Baseball44 On This Day: Tuesday, April 26, 1921

On This Day

Tuesday, April 26, 1921

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Indians	9	3	.750	--
Senators	8	3	.727	0.5
Yankees	5	5	.500	3.0
Browns	5	6	.455	3.5
Red Sox	4	5	.444	3.5
White Sox	3	5	.375	4.0
Tigers	3	6	.333	4.5
Athletics	3	7	.300	5.0

Games

Athletics 2, Red Sox 1

Browns 3, White Sox 1

Indians 9, Tigers 8

Senators 5, Yankees 4

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	9	3	.750	--
Cubs	6	3	.667	1.5
Giants	6	4	.600	2.0
Robins	7	5	.583	2.0
Braves	5	7	.417	4.0
Phillies	4	6	.400	4.0
Reds	5	8	.385	4.5
Cardinals	1	7	.125	6.0

Games

Robins 3, Giants 1

Reds 5, Cubs 3

Braves 10, Phillies 6

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Walter Barbare	5
2	Joe Evans	4
2	Johnny Rawlings	4
2	Sam Rice	4
5	5 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Walton Cruise	1
1	Tommy Griffith	1
1	Hugh McQuillan	1
1	Ray Powell	1
1	3 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bevo LeBourveau	3
1	Ray Powell	3
3	Bert Cole	2
3	Walton Cruise	2
3	8 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Walter Barbare	1
1	Walton Cruise	1
1	Whitey Witt	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Herb Pennock	0.86
2	Urban Shocker	0.43
3	Fred Toney	0.38
4	Sherry Smith	0.30
5	Dolf Luque	0.27

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jose Acosta	1
1	Jim Bagby	1
1	Dolf Luque	1
1	Hugh McQuillan	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Herb Pennock	6
2	Fred Toney	5
3	Dolf Luque	3
3	Urban Shocker	3
3	Sherry Smith	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Jimmy Johnston	.513
2	Harry Heilmann	.500
3	Cotton Tierney	.478
4	Babe Ruth	.472
5	Rogers Hornsby	.467

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	5
2	High Pockets Kelly	4
2	Irish Meusel	4
4	Sam Rice	3
4	Elmer Smith	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	High Pockets Kelly	16
2	Babe Ruth	13
2	Walter Schmidt	13
4	Charlie Deal	11
4	3 others tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bucky Harris	6
2	Rabbit Maranville	4
3	Walter Barbare	3
3	Sam Bohne	3
3	3 others tied	3

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jesse Barnes	0.00
1	Lefty York	0.00
3	Carl Mays	1.00
4	Whitey Glazner	1.32
5	Bill Piercy	1.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jim Bagby	4
2	Sad Sam Jones	3
2	Dolf Luque	3
2	Carl Mays	3
2	Urban Shocker	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	15
2	Al Mamaux	13
2	Urban Shocker	13
4	Tom Zachary	12
5	3 tied	11

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Huck Betts	2
2	Jesse Barnes	1
2	Stan Coveleski	1
2	Buck Freeman	1
2	8 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.404
2	Babe Ruth	.390
3	Tris Speaker	.384
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.380
5	Rogers Hornsby	.368

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	59
2	George Sisler	21
3	Irish Meusel	18
4	High Pockets Kelly	15
4	3 others tied	15

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	148
2	Baby Doll Jacobson	129
2	George Sisler	129
4	Larry Gardner	121
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	117

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Rice	63
2	Max Carey	51
3	George Sisler	42
4	Frankie Frisch	35
5	Carson Bigbee	34

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Alexander	1.83
2	Sherry Smith	2.14
3	Burleigh Grimes	2.32
4	Dolf Luque	2.32
5	Wilbur Cooper	2.38

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jim Bagby	33
2	Carl Mays	28
3	Pete Alexander	27
4	Wilbur Cooper	24
5	3 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	161
2	Stan Coveleski	129
3	Burleigh Grimes	128
4	Hippo Vaughn	123
5	Urban Shocker	116

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	6
1	Urban Shocker	6
3	Pete Alexander	5
3	Dickey Kerr	5
3	Hugh McQuillan	5