On This Day

Thursday, May 23, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 19 12 .613 --
Yankees 16 13 .552 2.0
Indians 17 14 .548 2.0
White Sox 14 12 .538 2.5
Browns 15 13 .536 2.5
Athletics 12 16 .429 5.5
Senators 13 18 .419 6.0
Tigers 8 16 .333 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 7 .767 --
Cubs 19 11 .633 4.0
Reds 18 15 .545 6.5
Pirates 15 13 .536 7.0
Phillies 12 16 .429 10.0
Braves 12 19 .387 11.5
Robins 11 18 .379 11.5
Cardinals 9 20 .310 13.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Bancroft 4
2 George Burns 3
2 Hod Eller 3
2 Tommy Griffith 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Walton Cruise 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Fletcher 3
2 Walton Cruise 2
2 Red Smith 2
4 Jimmy Archer 1
4 20 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 2
1 Heinie Zimmerman 2
3 Doug Baird 1
3 Carson Bigbee 1
3 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Guy Morton 1.33
2 Harry Weaver 0.60
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.50
3 Jakie May 0.50
5 Jeff Tesreau 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Bunny Hearn 1
1 Erskine Mayer 1
1 Guy Morton 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Anderson 4
1 Sad Sam Jones 4
1 Guy Morton 4
4 Hod Eller 3
4 5 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .404
2 Tillie Walker .368
3 George Sisler .366
4 George Burns .360
5 Harry Hooper .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 5
2 George Burns 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Braggo Roth 25
2 Home Run Baker 23
2 Fred Merkle 23
4 George Burns 20
4 2 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 17
1 Max Carey 17
3 George Sisler 14
4 Braggo Roth 13
5 Tris Speaker 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.77
2 Earl Hamilton 0.83
3 Walter Johnson 0.98
4 Bill Sherdel 1.12
5 Red Ames 1.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 6
1 Rube Bressler 6
1 Bert Gallia 6
1 Earl Hamilton 6
1 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 40
2 Carl Mays 36
3 Walter Johnson 32
3 Guy Morton 32
5 3 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 2
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .500
2 Tillie Walker .426
3 George Burns .413
4 Al Wickland .404
5 Jimmy Johnston .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 4
2 George Burns 3
3 Walton Cruise 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 16
2 Fred Merkle 11
3 Harry Hooper 9
3 Tillie Walker 9
3 George Whiteman 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 7
1 Max Carey 7
1 Braggo Roth 7
1 George Sisler 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.00
1 Walter Johnson 0.00
3 Carl Mays 0.67
4 Claude Hendrix 0.75
5 Dana Fillingim 0.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Guy Morton 4
2 Rube Bressler 3
2 Wilbur Cooper 3
2 Hod Eller 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 21
2 Hippo Vaughn 17
3 Carl Mays 16
4 Stan Coveleski 14
4 Walter Johnson 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
2 Fred Anderson 1
2 Hod Eller 1
2 Johnny Enzmann 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .381
2 George Sisler .358
3 Tris Speaker .354
4 Red Smith .333
5 Edd Roush .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 10
2 Bobby Veach 8
3 Home Run Baker 7
3 Gavvy Cravath 7
3 3 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 114
2 Ty Cobb 98
3 Heinie Zimmerman 97
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 92
5 3 tied 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 59
2 Ty Cobb 57
3 Braggo Roth 53
4 Eddie Collins 51
5 George Burns 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.70
2 Stan Coveleski 1.77
3 Pol Perritt 1.80
4 Walter Johnson 1.81
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 26
1 Walter Johnson 26
3 Carl Mays 25
4 Hippo Vaughn 23
5 Eddie Cicotte 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 185
2 Hippo Vaughn 175
3 Pete Alexander 172
4 Eddie Cicotte 152
5 Dutch Leonard 136

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 7
2 Bernie Boland 6
2 Fritz Coumbe 6
2 Dave Danforth 6
5 Slim Sallee 5