On This Day

Wednesday, July 21, 1920

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 58 29 .667 --
Yankees 59 32 .648 1.0
White Sox 52 35 .598 6.0
Browns 42 44 .488 15.5
Senators 39 42 .481 16.0
Red Sox 39 44 .470 17.0
Tigers 29 53 .354 26.5
Athletics 25 64 .281 34.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Robins 52 36 .591 --
Reds 46 36 .561 3.0
Pirates 41 39 .513 7.0
Cardinals 43 43 .500 8.0
Giants 41 42 .494 8.5
Cubs 43 46 .483 9.5
Braves 33 43 .434 13.0
Phillies 34 48 .415 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Austin McHenry 4
2 Dave Bancroft 3
2 Howdy Caton 3
2 Eddie Eayrs 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1
1 Bob Meusel 1
1 Wally Pipp 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Gerber 2
1 Johnny Rawlings 2
1 Tillie Walker 2
1 Aaron Ward 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Bancroft 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Larry Kopf 1
1 Walter Schmidt 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elmer Ponder 0.62
2 Ray Fisher 0.57
3 Eppa Rixey 0.38
4 Rube Marquard 0.33
5 Bill Bayne 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Carl Mays 1
1 Scott Perry 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Elmer Ponder 5
2 Ray Fisher 4
3 Pete Alexander 3
3 Bill Bayne 3
3 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rip Collins 1
1 Phil Douglas 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .421
2 George Sisler .405
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .403
4 Babe Ruth .388
5 Sam Rice .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 32
2 Happy Felsch 11
3 Tillie Walker 10
4 Cy Williams 9
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 87
2 Tris Speaker 80
3 Larry Gardner 75
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 69
5 Happy Felsch 64

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 40
2 Max Carey 33
3 George Sisler 26
4 Edd Roush 21
5 Charlie Hollocher 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Mamaux 1.90
2 Dutch Ruether 2.03
3 Burleigh Grimes 2.04
4 Pete Alexander 2.09
5 Hippo Vaughn 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 19
2 Pete Alexander 16
2 Lefty Williams 16
4 Stan Coveleski 15
5 4 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 113
2 Lefty Williams 88
3 Walter Johnson 80
4 Burleigh Grimes 78
5 Dutch Ruether 76

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 5
2 Walter Johnson 3
2 Dickey Kerr 3
2 Hugh McQuillan 3
2 Jack Quinn 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .556
2 Shoeless Joe Jackson .475
3 Bob Meusel .471
4 Jack Smith .457
5 Ivey Wingo .425

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 8
2 Wally Pipp 5
3 Ping Bodie 3
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 20
2 Del Pratt 17
3 Babe Ruth 16
4 Tris Speaker 15
5 Ping Bodie 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 7
2 Sam Rice 6
3 Carson Bigbee 5
3 Max Carey 5
3 Frankie Frisch 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Scott Perry 0.46
2 Babe Adams 0.62
3 Rube Benton 0.69
4 Al Mamaux 1.07
5 Hod Eller 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 4
1 Burleigh Grimes 4
1 Carl Mays 4
1 Scott Perry 4
5 6 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hippo Vaughn 26
2 Urban Shocker 24
3 Pete Alexander 21
4 Ray Caldwell 16
4 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Rip Collins 1
1 Phil Douglas 1
1 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .462
2 Babe Ruth .457
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .430
4 Sam Rice .419
5 Eddie Collins .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 13
2 Wally Pipp 6
3 George Burns 4
3 Happy Felsch 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 34
2 Del Pratt 32
3 Babe Ruth 31
4 Tris Speaker 28
5 Zack Wheat 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 16
2 Max Carey 13
3 Edd Roush 10
3 George Sisler 10
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clarence Mitchell 1.44
2 Scott Perry 1.55
3 Ferdie Schupp 1.58
4 Phil Douglas 1.80
5 Pete Alexander 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 7
1 Carl Mays 7
1 Art Nehf 7
4 Eddie Cicotte 6
4 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Mamaux 39
2 Pete Alexander 37
3 Hippo Vaughn 34
4 Urban Shocker 32
5 2 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dickey Kerr 2
1 Jack Quinn 2
1 Sherry Smith 2
1 Allan Sothoron 2
5 21 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .384
2 Ty Cobb .382
3 Tris Speaker .382
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .381
5 Babe Ruth .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 47
2 Happy Felsch 15
3 Tillie Walker 14
4 Wally Pipp 13
5 2 tied 12

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 139
2 Tris Speaker 118
3 Larry Gardner 116
4 Happy Felsch 111
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 56
2 Max Carey 48
3 Edd Roush 35
4 Greasy Neale 33
4 George Sisler 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.76
2 Sherry Smith 2.08
3 Hippo Vaughn 2.09
4 Babe Adams 2.10
5 Phil Douglas 2.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 27
2 Stan Coveleski 26
3 Jim Bagby 24
3 Wilbur Cooper 24
5 4 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 196
2 Hippo Vaughn 150
3 Lefty Williams 137
4 Stan Coveleski 133
5 Lee Meadows 130

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 6
2 Allen Russell 5
2 Jim Shaw 5
4 Walter Johnson 4
5 11 tied 3