On This Day

Sunday, April 26, 1903

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 3 0 1.000 --
White Sox 2 1 .667 1.0
Senators 2 2 .500 1.5
Highlanders 2 2 .500 1.5
Americans 3 3 .500 1.5
Athletics 3 3 .500 1.5
Browns 1 2 .333 2.0
Naps 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 5 2 .714 --
Pirates 6 3 .667 0.0
Cubs 5 3 .625 0.5
Beaneaters 5 4 .556 1.0
Cardinals 5 4 .556 1.0
Superbas 3 4 .429 2.0
Phillies 3 6 .333 3.0
Reds 1 7 .125 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bobby Wallace 4
2 George Barclay 3
2 Bill Friel 3
4 Kitty Bransfield 2
4 11 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Green 1
1 Homer Smoot 1
1 Bobby Wallace 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Homer Smoot 3
2 Bill Friel 2
2 Danny Green 2
2 Harry Steinfeldt 2
5 9 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Jake Beckley 1
1 Joe Tinker 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Willie Sudhoff 0.50
2 Noodles Hahn 0.38
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.25
3 Jack Taylor 0.25
5 War Sanders 0.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 War Sanders 1
1 Willie Sudhoff 1
1 Jack Taylor 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Noodles Hahn 5
2 Cy Falkenberg 4
3 Willie Sudhoff 3
3 Jack Taylor 3
5 War Sanders 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Monte Cross .556
2 Duke Farrell .533
3 Roger Bresnahan .500
4 George Barclay .450
5 Socks Seybold .440

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Green 2
1 Bill Keister 2
1 Jimmy Sebring 2
4 Shad Barry 1
4 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Keister 10
2 Ed Householder 8
2 Tommy Leach 8
2 Sam Mertes 8
5 3 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 8
2 Billy Lauder 6
2 Sam Mertes 6
4 Roger Bresnahan 5
4 Sammy Strang 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mal Eason 0.00
1 Addie Joss 0.00
1 Roy Patterson 0.00
4 Bill Donovan 1.00
4 3 others tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Mordecai Brown 2
2 Ed Doheny 2
2 Jock Menefee 2
2 3 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 30
2 Cy Young 15
3 Wiley Piatt 14
4 Joe McGinnity 13
5 Christy Mathewson 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Sam Leever 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Delahanty .373
2 Charlie Hickman .365
3 Ginger Beaumont .349
4 Patsy Dougherty .339
5 Bill Bradley .336

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 121
2 Lave Cross 110
2 Charlie Hickman 110
4 Socks Seybold 102
5 Bill Keister 99

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 51
2 Dave Fultz 47
3 Topsy Hartsel 45
4 Sammy Strang 44
4 Honus Wagner 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Taylor 1.53
2 Carl Lundgren 1.97
3 Ed Siever 2.00
4 Noodles Hahn 2.00
5 Jesse Tannehill 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Young 31
2 Togie Pittinger 29
3 Jack Chesbro 28
4 Rube Waddell 25
4 Vic Willis 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 240
2 Vic Willis 224
3 Doc White 182
4 Bill Donovan 172
5 2 tied 168

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