On This Day

Thursday, August 6, 1903

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 56 34 .622 --
Athletics 54 37 .593 2.5
Naps 47 43 .522 9.0
Highlanders 43 41 .512 10.0
Tigers 44 44 .500 11.0
White Sox 41 47 .466 14.0
Browns 40 48 .455 15.0
Senators 29 60 .326 26.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 60 31 .659 --
Cubs 57 39 .594 5.5
Giants 51 36 .586 7.0
Reds 48 44 .522 12.5
Superbas 42 44 .488 15.5
Beaneaters 36 49 .424 21.0
Cardinals 34 58 .370 26.5
Phillies 31 58 .348 28.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Charlie Carr 3
1 Tommy Corcoran 3
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Elmer Flick 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Elmer Flick 1
1 Jack Ryan 1
1 Cy Seymour 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 4
2 Lave Cross 3
2 Elmer Flick 3
4 Jimmy Callahan 2
4 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cy Seymour 2
2 Jimmy Barrett 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc White 1.43
2 Jesse Tannehill 1.00
3 Noodles Hahn 0.58
4 Mordecai Brown 0.47
5 Cy Young 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Jesse Tannehill 1
1 Doc White 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc White 10
2 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Noodles Hahn 7
4 Alex Pearson 4
4 Jesse Tannehill 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .362
2 Honus Wagner .351
3 Fred Clarke .349
4 Nap Lajoie .344
5 Ginger Beaumont .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 8
2 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Hobe Ferris 6
3 Sam Mertes 6
3 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 66
2 Lave Cross 64
2 Honus Wagner 64
4 Charlie Carr 62
4 Charlie Hickman 62

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 43
2 Frank Chance 39
3 Honus Wagner 31
4 Sam Mertes 29
5 2 tied 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.75
2 Bill Donovan 1.98
3 Doc White 1.99
4 Barney Wolfe 1.99
5 Willie Sudhoff 2.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 21
2 Rube Waddell 19
3 Christy Mathewson 18
3 Cy Young 18
5 Deacon Phillippe 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 258
2 Christy Mathewson 169
3 Bill Donovan 133
4 Cy Young 129
5 Earl Moore 113

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
1 Bill Duggleby 2
1 Carl Lundgren 2
1 Joe McGinnity 2
1 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bill Keister .486
2 Ed Gremminger .474
3 Patsy Dougherty .444
4 John Farrell .438
5 Patsy Donovan .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hemphill 2
1 Charlie Hickman 2
1 Nap Lajoie 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Carr 15
2 Lave Cross 13
3 Bill Keister 12
4 Sam Crawford 10
4 4 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Shad Barry 6
1 Jimmy Callahan 6
1 Ollie Pickering 6
1 Cy Seymour 6
5 9 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Wicker 0.90
2 Doc White 1.04
2 Tom Hughes 1.04
2 Earl Moore 1.04
5 Bill Dinneen 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Noodles Hahn 4
1 Willie Sudhoff 4
1 Doc White 4
4 Bill Donovan 3
4 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 49
2 Christy Mathewson 32
3 Doc White 21
4 Bill Donovan 20
4 Addie Joss 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .402
2 John Farrell .387
3 Patsy Dougherty .374
4 Ginger Beaumont .370
5 Jimmy Barrett .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Donlin 4
1 Buck Freeman 4
3 Charlie Hickman 3
3 Nap Lajoie 3
3 3 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 24
2 Charlie Carr 20
3 Jimmy Callahan 19
3 Sam Crawford 19
3 3 others tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 13
2 Jimmy Burke 11
3 Shad Barry 10
3 Mike Donlin 10
3 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Bernhard 0.85
2 Willie Sudhoff 1.38
3 Earl Moore 1.39
4 George Winter 1.60
5 Bill Dinneen 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Noodles Hahn 7
1 Willie Sudhoff 7
3 Bill Donovan 6
3 Joe McGinnity 6
3 Doc White 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 82
2 Christy Mathewson 51
3 Bill Donovan 43
4 Earl Moore 37
4 Cy Young 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 2
2 Jack Cronin 1
2 Clarence Currie 1
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .357
2 Honus Wagner .348
3 Charlie Hickman .344
4 Ginger Beaumont .344
5 Fred Clarke .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 13
2 Hobe Ferris 11
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Socks Seybold 11
5 Tommy Leach 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lave Cross 105
1 Buck Freeman 105
3 Charlie Hickman 104
4 Tommy Leach 103
4 Socks Seybold 103

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 54
2 Jimmy Sheckard 52
3 Frank Chance 51
4 Dave Fultz 47
4 Sammy Strang 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Bernhard 1.89
2 Earl Moore 1.98
3 Willie Sudhoff 2.04
4 Doc White 2.08
5 Bill Dinneen 2.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 34
2 Joe McGinnity 29
3 Cy Young 27
4 Bill Dinneen 26
4 Eddie Plank 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 369
2 Christy Mathewson 228
3 Bill Donovan 201
4 Cy Young 180
5 Togie Pittinger 162

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
1 Bill Duggleby 2
1 Sam Leever 2
1 Carl Lundgren 2
1 4 others tied 2