On This Day

Thursday, April 22, 1926

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 5 2 .714 --
Yankees 5 3 .625 0.5
Tigers 4 3 .571 1.0
White Sox 5 4 .556 1.0
Senators 5 4 .556 1.0
Red Sox 4 4 .500 1.5
Athletics 3 6 .333 3.0
Browns 2 7 .222 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 6 1 .857 --
Cardinals 6 3 .667 1.0
Reds 5 3 .625 1.5
Cubs 4 4 .500 2.5
Phillies 4 5 .444 3.0
Robins 3 4 .429 3.0
Braves 3 6 .333 4.0
Pirates 2 7 .222 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Gus Felix 3
1 Lou Gehrig 3
1 Goose Goslin 3
1 Spence Harris 3
1 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pinky Hargrave 2
1 Phil Todt 2
3 Pat Collins 1
3 Bibb Falk 1
3 Chick Hafey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chick Hafey 3
1 Fred Haney 3
1 High Pockets Kelly 3
1 Irish Meusel 3
5 11 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pat Collins 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 Irish Meusel 1
1 Buddy Myer 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dutch Ruether 0.42
2 Dazzy Vance 0.36
3 Ted Blankenship 0.33
4 Dolf Luque 0.27
5 Bob Smith 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 1
1 Vic Keen 1
1 Dutch Ruether 1
1 Jack Scott 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dutch Ruether 5
2 Ted Blankenship 4
2 Dazzy Vance 4
4 Dolf Luque 3
4 Bob Shawkey 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Davies 1
1 Sloppy Thurston 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Spurgeon .484
2 Jimmy Johnston .481
3 Ira Flagstead .444
4 Rogers Hornsby .432
5 Pat Collins .423

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Collins 3
2 Jim Bottomley 2
2 Chick Hafey 2
2 Pinky Hargrave 2
2 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Bottomley 12
2 Lou Gehrig 11
2 Bob Meusel 11
2 Babe Ruth 11
5 2 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Frisch 4
1 Heinie Mueller 4
3 Buddy Myer 3
3 Sam Rice 3
5 9 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jesse Petty 0.00
1 Stan Coveleski 0.00
1 Jake Miller 0.00
1 Joe Pate 0.00
1 Chick Davies 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Blankenship 2
1 Waite Hoyt 2
1 Vic Keen 2
1 Red Lucas 2
1 7 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 12
2 George Mogridge 11
3 Tony Kaufmann 10
4 Howard Ehmke 9
4 Bob Shawkey 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Davies 1
1 Jess Doyle 1
1 Hank Johnson 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .405
2 Harry Heilmann .393
3 Al Simmons .386
4 Tris Speaker .386
5 Zack Wheat .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 38
2 Bob Meusel 34
3 Babe Ruth 26
4 Al Simmons 24
5 2 tied 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 147
2 Bob Meusel 141
3 Harry Heilmann 138
4 Jack Fournier 133
5 Jim Bottomley 130

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 46
2 Kiki Cuyler 41
3 Johnny Mostil 35
4 Sam Rice 30
5 Sparky Adams 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Stan Coveleski 2.65
2 Dolf Luque 2.70
3 Eppa Rixey 2.90
4 Ted Lyons 2.96
5 Art Reinhart 2.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ted Lyons 23
2 Stan Coveleski 21
2 Walter Johnson 21
2 Dazzy Vance 21
5 3 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 217
2 Dolf Luque 130
3 Walter Johnson 118
4 Lefty Grove 114
5 Howard Ehmke 104

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 17
2 Jess Doyle 8
3 Rube Walberg 7
4 Waite Hoyt 6
4 Elam Vangilder 6