On This Day

Sunday, May 9, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 14 6 .700 --
Red Sox 13 6 .684 0.5
White Sox 11 7 .611 2.0
Browns 9 9 .500 4.0
Senators 10 10 .500 4.0
Yankees 9 11 .450 5.0
Athletics 6 11 .353 6.5
Tigers 4 16 .200 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Braves 9 5 .643 --
Reds 13 8 .619 -0.5
Robins 10 8 .556 1.0
Pirates 9 9 .500 2.0
Phillies 9 10 .474 2.5
Cubs 10 12 .455 3.0
Cardinals 8 11 .421 3.5
Giants 6 11 .353 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Max Flack 4
2 George Cutshaw 3
2 Joe Gedeon 3
2 Bernie Neis 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Heilmann 1
1 Bobby Veach 1
1 Ivey Wingo 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tony Boeckel 3
1 Joe Gedeon 3
1 Charlie Grimm 3
1 Ernie Krueger 3
5 8 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Johnston 2
2 Turner Barber 1
2 Max Flack 1
2 Hank Gowdy 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Ruether 1.00
2 Leon Cadore 0.50
3 Jack Quinn 0.45
4 Howard Ehmke 0.38
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Speed Martin 1
1 Jack Quinn 1
1 Dick Rudolph 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Ruether 7
2 Howard Ehmke 5
2 Jack Quinn 5
4 Jesse Haines 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Paul Carter 1
1 Carl Mays 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .429
2 Doc Johnston .397
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .386
4 Buck Weaver .384
5 Tim Hendryx .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Robertson 3
1 Cy Williams 3
3 Joe Dugan 2
3 Happy Felsch 2
3 9 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 20
2 Tris Speaker 17
3 Pat Duncan 16
3 Larry Gardner 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 9
2 Max Carey 8
3 Braggo Roth 7
4 Billy Southworth 6
5 4 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dana Fillingim 0.00
2 Joe Oeschger 0.33
3 Hank Thormahlen 0.68
4 Sherry Smith 0.75
5 Hugh McQuillan 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 7
2 Lefty Williams 6
3 Pete Alexander 5
3 Jim Bagby 5
3 Dutch Ruether 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Ruether 33
2 Pete Alexander 29
3 Bob Shawkey 28
4 Stan Coveleski 25
5 4 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Haines 2
1 Hugh McQuillan 2
3 Rube Benton 1
3 Bill Burwell 1
3 17 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .368
2 George Sisler .360
3 Bobby Veach .351
4 Rogers Hornsby .345
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson .340

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 114
2 Bobby Veach 107
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 103
4 Duffy Lewis 97
5 Harry Heilmann 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 37
1 Sam Rice 37
3 George Cutshaw 36
4 Ty Cobb 33
5 Greasy Neale 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.55
2 Dutch Ruether 1.66
3 Eddie Cicotte 1.85
4 Babe Adams 1.89
5 Fred Toney 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 30
2 Eddie Cicotte 27
3 Lefty Williams 26
4 Jesse Barnes 25
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 152
2 Walter Johnson 149
3 Pete Alexander 145
4 Bob Shawkey 143
5 2 tied 135

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