On This Day

Sunday, April 17, 1921

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 3 1 .750 --
Senators 3 2 .600 0.5
White Sox 1 1 .500 1.0
Tigers 1 1 .500 1.0
Browns 2 2 .500 1.0
Indians 2 2 .500 1.0
Red Sox 2 3 .400 1.5
Athletics 1 3 .250 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 2 0 1.000 --
Braves 4 1 .800 -0.5
Pirates 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 4 .200 2.5
Cardinals 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Griffith 3
1 Wally Pipp 3
1 Ray Powell 3
1 Johnny Walker 3
1 Whitey Witt 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duffy Lewis 2
2 Ping Bodie 1
2 Tommy Griffith 1
2 Bucky Harris 1
2 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 1
1 Ray Powell 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 0.55
2 Carl Mays 0.43
3 Jeff Pfeffer 0.18
4 Sad Sam Jones 0.12
5 Joe Oeschger 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Carl Mays 1
1 Joe Oeschger 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 6
2 Carl Mays 3
3 Jeff Pfeffer 2
4 Sad Sam Jones 1
4 3 others tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hugh McQuillan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cotton Tierney .643
2 Jack Tobin .611
3 Russ Wrightstone .583
4 Riggs Stephenson .563
5 Ray Powell .526

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 Ray Powell 6
2 George Sisler 6
4 Walter Barbare 5
4 7 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 4
2 Billy Southworth 3
3 Sam Rice 2
3 Curt Walker 2
5 12 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 Carl Mays 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Mays 2
2 Pete Alexander 1
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Wilbur Cooper 1
2 24 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 8
1 Jack Scott 8
3 Pete Alexander 6
3 Slim Harriss 6
3 5 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Hugh McQuillan 1
1 Urban Shocker 1
1 2 others tied 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 .379
5 Rogers Hornsby .374

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
2 Carl Mays 28
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
3 Hugh McQuillan 5