On This Day

Wednesday, May 19, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 18 8 .692 --
Red Sox 16 9 .640 1.5
White Sox 13 11 .542 4.0
Senators 13 13 .500 5.0
Yankees 13 13 .500 5.0
Browns 12 13 .480 5.5
Athletics 9 15 .375 8.0
Tigers 7 19 .269 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 16 10 .615 --
Pirates 14 10 .583 1.0
Robins 12 9 .571 1.5
Cubs 14 14 .500 3.0
Braves 10 11 .476 3.5
Giants 10 13 .435 4.5
Phillies 11 15 .423 5.0
Cardinals 10 15 .400 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
2 Dave Bancroft 3
2 Jimmy Dykes 3
2 Art Fletcher 3
2 Tim Hendryx 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 1
1 Dode Paskert 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Benny Kauff 4
2 Rogers Hornsby 3
2 Tillie Walker 3
2 Ross Youngs 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Shano Collins 1
1 Art Fletcher 1
1 Jack Fournier 1
1 Larry Gardner 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Doak 0.57
2 George Mogridge 0.50
3 Speed Martin 0.40
4 Wilbur Cooper 0.38
5 Red Oldham 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Bill Doak 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mogridge 6
2 Bill Doak 4
3 Eddie Cicotte 3
3 Wilbur Cooper 3
3 Hugh McQuillan 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Doc Johnston .417
2 Rogers Hornsby .416
3 Heinie Groh .400
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .380
5 Tim Hendryx .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 5
1 Babe Ruth 5
3 Harry Heilmann 3
3 Dode Paskert 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tris Speaker 22
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson 21
3 Rogers Hornsby 20
4 Pat Duncan 18
4 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 11
2 Max Carey 10
3 Braggo Roth 9
4 Mike McNally 8
5 Billy Southworth 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sherry Smith 0.75
2 Dana Fillingim 0.87
3 Leon Cadore 1.28
4 Burleigh Grimes 1.32
5 Clarence Mitchell 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 8
2 Pete Alexander 7
2 Jim Bagby 7
2 Lefty Williams 7
5 4 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 37
2 Stan Coveleski 36
3 Dutch Ruether 34
4 Bob Shawkey 32
5 2 tied 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Paul Carter 2
1 Jesse Haines 2
1 Hugh McQuillan 2
4 Rube Benton 1
4 20 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Judge .467
2 Heinie Groh .462
3 Jimmy Johnston .455
4 Roger Peckinpaugh .444
5 Wally Gerber .441

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Happy Felsch 4
2 Babe Ruth 3
3 Jimmy Dykes 2
3 Ira Flagstead 2
3 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 12
1 Hank Severeid 12
3 Red Shannon 11
4 Tony Boeckel 10
4 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike McNally 6
2 Jimmy Johnston 5
2 Sam Rice 5
2 George Sisler 5
5 3 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Ruether 0.36
2 Hippo Vaughn 0.48
3 Babe Adams 0.50
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.50
5 Herb Pennock 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 3
1 Jim Bagby 3
1 Wilbur Cooper 3
1 Stan Coveleski 3
1 Rollie Naylor 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eppa Rixey 19
2 Pete Alexander 14
2 Stan Coveleski 14
2 Jesse Haines 14
2 2 others tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Paul Carter 2
2 Bill Burwell 1
2 Eric Erickson 1
2 John Glaiser 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .371
2 George Sisler .358
3 Bobby Veach .356
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .347
5 Rogers Hornsby .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 33
2 Tillie Walker 13
3 Happy Felsch 12
4 Gavvy Cravath 11
4 Harry Heilmann 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 121
2 Bobby Veach 106
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 99
4 Duffy Lewis 97
5 Harry Heilmann 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 39
2 George Cutshaw 37
3 George Burns 36
4 Ty Cobb 33
5 3 tied 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Ruether 1.63
2 Walter Johnson 1.66
3 Pete Alexander 1.73
4 Hippo Vaughn 1.89
5 Babe Adams 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 30
2 Lefty Williams 26
3 Eddie Cicotte 25
4 Jesse Barnes 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 147
2 Pete Alexander 144
3 Walter Johnson 143
4 Bob Shawkey 142
5 Stan Coveleski 139

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Shaw 6
2 Allen Russell 5
3 Al Demaree 4
3 Bob Shawkey 4
3 Oscar Tuero 4