On This Day

Wednesday, May 5, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 10 4 .714 --
Red Sox 12 5 .706 -0.5
Indians 11 5 .688 0.0
Browns 7 7 .500 3.0
Yankees 8 8 .500 3.0
Senators 7 9 .438 4.0
Athletics 5 10 .333 5.5
Tigers 2 14 .125 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 11 6 .647 --
Robins 9 6 .600 1.0
Pirates 8 6 .571 1.5
Phillies 9 7 .563 1.5
Braves 6 5 .545 2.0
Cardinals 6 9 .400 4.0
Cubs 7 11 .389 4.5
Giants 4 10 .286 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Johnston 4
2 Sammy Hale 3
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Roger Peckinpaugh 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Severeid 4
2 Pat Duncan 2
2 Art Fletcher 2
2 Wally Gerber 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Boeckel 1
1 George Burns 1
1 Ray Chapman 1
1 Larry Gardner 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Babe Adams 0.75
2 Hugh McQuillan 0.64
3 Speed Martin 0.60
4 Carl Mays 0.50
5 Dutch Ruether 0.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Carl Mays 1
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hugh McQuillan 7
1 Eppa Rixey 7
3 Dutch Ruether 6
4 Walt Kinney 5
5 Red Faber 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Burwell 1
1 Burleigh Grimes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .468
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .434
3 Doc Johnston .408
4 Buck Weaver .404
5 Tris Speaker .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 3
2 Joe Dugan 2
2 Harry Hooper 2
2 Dode Paskert 2
2 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 18
2 Tris Speaker 15
3 Turner Barber 13
3 Eddie Collins 13
3 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 7
1 Sam Rice 7
3 Braggo Roth 6
4 Billy Southworth 5
4 Buck Weaver 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.00
2 Joe Oeschger 0.33
3 Hank Thormahlen 0.44
4 Ray Fisher 0.47
5 Eddie Cicotte 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 6
2 Lefty Williams 5
3 Babe Adams 4
3 Pete Alexander 4
3 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Ruether 26
2 Stan Coveleski 25
3 Pete Alexander 23
4 Bob Shawkey 21
5 5 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Haines 2
2 Rube Benton 1
2 Bill Burwell 1
2 Red Causey 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .366
2 George Sisler .361
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .347
4 Bobby Veach .346
5 Rogers Hornsby .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 30
2 Gavvy Cravath 13
3 Tillie Walker 12
4 George Sisler 11
5 Home Run Baker 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 114
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 106
3 Bobby Veach 103
4 Duffy Lewis 98
5 Harry Heilmann 92

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 38
2 George Cutshaw 35
2 Sam Rice 35
4 Ty Cobb 32
5 2 tied 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.53
2 Eddie Cicotte 1.79
3 Dutch Ruether 1.82
4 Fred Toney 1.83
5 Pete Alexander 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 29
2 Eddie Cicotte 28
3 Lefty Williams 26
4 Jesse Barnes 25
5 4 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 147
1 Hippo Vaughn 147
3 Pete Alexander 143
4 Bob Shawkey 140
5 Stan Coveleski 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 5
1 Jim Shaw 5
3 Stan Coveleski 4
3 Al Demaree 4
3 2 others tied 4