On This Day

Wednesday, May 4, 1921

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 12 5 .706 --
Senators 11 6 .647 1.0
Tigers 9 8 .529 3.0
Red Sox 6 6 .500 3.5
Yankees 7 7 .500 3.5
Browns 6 9 .400 5.0
Athletics 5 10 .333 6.0
White Sox 4 9 .308 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 13 3 .813 --
Robins 12 6 .667 2.0
Giants 11 6 .647 2.5
Cubs 7 7 .500 5.0
Reds 7 11 .389 7.0
Braves 7 12 .368 7.5
Phillies 5 11 .313 8.0
Cardinals 3 9 .250 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Burns 4
1 Ty Cobb 4
3 Turner Barber 3
3 Tony Boeckel 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ralph Young 3
2 Tony Boeckel 2
2 Bibb Falk 2
2 Ira Flagstead 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Greasy Neale 3
2 Lu Blue 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Max Flack 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Ruether 0.38
2 Dana Fillingim 0.21
3 Eppa Rixey 0.18
4 Lee Meadows 0.17
4 Rosy Ryan 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howard Ehmke 1
1 Dana Fillingim 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Art Nehf 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Ruether 6
2 Dickey Kerr 4
3 Dana Fillingim 3
4 Lee Meadows 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Jim Middleton 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .521
2 Jimmy Johnston .433
3 Riggs Stephenson .417
3 Cotton Tierney .417
5 Rogers Hornsby .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 High Pockets Kelly 7
2 Babe Ruth 6
3 Irish Meusel 4
4 Sam Rice 3
4 Elmer Smith 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 25
2 Lu Blue 15
2 Babe Ruth 15
4 Walter Schmidt 14
4 Bobby Veach 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bucky Harris 7
2 Sam Bohne 5
2 Rabbit Maranville 5
2 Ralph Young 5
5 5 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty York 0.50
2 Wilbur Cooper 1.00
2 Burleigh Grimes 1.00
4 Carl Mays 1.19
5 Bill Piercy 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 4
1 Sad Sam Jones 4
1 Art Nehf 4
1 Urban Shocker 4
5 9 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 20
2 Slim Harriss 19
3 Eric Erickson 16
3 Dickey Kerr 16
3 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jesse Barnes 2
1 Huck Betts 2
3 Jim Bagby 1
3 Stan Coveleski 1
3 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .402
2 Babe Ruth .388
3 Tris Speaker .383
4 Shoeless Joe Jackson .375
5 Rogers Hornsby .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 58
2 George Sisler 21
3 High Pockets Kelly 18
3 Irish Meusel 18
5 3 tied 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 144
2 Baby Doll Jacobson 129
3 George Sisler 127
4 Bobby Veach 121
5 Larry Gardner 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Rice 62
2 Max Carey 50
3 George Sisler 42
4 Frankie Frisch 35
5 Carson Bigbee 34

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Alexander 1.91
2 Wilbur Cooper 2.23
3 Babe Adams 2.29
4 Burleigh Grimes 2.29
5 Dolf Luque 2.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jim Bagby 31
2 Carl Mays 28
3 Art Nehf 25
4 Pete Alexander 24
4 Wilbur Cooper 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Pete Alexander 156
2 Burleigh Grimes 126
3 Hippo Vaughn 121
4 Stan Coveleski 120
5 Urban Shocker 118

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Sherdel 6
1 Urban Shocker 6
3 Pete Alexander 5
3 Hugh McQuillan 5
5 5 tied 4