On This Day

Friday, April 24, 1903

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 2 0 1.000 --
Tigers 2 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 2 1 .667 0.5
Athletics 3 2 .600 0.5
Americans 2 3 .400 1.5
Highlanders 1 2 .333 1.5
Browns 0 2 .000 2.0
Naps 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 6 1 .857 --
Giants 4 2 .667 1.5
Beaneaters 5 3 .625 1.5
Cubs 3 3 .500 2.5
Cardinals 3 4 .429 3.0
Phillies 3 5 .375 3.5
Superbas 2 4 .333 3.5
Reds 1 5 .167 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Honus Wagner 4
2 Dave Brain 3
2 Kitty Bransfield 3
2 Ed Delahanty 3
2 Fred Tenney 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Shad Barry 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 3
2 Shad Barry 2
2 Duff Cooley 2
2 Rudy Hulswitt 2
5 8 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Lauder 3
1 Jimmy Sheckard 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
4 Kitty Bransfield 2
5 13 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 1.17
2 Casey Patten 1.00
3 Henry Thielman 0.83
4 Eddie Plank 0.67
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Cronin 1
1 Ed Doheny 1
1 Fred Mitchell 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Young 7
2 Bob Rhoads 6
3 Henry Thielman 5
4 Ed Doheny 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Monte Cross .600
2 Jimmy Burke .563
3 Roger Bresnahan .500
3 Duke Farrell .500
5 Socks Seybold .476

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Keister 2
1 Jimmy Sebring 2
3 Shad Barry 1
3 Roger Bresnahan 1
3 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Keister 10
2 Tommy Leach 8
3 Kitty Bransfield 7
3 Ed Householder 7
5 Billy Lauder 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 8
2 Billy Lauder 6
3 Roger Bresnahan 5
4 Fred Clarke 4
4 6 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 0.00
1 Roy Patterson 0.00
1 Mordecai Brown 0.00
1 Barney Wolfe 0.00
5 4 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Doheny 2
1 Joe McGinnity 2
1 Jock Menefee 2
1 Fred Mitchell 2
1 Togie Pittinger 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 19
2 Cy Young 15
3 Christy Mathewson 12
4 Vic Willis 11
5 3 tied 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Sam Leever 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Delahanty .376
2 Charlie Hickman .363
3 Ginger Beaumont .355
4 Bill Bradley .338
5 Patsy Dougherty .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 17
2 Bill Bradley 11
2 Buck Freeman 11
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Bill Keister 11

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 123
2 Charlie Hickman 111
3 Lave Cross 110
4 Socks Seybold 102
5 Bill Keister 100

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 49
2 Topsy Hartsel 46
3 Dave Fultz 45
3 Honus Wagner 45
5 Sammy Strang 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Taylor 1.41
2 Noodles Hahn 1.89
3 Ed Siever 1.91
4 Carl Lundgren 1.97
5 Jesse Tannehill 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Young 32
2 Togie Pittinger 29
3 Jack Chesbro 27
4 Vic Willis 26
5 Rube Waddell 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 229
2 Vic Willis 227
3 Doc White 183
4 Bill Donovan 172
5 Cy Young 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Vic Willis 3
3 Jack Powell 2
4 Nick Altrock 1
4 18 others tied 1