On This Day

Friday, May 4, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 11 6 .647 --
Yankees 10 6 .625 0.5
Indians 10 7 .588 1.0
Athletics 8 6 .571 1.5
Senators 6 9 .400 4.0
Browns 6 9 .400 4.0
Red Sox 6 9 .400 4.0
White Sox 5 10 .333 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 13 5 .722 --
Cubs 10 7 .588 2.5
Braves 9 7 .563 3.0
Pirates 9 8 .529 3.5
Cardinals 8 9 .471 4.5
Phillies 6 8 .429 5.0
Reds 7 10 .412 5.5
Robins 4 12 .250 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cy Williams 4
2 Max Carey 3
2 Frankie Frisch 3
2 Joe Hauser 3
2 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cedric Durst 2
2 Pat Duncan 1
2 Joe Hauser 1
2 Beauty McGowan 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Williams 4
2 Beauty McGowan 3
2 Lee Meadows 3
2 Walter Schmidt 3
2 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 2
2 Sam Bohne 1
2 Marty Callaghan 1
2 Max Flack 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Faber 0.67
2 Rube Marquard 0.62
3 Dutch Ruether 0.56
4 Fred Toney 0.50
5 Bonnie Hollingsworth 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Virgil Cheeves 1
1 Red Faber 1
1 Whitey Glazner 1
1 Bonnie Hollingsworth 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 6
2 Rube Marquard 5
2 Dutch Ruether 5
4 Jack Scott 4
4 Fred Toney 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Allen Russell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .500
2 Zack Wheat .439
3 Charlie Grimm .424
4 Ty Cobb .400
5 Frankie Frisch .397

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 7
2 Ken Williams 6
3 Ray Blades 4
3 Gabby Hartnett 4
5 5 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Williams 23
2 Charlie Grimm 17
2 Irish Meusel 17
4 Stuffy McInnis 16
5 5 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 7
2 Sam Bohne 6
3 Charlie Jamieson 5
4 Roy Elsh 4
4 5 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Quinn 0.54
2 George Murray 0.83
3 Bob Hasty 1.04
4 Stan Coveleski 1.28
5 Herb Pennock 1.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 4
2 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Pete Donohue 3
2 Jesse Haines 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 25
2 Howard Ehmke 22
3 Bob Shawkey 21
4 Bullet Joe Bush 19
4 Dolf Luque 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Bagby 2
1 Allen Russell 2
3 Jesse Barnes 1
3 Jim Bishop 1
3 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .414
2 Ty Cobb .407
3 Rogers Hornsby .401
4 Harry Heilmann .379
5 Tris Speaker .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 39
2 Babe Ruth 37
3 Ken Williams 36
4 Tillie Walker 34
5 Cy Williams 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 153
2 Rogers Hornsby 135
3 Irish Meusel 134
4 Bobby Veach 128
5 Babe Ruth 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 50
2 George Sisler 38
3 Frankie Frisch 33
4 George Burns 31
5 Ken Williams 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.78
2 Red Faber 2.82
3 Herman Pillette 2.85
4 Wilbur Cooper 2.93
5 Rosy Ryan 2.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 25
1 Eppa Rixey 25
1 Eddie Rommel 25
4 Urban Shocker 23
4 George Uhle 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Faber 141
1 Dazzy Vance 141
3 Bob Shawkey 136
4 Urban Shocker 130
5 Wilbur Cooper 128

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 8
2 Hub Pruett 7
3 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Lou North 5
3 Elam Vangilder 5