On This Day

Sunday, May 20, 1923

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 21 8 .724 --
Athletics 17 10 .630 3.0
Indians 16 14 .533 5.5
Tigers 15 15 .500 6.5
Browns 12 16 .429 8.5
Senators 11 15 .423 8.5
White Sox 10 16 .385 9.5
Red Sox 8 16 .333 10.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 22 8 .733 --
Cardinals 17 14 .548 5.5
Pirates 15 13 .536 6.0
Cubs 14 15 .483 7.5
Reds 13 15 .464 8.0
Robins 13 16 .448 8.5
Braves 12 15 .444 8.5
Phillies 8 18 .308 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
1 Jimmy O'Connell 4
1 Ross Youngs 4
4 Ossie Bluege 3
4 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wally Schang 1
1 Ivey Wingo 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Nehf 4
2 High Pockets Kelly 3
2 Jimmy O'Connell 3
2 Cy Perkins 3
5 9 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Babe Ruth 1
1 Jack Tobin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Faber 0.64
2 Urban Shocker 0.50
3 Leo Dickerman 0.40
4 Sad Sam Jones 0.33
5 2 tied 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Leo Dickerman 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 Rollie Naylor 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 8
2 Red Faber 7
3 Leo Dickerman 4
4 Sad Sam Jones 3
5 6 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Heilmann .472
2 Zack Wheat .414
3 Jim Bottomley .397
4 Rogers Hornsby .393
5 Charlie Grimm .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 14
2 Ken Williams 9
3 Babe Ruth 7
4 Gabby Hartnett 5
5 7 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Williams 41
2 Jim Bottomley 35
3 Wally Pipp 27
4 Babe Ruth 24
4 Milt Stock 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 13
2 Charlie Jamieson 10
3 Sam Bohne 8
4 Roy Elsh 7
5 5 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Hasty 0.90
2 Hugh McQuillan 0.99
3 Stan Coveleski 1.13
4 Allen Russell 1.15
5 Leo Dickerman 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 6
1 Hooks Dauss 6
1 Pete Donohue 6
1 Hugh McQuillan 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bullet Joe Bush 34
1 Dazzy Vance 34
3 Dolf Luque 32
4 Bob Shawkey 31
5 3 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 3
2 Jim Bagby 2
2 Sad Sam Jones 2
2 Bill Sherdel 2
5 22 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 High Pockets Kelly .444
2 Roger Peckinpaugh .432
3 Jim Bottomley .426
4 Sam Bohne .421
5 Milt Stock .418

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Williams 7
2 Babe Ruth 5
3 Johnny Mokan 4
4 High Pockets Kelly 3
4 Les Mann 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 18
1 Cy Williams 18
3 Cy Perkins 14
3 Jack Tobin 14
5 Johnny Mokan 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 6
2 Charlie Jamieson 5
3 Howard Freigau 4
3 Wid Matthews 4
3 Hi Myers 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Hugh McQuillan 0.00
2 Bob Hasty 0.64
3 Dewey Metivier 0.67
4 Eppa Rixey 0.69
5 Stan Coveleski 0.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 3
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Leo Dickerman 3
1 Pete Donohue 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Urban Shocker 17
2 Stan Coveleski 13
2 Red Faber 13
2 Walter Johnson 13
2 Dolf Luque 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ted Blankenship 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Sisler .408
2 Rogers Hornsby .401
3 Harry Heilmann .394
4 Ty Cobb .391
5 Tris Speaker .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 42
2 Rogers Hornsby 39
3 Ken Williams 37
4 Cy Williams 36
5 Tillie Walker 31

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ken Williams 146
2 Rogers Hornsby 133
2 Irish Meusel 133
4 Babe Ruth 120
4 Cy Williams 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 51
2 George Sisler 35
3 Frankie Frisch 34
4 Eddie Collins 32
5 George Burns 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.40
2 Red Faber 2.74
3 Bob Shawkey 2.86
4 Dolf Luque 2.90
5 Eddie Rommel 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 29
2 Eppa Rixey 25
2 Eddie Rommel 25
4 George Uhle 23
5 Urban Shocker 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 142
2 Red Faber 136
3 Bob Shawkey 132
4 Urban Shocker 129
5 Howard Ehmke 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sad Sam Jones 9
2 Hub Pruett 8
3 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Walter Johnson 5
3 Lou North 5