“DIARY OF A WINNER”


 

JOE WOOD & WALTER JOHNSON

FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM

September 16, 1912 ... No game scheduled ... The Boston Red Sox arrived in Cleveland at 1 o'clock today and after lunch, all the players except manager Jake Stahl went out to the ballpark, where Eddie Plank shutout the Naps. Tomorrow the Red Sox will hook up with the Naps in a doubleheader.

After the game tomorrow Bill Carrigan and Heinie Wagner will rest until the games with the Highlanders in Boston next week. Both players will head east tomorrow night. Other players will be given some time off and manager Stahl's ideas is to get his boys in prime shape for the games at Washington and Philadelphia, tuning them up for the World Series.

The Red Sox players have relaxed and find it hard to play their best ball. President MacAleer gave up his trip to Youngstown and will remain with the club until they return home a week from today. Some of the Athletics players stopped by the hotel where the Red Sox are staying and considerable time was spent with them this afternoon, letting them know about their experiences playing against the New York Giants.

Ray Collins has recovered from his case of the flu and will be out for a hard practice tomorrow. The weather is delightful and the boys are well with fine appetites.

Walter Johnson no longer holds sole ownership of the record for consecutive game won by a pitcher.  This record he now shares with Joe Wood, who won his 16th game against St. Louis yesterday.  Wood has lost only one of his last 25 games and only three of his last 35 games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING 

 

 

 

 

G

W

L

PCT

 

 

Joe Wood

Bost

40

32

4

.888

 

 

Walter Johnson

Wash

43

29

12

.707

 

 

Earl Coombs

Phil

36

27

10

.730

 

 

Eddie Plank

Phil

34

24

5

.828

 

 

Ed Walsh

Chi

54

23

14

.622

 

 

Charley Hall

Bost

32

17

7

.708

 

 

Jean Dubuc

Det

36

17

11

.607

 

 

Buck O’Brien

Bost

33

16

11

.593

 

 

Hugh Bedient

Bost

38

15

7

.682

 

 

Chief Bender

Phil

26

14

8

.636

 

 

Ray Collins

Bost

23

13

6

.684

 

 

Jim Baskette

Clev

26

7

4

.636