Baseball44 On This Day: Tuesday, May 17, 1921

On This Day

Tuesday, May 17, 1921

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	15	10	.600	--
Indians	17	12	.586	0.0
Red Sox	12	10	.545	1.5
Senators	15	13	.536	1.5
Tigers	16	14	.533	1.5
Browns	12	15	.444	4.0
White Sox	10	14	.417	4.5
Athletics	8	17	.320	7.0

Games

White Sox 10, Athletics 4

Indians 4, Yankees 2

Senators 2, Tigers 1

Browns 4, Red Sox 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	20	6	.769	--
Giants	19	8	.704	1.5
Robins	18	12	.600	4.0
Cubs	12	11	.522	6.5
Braves	11	14	.440	8.5
Cardinals	8	16	.333	11.0
Reds	10	20	.333	12.0
Phillies	7	18	.280	12.5

Games

Robins 9, Cardinals 7

Braves 8, Cubs 4

Giants 4, Reds 3

Pirates 6, Phillies 4

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Eddie Mulligan	4
2	Chick Galloway	3
2	Wally Gerber	3
2	Rogers Hornsby	3
2	5 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ernie Krueger	1
1	Austin McHenry	1
1	Babe Ruth	1
1	Curt Walker	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bibb Falk	4
2	Joe Oeschger	3
3	Tony Boeckel	2
3	Ernie Krueger	2
3	3 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Flack	1
1	Frankie Frisch	1
1	Ed Konetchy	1
1	Larry Kopf	1
1	7 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Whitey Glazner	0.56
2	Speed Martin	0.50
3	George Mogridge	0.44
4	George Uhle	0.33
5	Doug McWeeny	0.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jesse Barnes	1
1	Dixie Davis	1
1	Whitey Glazner	1
1	Burleigh Grimes	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Whitey Glazner	9
2	Speed Martin	4
2	Doug McWeeny	4
2	George Mogridge	4
2	George Uhle	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Harry Heilmann	.479
2	Rogers Hornsby	.449
3	Ty Cobb	.405
4	Babe Ruth	.398
5	Riggs Stephenson	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	12
2	High Pockets Kelly	8
3	Irish Meusel	5
3	Russ Wrightstone	5
5	4 tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	35
2	High Pockets Kelly	34
3	Babe Ruth	32
4	Larry Gardner	24
5	2 tied	23

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Bohne	9
1	Bucky Harris	9
3	Ty Cobb	7
3	Rabbit Maranville	7
3	Ralph Young	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Red Faber	1.11
2	Whitey Glazner	1.27
3	Carl Mays	1.33
4	Bill Piercy	1.43
5	George Mogridge	1.67

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Faber	6
1	Sad Sam Jones	6
1	Carl Mays	6
1	Urban Shocker	6
5	5 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	28
2	Slim Harriss	25
2	Urban Shocker	25
4	Whitey Glazner	24
5	Bill Piercy	23

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Carl Mays	3
2	Jesse Barnes	2
2	Huck Betts	2
2	Buck Freeman	2
2	Jimmy Zinn	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.531
2	Rogers Hornsby	.500
3	Ty Cobb	.444
4	Ken Williams	.442
5	Harry Heilmann	.438

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	6
2	Austin McHenry	4
3	Harry Heilmann	3
3	Russ Wrightstone	3
5	7 tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Heilmann	23
2	Babe Ruth	17
3	Ken Williams	16
4	Larry Gardner	14
4	3 others tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Flack	5
2	Sam Bohne	4
2	Ty Cobb	4
2	George Sisler	4
2	Ken Williams	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Hugh McQuillan	0.45
2	Rube Benton	0.50
3	Red Faber	0.59
4	Buck Freeman	0.69
5	Dana Fillingim	0.82

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Faber	4
2	Wilbur Cooper	3
2	Whitey Glazner	3
2	Speed Martin	3
2	3 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Whitey Glazner	19
2	Duster Mails	14
3	Dutch Leonard	13
4	Wilbur Cooper	12
4	2 others tied	12

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Carl Mays	3
2	Jose Acosta	1
2	Jesse Barnes	1
2	Lynn Brenton	1
2	9 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Sisler	.410
2	Babe Ruth	.398
3	Tris Speaker	.394
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.378
5	Rogers Hornsby	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	61
2	George Sisler	20
3	High Pockets Kelly	19
3	Irish Meusel	19
5	2 tied	16

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	152
2	Baby Doll Jacobson	133
3	Larry Gardner	129
4	George Sisler	128
5	Bobby Veach	124

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Rice	59
2	Max Carey	49
3	George Sisler	41
4	Frankie Frisch	38
5	Carson Bigbee	36

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Pete Alexander	1.98
2	Wilbur Cooper	2.33
3	Babe Adams	2.38
4	Jesse Barnes	2.41
5	Burleigh Grimes	2.43

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Carl Mays	29
2	Jim Bagby	28
3	Red Faber	26
4	Wilbur Cooper	25
5	4 tied	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Alexander	145
2	Burleigh Grimes	128
3	Urban Shocker	127
4	Ferdie Schupp	119
4	Hippo Vaughn	119

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Sherdel	6
1	Urban Shocker	6
3	Pete Alexander	5
3	Carl Mays	5
5	5 tied	4