On This Day

Wednesday, July 18, 1923

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Yankees	57	27	.679	--
Indians	47	39	.547	11.0
Browns	43	40	.518	13.5
Tigers	40	42	.488	16.0
Athletics	40	43	.482	16.5
White Sox	39	42	.481	16.5
Senators	34	48	.415	22.0
Red Sox	30	49	.380	24.5

Games

Red Sox 6, White Sox 3

Indians 4, Senators 1

Yankees 4, Tigers 1

Browns 2, Athletics 0

White Sox 11, Red Sox 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Giants	55	30	.647	--
Reds	51	30	.630	2.0
Pirates	49	33	.598	4.5
Cubs	45	41	.523	10.5
Robins	42	40	.512	11.5
Cardinals	44	42	.512	11.5
Phillies	24	58	.293	29.5
Braves	23	59	.280	30.5

Games

Reds 8, Robins 4

Pirates 5, Braves 1

Cardinals 6, Giants 4

Phillies 7, Cubs 6

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Pinky Pittenger	5
2	Chick Fewster	4
2	Cliff Lee	4
4	Gene Bailey	3
4	10 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Eddie Ainsmith	1
1	Joe Dugan	1
1	Pat Duncan	1
1	Ira Flagstead	1
1	6 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Eddie Ainsmith	3
1	Pat Duncan	3
1	George Grantham	3
1	Johnny Mostil	3
5	12 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Clyde Barnhart	1
1	Rube Bressler	1
1	Eddie Collins	1
1	Roy Elsh	1
1	7 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Charlie Robertson	0.45
2	Urban Shocker	0.44
3	Rube Marquard	0.38
4	Pete Donohue	0.36
5	Sloppy Thurston	0.27

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Wilbur Cooper	1
1	Pete Donohue	1
1	Howard Ehmke	1
1	Waite Hoyt	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Pete Donohue	5
1	Rube Marquard	5
1	Charlie Robertson	5
4	Urban Shocker	4
5	5 tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.404
2	Harry Heilmann	.396
3	Zack Wheat	.381
4	Charlie Jamieson	.378
5	Babe Ruth	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Cy Williams	23
2	Babe Ruth	22
3	Ken Williams	15
4	Jack Fournier	12
4	Harry Heilmann	12

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tris Speaker	79
2	Irish Meusel	70
3	Cy Williams	68
4	Frankie Frisch	66
4	Wally Pipp	66

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Collins	28
2	George Grantham	25
3	Max Carey	23
4	Cliff Heathcote	20
5	2 tied	18

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dolf Luque	1.45
2	Rollie Naylor	2.30
3	Allen Russell	2.38
4	Stan Coveleski	2.45
5	Elam Vangilder	2.63

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dolf Luque	15
1	Urban Shocker	15
3	George Uhle	14
4	Bullet Joe Bush	13
4	3 others tied	13

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	96
2	Dolf Luque	95
3	Urban Shocker	76
4	Bullet Joe Bush	75
5	Bob Shawkey	74

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Allen Russell	5
2	Jim Bagby	3
2	Walter Johnson	3
2	Sad Sam Jones	3
2	5 others tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.597
2	Tris Speaker	.513
3	Homer Summa	.492
4	Max Flack	.475
5	Charlie Hollocher	.466

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	6
2	Bubbles Hargrave	5
3	Rogers Hornsby	4
3	Jack Tobin	4
3	Ken Williams	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Rogers Hornsby	25
2	Tris Speaker	22
3	Rube Lutzke	21
4	Harry Heilmann	18
5	Charlie Jamieson	17

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	6
1	Jigger Statz	6
3	Roy Elsh	5
3	George Grantham	5
3	Cliff Heathcote	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dixie Leverett	1.05
2	Dutch Henry	1.14
3	Art Decatur	1.29
4	Tony Kaufmann	1.33
4	2 others tied	1.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dolf Luque	5
2	Waite Hoyt	4
2	George Uhle	4
4	Pete Alexander	3
4	11 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dave Danforth	23
1	Dazzy Vance	23
3	Dolf Luque	21
4	Urban Shocker	20
5	3 tied	16

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jack Quinn	2
2	Clyde Barfoot	1
2	Sad Sam Jones	1
2	Dixie Leverett	1
2	9 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.431
2	Homer Summa	.430
3	Tris Speaker	.427
4	Pie Traynor	.427
5	Ken Williams	.406

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Jack Fournier	10
2	Babe Ruth	8
3	Bubbles Hargrave	7
3	Harry Heilmann	7
5	Ken Williams	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tris Speaker	34
2	Jack Fournier	33
3	Rube Lutzke	32
4	Harry Heilmann	30
5	Rogers Hornsby	29

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	13
2	George Grantham	12
3	Cliff Heathcote	11
4	Jigger Statz	9
5	Jack Smith	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dutch Henry	1.39
2	Dolf Luque	1.52
3	Urban Shocker	1.69
4	Jesse Barnes	1.87
5	Pete Alexander	1.94

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Dolf Luque	7
1	Urban Shocker	7
3	Sad Sam Jones	6
4	Pete Alexander	5
4	6 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dolf Luque	39
2	Urban Shocker	38
3	Dazzy Vance	36
4	Mike Cvengros	28
5	3 tied	26

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Claude Jonnard	2
1	Dixie Leverett	2
1	Jack Quinn	2
1	Eddie Rommel	2
1	2 others tied	2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rogers Hornsby	.410
2	Tris Speaker	.370
3	Zack Wheat	.367
4	Edd Roush	.364
5	Charlie Jamieson	.362

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Babe Ruth	42
2	Cy Williams	35
3	Ken Williams	33
4	Rogers Hornsby	28
5	Reb Russell	18

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Irish Meusel	123
1	Wally Pipp	123
3	Babe Ruth	120
4	Cy Williams	118
4	Ken Williams	118

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Max Carey	50
2	Eddie Collins	38
3	Frankie Frisch	31
4	George Burns	28
5	2 tied	27

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Dolf Luque	2.30
2	Stan Coveleski	2.67
3	Elam Vangilder	2.82
4	Johnny Morrison	2.91
5	Bullet Joe Bush	2.92

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bullet Joe Bush	28
2	George Uhle	27
3	Urban Shocker	26
4	Johnny Morrison	24
5	3 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Dazzy Vance	150
2	Urban Shocker	143
3	Bob Shawkey	134
4	Red Faber	133
5	Bullet Joe Bush	127

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Sad Sam Jones	9
2	Walter Johnson	5
2	Claude Jonnard	5
2	Allen Russell	5
5	7 tied	4