On This Day

Saturday, July 13, 1918

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Red Sox 47 33 .588 --
Yankees 43 34 .558 2.5
Indians 45 38 .542 3.5
Senators 41 39 .513 6.0
Browns 38 39 .494 7.5
White Sox 38 40 .487 8.0
Tigers 32 45 .416 13.5
Athletics 30 46 .395 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 54 23 .701 --
Giants 47 29 .618 6.5
Pirates 38 37 .507 15.0
Phillies 35 39 .473 17.5
Reds 33 40 .452 19.0
Braves 33 44 .429 21.0
Cardinals 32 46 .410 22.5
Robins 30 44 .405 22.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Bancroft 5
2 Heinie Groh 4
2 Cliff Heathcote 4
2 Fred Luderus 4
2 4 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Smith 1
1 Cy Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lena Blackburne 4
2 Cliff Heathcote 3
2 Bill Rariden 3
2 Cy Williams 3
5 11 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doug Baird 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 George Cutshaw 1
1 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roy Sanders 0.58
2 Harry Harper 0.57
3 Hippo Vaughn 0.56
4 Wilbur Cooper 0.44
5 Bullet Joe Bush 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Causey 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Hod Eller 1
1 Bill James 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Sanders 7
2 Bullet Joe Bush 5
2 Hippo Vaughn 5
4 Wilbur Cooper 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mike Regan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .383
2 George Sisler .359
3 Heinie Groh .358
4 George Burns .338
5 Home Run Baker .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 11
2 Tillie Walker 9
3 Walton Cruise 6
4 Home Run Baker 5
4 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 51
2 Bobby Veach 48
3 Fred Merkle 47
3 Braggo Roth 47
5 Fred Luderus 45

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 41
2 George Sisler 34
3 Braggo Roth 29
4 Doug Baird 26
4 George Burns 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Phil Douglas 1.15
2 Walter Johnson 1.28
3 Red Faber 1.56
4 Al Demaree 1.77
5 Stan Coveleski 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hippo Vaughn 17
2 Walter Johnson 14
2 Carl Mays 14
4 Pol Perritt 13
5 2 tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 113
2 Walter Johnson 85
3 Guy Morton 80
4 Carl Mays 79
5 Burleigh Grimes 75

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 6
2 Bob Geary 4
2 George Mogridge 4
2 Allen Russell 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .566
2 Merito Acosta .516
3 Billy Southworth .460
4 Swede Risberg .455
5 Heinie Groh .435

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Tillie Walker 2
1 Cy Williams 2
5 15 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Southworth 18
2 Hal Chase 16
3 Ty Cobb 15
4 George Cutshaw 14
5 Shano Collins 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 10
2 Ty Cobb 8
3 Nemo Leibold 7
4 Carson Bigbee 6
4 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Ring 0.71
2 Scott Perry 0.84
3 Allan Sothoron 1.00
4 Milt Watson 1.10
5 Bob Shawkey 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Wilbur Cooper 5
2 Sad Sam Jones 4
2 Gene Packard 4
2 Scott Perry 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Cooper 20
2 Bullet Joe Bush 19
3 Hippo Vaughn 18
4 Roy Sanders 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Bullet Joe Bush 2
1 Bob Geary 2
1 Tom Rogers 2
5 11 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .478
2 Heinie Groh .430
3 Heinie Zimmerman .378
4 George Sisler .356
5 Milt Stock .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 4
1 Cy Williams 4
3 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 Cliff Heathcote 3
3 Tillie Walker 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
1 Bobby Veach 28
3 Babe Ruth 24
4 Harry Heilmann 23
4 Wally Pipp 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 17
2 Ty Cobb 13
3 Doug Baird 10
3 Braggo Roth 10
5 4 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Ring 0.71
2 Al Demaree 0.91
3 Johnny Enzmann 0.93
4 Carl Mays 1.11
5 Bernie Boland 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Phil Douglas 7
1 Hippo Vaughn 7
3 Wilbur Cooper 6
3 Sad Sam Jones 6
3 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 42
2 Burleigh Grimes 38
3 Wilbur Cooper 34
3 Walter Johnson 34
5 Jim Shaw 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 4
2 Bullet Joe Bush 2
2 Paul Carter 2
2 Wilbur Cooper 2
2 5 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .383
2 George Sisler .360
3 Heinie Groh .335
4 Tris Speaker .331
5 Red Smith .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 13
2 Tillie Walker 10
2 Cy Williams 10
4 Gavvy Cravath 9
5 Walton Cruise 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 116
2 Heinie Zimmerman 97
3 Ty Cobb 96
4 Braggo Roth 86
5 Home Run Baker 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 73
2 George Sisler 56
3 Ty Cobb 54
4 Braggo Roth 52
5 George Burns 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.56
2 Pete Alexander 1.73
3 Pol Perritt 1.75
4 Stan Coveleski 1.77
5 Carl Mays 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 30
2 Hippo Vaughn 28
3 Carl Mays 27
4 Pol Perritt 24
5 Jim Bagby 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 203
2 Walter Johnson 172
3 Rube Marquard 144
4 Eddie Cicotte 137
5 Bullet Joe Bush 134

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 9
2 Fritz Coumbe 6
2 Dave Danforth 6
4 Fred Anderson 4
4 8 others tied 4