On This Day

Saturday, April 16, 1921

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 2 1 .667 --
White Sox 1 1 .500 0.5
Tigers 1 1 .500 0.5
Senators 2 2 .500 0.5
Browns 2 2 .500 0.5
Red Sox 2 2 .500 0.5
Indians 2 2 .500 0.5
Athletics 1 2 .333 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 2 0 1.000 --
Pirates 3 1 .750 0.0
Braves 3 1 .750 0.0
Giants 2 1 .667 0.5
Phillies 1 2 .333 1.5
Reds 1 3 .250 2.0
Robins 1 3 .250 2.0
Cardinals 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jack Tobin 4
2 Walter Barbare 3
2 Clyde Barnhart 3
2 Charlie Grimm 3
2 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Bruggy 1
1 High Pockets Kelly 1
1 Lee Meadows 1
1 Bob Meusel 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wally Gerber 3
1 Charlie Grimm 3
1 High Pockets Kelly 3
1 George Sisler 3
1 Russ Wrightstone 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tony Boeckel 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Piercy 1.50
2 Slim Harriss 1.20
3 Rosy Ryan 0.20
4 Lee Meadows 0.17
5 Hank Thormahlen 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ray Kolp 1
1 Lee Meadows 1
1 Bill Piercy 1
1 Elmer Ponder 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Slim Harriss 6
1 Bill Piercy 6
3 Al Mamaux 4
4 Lee Meadows 2
4 Hank Thormahlen 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Urban Shocker 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cotton Tierney .643
2 Jack Tobin .611
3 Russ Wrightstone .583
4 Fred Nicholson .571
5 Riggs Stephenson .563

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 High Pockets Kelly 2
2 Frank Bruggy 1
2 Larry Gardner 1
2 Patsy Gharrity 1
2 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 8
2 George Sisler 6
3 Walter Barbare 5
3 Charlie Deal 5
3 5 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 3
1 Billy Southworth 3
3 Sam Rice 2
3 Curt Walker 2
5 11 tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Mamaux 0.00
1 Jesse Barnes 0.00
1 Ted Odenwald 0.00
1 Suds Sutherland 0.00
5 Eric Erickson 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Wilbur Cooper 1
1 Eric Erickson 1
1 22 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Scott 8
2 Pete Alexander 6
2 Slim Harriss 6
2 Al Mamaux 6
2 3 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Urban Shocker 1
1 Sherry Smith 1
1 Chief Yellow Horse 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .412
2 Tris Speaker .386
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .384
4 Babe Ruth .382
5 Rogers Hornsby .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 55
2 George Sisler 20
3 Tillie Walker 17
4 Irish Meusel 15
5 2 tied 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 139
2 Larry Gardner 128
2 George Sisler 128
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 127
5 Baby Doll Jacobson 126

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 65
2 Max Carey 52
3 George Sisler 42
4 Frankie Frisch 35
5 Edd Roush 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.86
2 Babe Adams 2.18
3 Burleigh Grimes 2.28
4 Wilbur Cooper 2.37
5 Dolf Luque 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 32
2 Pete Alexander 28
3 Carl Mays 27
4 Wilbur Cooper 25
5 Red Faber 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 174
2 Burleigh Grimes 131
3 Stan Coveleski 130
4 Hippo Vaughn 129
5 Lefty Williams 121

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 6
1 Urban Shocker 6
3 Pete Alexander 5
3 Dickey Kerr 5
5 5 tied 4