On This Day

Thursday, July 9, 1903

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 44 24 .647 --
Athletics 40 28 .588 4.0
Naps 34 31 .523 8.5
Highlanders 31 30 .508 9.5
White Sox 31 32 .492 10.5
Tigers 30 33 .476 11.5
Browns 28 33 .459 12.5
Senators 19 46 .292 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 49 21 .700 --
Giants 42 23 .646 4.5
Cubs 41 29 .586 8.0
Reds 34 31 .523 12.5
Superbas 33 33 .500 14.0
Beaneaters 27 40 .403 20.5
Cardinals 23 46 .333 25.5
Phillies 20 46 .303 27.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mike Donlin 4
1 Lew Drill 4
1 Charles Moran 4
1 Cy Seymour 4
1 Harry Steinfeldt 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Boileryard Clarke 1
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Rabbit Robinson 1
1 Kip Selbach 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lew Drill 4
2 Jake Beckley 3
2 Bill Bradley 3
2 Doc Casey 3
2 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Murphy 2
2 Jake Beckley 1
2 George Browne 1
2 Doc Casey 1
2 14 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Noodles Hahn 0.57
2 Clark Griffith 0.40
2 Jack Sutthoff 0.40
2 Highball Wilson 0.40
5 Eddie Plank 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Clark Griffith 1
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Weldon Henley 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Eddie Plank 5
3 Clark Griffith 4
3 Noodles Hahn 4
3 Jack Sutthoff 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .376
2 Roger Bresnahan .369
3 Harry Steinfeldt .357
4 Fred Clarke .355
5 Sam Mertes .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 6
2 Buck Freeman 5
2 Sam Mertes 5
2 Socks Seybold 5
2 Honus Wagner 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lave Cross 47
1 Honus Wagner 47
3 Buck Freeman 46
3 Charlie Hickman 46
3 Sam Mertes 46

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 34
2 Sam Mertes 28
3 Frank Chance 27
4 Honus Wagner 26
5 Dan McGann 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.83
2 Cy Young 1.94
3 Bill Donovan 1.96
4 Earl Moore 2.01
5 Addie Joss 2.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 16
1 Joe McGinnity 16
3 Rube Waddell 15
4 Cy Young 14
5 3 tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 176
2 Christy Mathewson 118
3 Wiley Piatt 102
4 Bill Donovan 99
5 Cy Young 92

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
1 Joe McGinnity 2
1 Roscoe Miller 2
1 Henry Schmidt 2
5 12 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Beckley .482
2 Joe Kelley .439
3 Honus Wagner .421
4 Ginger Beaumont .407
5 Harry Steinfeldt .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Sam Mertes 2
1 John Titus 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
1 Jimmy Williams 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 17
2 Joe Stanley 16
2 Harry Steinfeldt 16
4 Cozy Dolan 13
5 4 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Beckley 9
2 Charlie Dexter 8
3 Frank Chance 7
3 Davy Jones 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Bernhard 0.31
2 Red Donahue 0.50
2 Tom Hughes 0.50
4 George Winter 1.00
5 Doc White 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Noodles Hahn 4
2 Bill Bernhard 3
2 Bill Dinneen 3
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 12 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 27
1 Rube Waddell 27
3 Jack Chesbro 21
4 Christy Mathewson 20
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 Henry Schmidt 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .398
2 Ginger Beaumont .385
3 Patsy Dougherty .379
4 Nap Lajoie .373
5 Joe Kelley .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 4
2 Charlie Hickman 3
2 Jimmy Ryan 3
4 Bill Bradley 2
4 8 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 24
1 Honus Wagner 24
3 Joe Stanley 20
4 Charlie Hickman 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Dexter 11
2 Frank Chance 10
2 Danny Green 10
2 Sam Mertes 10
5 2 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Hughes 1.20
2 Barney Wolfe 1.42
3 Cy Young 1.50
4 Doc White 1.54
5 Jesse Tannehill 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 5
1 Bill Bernhard 5
1 Jack Chesbro 5
1 Noodles Hahn 5
1 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 61
2 Bill Donovan 45
3 Christy Mathewson 42
4 Wiley Piatt 40
5 Jack Chesbro 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ned Garvin 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Roscoe Miller 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .359
2 Ed Delahanty .354
3 Nap Lajoie .353
4 Charlie Hickman .346
5 Fred Clarke .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 12
2 Hobe Ferris 11
2 Buck Freeman 11
4 Charlie Hickman 10
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 108
2 Charlie Hickman 106
3 Lave Cross 100
4 Tommy Leach 99
5 2 tied 95

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Sam Mertes 54
3 Dave Fultz 52
4 Jimmy Slagle 47
5 Topsy Hartsel 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Young 2.03
2 Bill Bernhard 2.06
3 Rube Waddell 2.06
4 Ed Siever 2.08
5 Doc White 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 37
2 Cy Young 29
3 Bill Dinneen 27
3 Togie Pittinger 27
5 Jack Chesbro 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 363
2 Christy Mathewson 215
3 Bill Donovan 196
4 Togie Pittinger 174
5 Cy Young 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sam Leever 3
2 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Joe McGinnity 2
2 Roscoe Miller 2
2 Henry Schmidt 2