On This Day

Friday, August 25, 1922

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 73 50 .593 --
Yankees 72 50 .590 0.5
Tigers 67 56 .545 6.0
Indians 63 61 .508 10.5
White Sox 58 62 .483 13.5
Senators 57 64 .471 15.0
Athletics 49 68 .419 21.0
Red Sox 46 74 .383 25.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 72 46 .610 --
Cardinals 67 52 .563 5.5
Cubs 67 53 .558 6.0
Pirates 64 55 .538 8.5
Reds 64 56 .533 9.0
Robins 58 60 .492 14.0
Phillies 40 72 .357 29.0
Braves 38 76 .333 32.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cliff Heathcote 5
1 Ivy Olson 5
3 Andy High 4
3 Baby Doll Jacobson 4
3 7 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reb Russell 3
2 Hack Miller 2
3 Eddie Ainsmith 1
3 Wally Gerber 1
3 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Hollocher 6
1 Hack Miller 6
3 Cliff Heathcote 4
3 Reb Russell 4
3 2 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Hollocher 1
1 Rabbit Maranville 1
1 George Sisler 1
1 Jack Tobin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Quinn 2.00
2 Urban Shocker 0.71
3 Art Nehf 0.44
4 Red Oldham 0.38
5 Leon Cadore 0.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 1
1 Leon Cadore 1
1 Art Decatur 1
1 Tony Kaufmann 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 5
2 Art Nehf 4
2 Jack Quinn 4
4 Bill Bayne 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Tiny Osborne 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .414
2 Ty Cobb .400
3 Rogers Hornsby .386
4 Tris Speaker .372
5 Ray Grimes .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ken Williams 32
2 Tillie Walker 31
3 Rogers Hornsby 30
4 Babe Ruth 26
5 Harry Heilmann 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 124
2 Rogers Hornsby 115
3 Irish Meusel 106
4 Bobby Veach 100
5 Harry Heilmann 96

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 42
2 Max Carey 39
3 Ken Williams 33
4 George Burns 23
4 Frankie Frisch 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herman Pillette 2.49
2 Phil Douglas 2.63
3 Tom Zachary 2.65
4 Pete Donohue 2.82
5 Urban Shocker 2.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 21
1 Urban Shocker 21
3 Eppa Rixey 19
3 Eddie Rommel 19
5 Wilbur Cooper 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 112
2 Dazzy Vance 107
3 Red Faber 105
4 Bob Shawkey 102
5 Guy Morton 101

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 6
1 Lou North 6
3 Clyde Barfoot 5
3 Hub Pruett 5
5 3 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Hauser .500
2 Hack Miller .485
3 Eddie Collins .481
4 George Sisler .451
5 Cotton Tierney .439

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Reb Russell 6
1 Tillie Walker 6
3 Babe Ruth 5
4 Harry Heilmann 4
5 Frank Welch 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Sisler 21
2 Ray Grimes 20
3 Reb Russell 18
4 Babe Ruth 17
5 2 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Burns 5
1 Ken Williams 5
3 Max Carey 4
3 Chick Fewster 4
3 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Pete Donohue 0.00
2 Tom Zachary 1.00
3 Frank Mack 1.50
4 Walter Johnson 1.62
5 George Mogridge 1.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Urban Shocker 5
2 Bullet Joe Bush 4
2 Eddie Rommel 4
4 Pete Alexander 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 17
2 Stan Coveleski 15
2 Dazzy Vance 15
4 Slim Harriss 13
5 6 tied 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Virgil Cheeves 2
1 Red Faber 2
1 Sad Sam Jones 2
1 Rasty Wright 2
5 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Chick Galloway .436
2 George Sisler .425
3 Wally Pipp .424
4 Cotton Tierney .416
5 Tris Speaker .416

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 11
2 Ken Williams 10
3 Reb Russell 9
4 Cliff Lee 7
4 Tillie Walker 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Reb Russell 39
2 Babe Ruth 33
3 Ken Williams 30
4 Smoky Joe Wood 29
5 Cotton Tierney 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 11
2 George Burns 9
2 Bucky Harris 9
4 Chick Fewster 8
5 4 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sad Sam Jones 2.01
2 Hugh McQuillan 2.02
3 Bob Shawkey 2.36
4 Pete Alexander 2.40
5 Art Nehf 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 9
2 Urban Shocker 7
3 Eddie Rommel 6
3 George Uhle 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Guy Morton 31
2 Jimmy Ring 28
3 Stan Coveleski 26
4 Urban Shocker 25
4 Dazzy Vance 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 3
2 Virgil Cheeves 2
2 Red Faber 2
2 Dixie Leverett 2
2 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .407
2 Ty Cobb .396
3 Rogers Hornsby .376
4 Tris Speaker .368
5 Ray Grimes .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 37
1 Tillie Walker 37
1 Ken Williams 37
4 Rogers Hornsby 34
5 3 tied 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 154
2 Rogers Hornsby 139
3 Irish Meusel 131
4 Bobby Veach 130
5 George Sisler 122

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Sisler 57
2 Max Carey 47
3 Ken Williams 40
4 Frankie Frisch 30
4 Bucky Harris 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herman Pillette 2.49
2 Urban Shocker 2.77
3 Red Faber 2.81
4 Tom Zachary 2.88
5 Phil Douglas 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Urban Shocker 29
2 Bullet Joe Bush 27
3 Eddie Rommel 24
4 Eppa Rixey 23
5 Art Nehf 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 147
2 Walter Johnson 138
3 Bob Shawkey 129
4 Stan Coveleski 126
5 Red Faber 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lou North 10
2 Sad Sam Jones 7
3 Sherry Smith 6
4 Clyde Barfoot 5
4 3 others tied 5