds 52 43 .547 8.5
Cardinals 48 40 .545 9.0
Phillies 42 37 .532 10.5
Cubs 44 46 .489 14.0
Robins 39 44 .470 15.5
Braves 36 47 .434 18.5
Pirates 28 58 .326 28.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Buck Weaver 5
2 Chick Gandil 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Eddie Collins 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Cutshaw 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ray Bates 3
2 Tony Boeckel 2
2 Happy Felsch 2
2 Stuffy McInnis 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Shano Collins 1
1 Chick Gandil 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 0.80
2 Dutch Leonard 0.40
2 Elmer Myers 0.40
4 Burleigh Grimes 0.36
5 Dave Davenport 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Dutch Leonard 1
1 Elmer Myers 1
1 Sherry Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Burleigh Grimes 4
1 Dutch Leonard 4
1 Rube Marquard 4
1 Elmer Myers 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .380
2 George Sisler .353
3 Tris Speaker .342
4 Edd Roush .340
5 Rogers Hornsby .332

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Happy Felsch 68
2 Bobby Veach 61
3 Ty Cobb 60
4 Hal Chase 58
4 Harry Heilmann 58

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Braggo Roth 31
2 Ray Chapman 30
3 Ty Cobb 29
4 Max Carey 26
5 Fritz Maisel 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.13
2 Red Faber 1.30
3 Fred Anderson 1.31
4 Slim Sallee 1.61
5 Jim Scott 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 17
1 Fred Toney 17
3 Pete Alexander 16
4 Babe Ruth 15
5 2 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 121
2 Walter Johnson 115
3 Hippo Vaughn 112
4 Eddie Cicotte 97
5 Ferdie Schupp 95

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 4
1 Jim Bagby 4
1 Bernie Boland 4
1 Dave Danforth 4
1 Allan Sothoron 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .404
2 George Sisler .400
3 Fred Luderus .385
4 Wally Schang .382
5 Tris Speaker .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Powell 2
1 Casey Stengel 2
3 Fred Bailey 1
3 Ray Chapman 1
3 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 16
2 Happy Felsch 14
3 Hal Chase 13
3 Ty Cobb 13
5 5 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 9
2 Max Carey 8
3 Braggo Roth 7
4 George Burns 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slim Sallee 0.00
2 Ed Klepfer 0.44
3 Eddie Cicotte 0.70
4 Carl Mays 0.72
5 Mike Regan 0.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 4
2 Pete Alexander 3
2 Jim Bagby 3
2 Dave Davenport 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 21
2 Harry Harper 20
3 Walter Johnson 19
4 Dick Rudolph 18
4 Babe Ruth 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Rube Benton 1
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .424
2 Home Run Baker .398
3 Ty Cobb .381
4 Rogers Hornsby .368
5 Tris Speaker .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 3
1 Casey Stengel 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Gavvy Cravath 2
3 11 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 27
1 Bobby Veach 27
3 Happy Felsch 26
4 Harry Heilmann 25
5 Braggo Roth 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 15
2 Braggo Roth 14
3 Max Carey 12
3 Ray Chapman 12
5 Fritz Maisel 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slim Sallee 0.72
2 Pete Alexander 0.91
3 Jim Bagby 1.01
4 Larry Cheney 1.04
5 Claude Hendrix 1.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 7
2 Jim Bagby 6
2 Elmer Myers 6
2 Pete Schneider 6
2 Fred Toney 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 36
2 Eddie Cicotte 35
3 Pete Schneider 34
4 Pete Alexander 33
4 2 others tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Walter Johnson 3
2 Stan Coveleski 2
2 Guy Morton 2
2 Jimmy Ring 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .384
2 Tris Speaker .355
3 Hal Chase .329
4 Rogers Hornsby .326
5 Amos Strunk .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 16
2 Wally Pipp 14
3 Dave Robertson 12
4 Benny Kauff 11
5 3 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 111
2 Happy Felsch 107
3 Ty Cobb 96
4 Hal Chase 94
5 Gavvy Cravath 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 62
2 Max Carey 57
3 Braggo Roth 55
4 Eddie Collins 50
5 Ray Chapman 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.27
2 Ferdie Schupp 1.52
3 Slim Sallee 1.57
4 Pete Alexander 1.75
5 Babe Ruth 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 31
2 Eddie Cicotte 27
3 Babe Ruth 24
4 Eppa Rixey 22
4 Fred Toney 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 196
2 Pete Alexander 191
3 Eddie Cicotte 159
4 Babe Ruth 158
4 Hippo Vaughn 158

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 6
1 Eddie Cicotte 6
3 Jim Bagby 5
3 Bernie Boland 5
3 3 others tied 5