On This Day

Friday, May 31, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 25 14 .641 --
Yankees 22 15 .595 2.0
Browns 18 16 .529 4.5
Indians 21 19 .525 4.5
White Sox 17 16 .515 5.0
Senators 16 23 .410 9.0
Athletics 14 21 .400 9.0
Tigers 11 20 .355 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 11 .694 --
Cubs 23 12 .657 1.5
Reds 21 18 .538 5.5
Pirates 17 17 .500 7.0
Braves 18 20 .474 8.0
Phillies 15 20 .429 9.5
Cardinals 13 23 .361 12.0
Robins 13 24 .351 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
1 Fritz Mollwitz 3
1 Eddie Murphy 3
1 Bill Rariden 3
1 Casey Stengel 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Max Carey 2
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Bill McKechnie 2
2 Ross Youngs 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 3
2 Fritz Mollwitz 2
3 Doug Baird 1
3 Howdy Caton 1
3 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Urban Shocker 0.43
2 Brad Hogg 0.38
3 Slim Sallee 0.33
4 Lefty Williams 0.25
5 Guy Morton 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Urban Shocker 1
1 Bob Steele 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Brad Hogg 3
1 Urban Shocker 3
1 Bob Steele 3
4 Eddie Cicotte 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Sanders 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Smith .375
2 Tillie Walker .364
3 Fred Merkle .362
4 Home Run Baker .356
4 Benny Kauff .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 6
2 George Burns 5
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Babe Ruth 3
3 Smoky Joe Wood 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 27
1 Braggo Roth 27
3 Fred Merkle 26
4 Del Pratt 24
5 Sherry Magee 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 23
2 George Sisler 18
3 George Burns 17
4 Doug Baird 14
4 Braggo Roth 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.61
2 Earl Hamilton 0.83
3 Walter Johnson 1.08
4 Stan Coveleski 1.34
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Mays 8
1 Hippo Vaughn 8
3 Bullet Joe Bush 7
3 Stan Coveleski 7
3 2 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 59
2 Carl Mays 42
3 Eric Erickson 41
4 Guy Morton 38
5 Walter Johnson 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 2
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Red Causey 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 4 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Max Carey .474
2 Jake Daubert .444
3 Wally Gerber .410
4 Les Mann .409
5 Al Wickland .388

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Smoky Joe Wood 3
2 George Burns 2
2 Harry Heilmann 2
2 Tillie Walker 2
5 6 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gedeon 12
2 Walton Cruise 9
2 Ed Konetchy 9
2 Sherry Magee 9
2 Del Pratt 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 10
2 Doug Baird 8
3 George Sisler 7
4 Ty Cobb 6
4 Heinie Zimmerman 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Erskine Mayer 0.00
2 Dana Fillingim 0.33
3 Hank Thormahlen 0.39
4 Hippo Vaughn 0.50
4 Urban Shocker 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bunny Hearn 4
2 Doc Ayers 3
2 Bullet Joe Bush 3
2 Fritz Coumbe 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 32
2 Eric Erickson 21
3 Eddie Cicotte 16
4 Guy Morton 15
5 2 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Anderson 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Johnny Enzmann 1
1 George Mogridge 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Merkle .413
2 Tillie Walker .402
3 Al Wickland .384
4 George Sisler .381
5 Red Smith .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tillie Walker 6
2 George Burns 4
3 Babe Ruth 3
3 Smoky Joe Wood 3
5 4 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 23
2 Sherry Magee 22
3 Walton Cruise 19
3 Dode Paskert 19
5 Al Wickland 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 18
2 George Sisler 17
3 Doug Baird 11
4 George Burns 10
4 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hank Thormahlen 0.22
2 Dana Fillingim 0.61
3 Walter Johnson 0.79
4 Earl Hamilton 1.00
5 Grover Lowdermilk 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bert Gallia 6
1 Walter Johnson 6
1 Hippo Vaughn 6
4 Bunny Hearn 5
4 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 44
2 Eric Erickson 38
3 Guy Morton 31
4 Eddie Cicotte 26
4 2 others tied 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Hod Eller 2
1 Bob Geary 2
1 George Mogridge 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .381
2 George Sisler .362
3 Tris Speaker .341
4 Red Smith .330
5 Edd Roush .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 9
2 Home Run Baker 8
2 Bobby Veach 8
4 Larry Doyle 7
4 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 106
2 Ty Cobb 96
2 Heinie Zimmerman 96
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 92
5 Braggo Roth 88

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 65
2 Ty Cobb 56
3 Braggo Roth 54
4 Ray Chapman 50
4 Eddie Collins 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.67
2 Stan Coveleski 1.78
3 Walter Johnson 1.83
4 Pol Perritt 1.88
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.88

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 27
1 Carl Mays 27
3 Pete Alexander 25
3 Hippo Vaughn 25
5 Fred Toney 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 193
2 Walter Johnson 184
3 Pete Alexander 159
4 Eddie Cicotte 149
5 Rube Marquard 139

Saves

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