On This Day

Friday, May 27, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 22 10 .688 --
Naps 18 12 .600 3.0
Athletics 19 13 .594 3.0
Highlanders 17 14 .548 4.5
White Sox 18 16 .529 5.0
Browns 14 17 .452 7.5
Tigers 11 20 .355 10.5
Senators 6 23 .207 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 21 10 .677 --
Cubs 21 10 .677 0.0
Reds 23 11 .676 -0.5
Cardinals 16 15 .516 5.0
Pirates 16 16 .500 5.5
Superbas 13 20 .394 9.0
Beaneaters 11 20 .355 10.0
Phillies 5 24 .172 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bay 3
1 Duff Cooley 3
1 Patsy Dougherty 3
1 Topsy Hartsel 3
5 22 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Taylor 1
1 Cy Young 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie Keeler 3
2 Bill Bradley 2
2 Elmer Flick 2
2 Danny Murphy 2
5 26 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dan McGann 5
2 Nap Lajoie 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Sam Mertes 2
2 Joe Tinker 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Buttons Briggs 1.50
2 Red Donahue 0.67
2 Deacon Phillippe 0.67
4 Christy Mathewson 0.60
5 Chick Fraser 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buttons Briggs 1
1 Red Donahue 1
1 Weldon Henley 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buttons Briggs 6
1 Red Donahue 6
1 Chick Fraser 6
1 Christy Mathewson 6
5 6 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .424
2 Jake Beckley .381
2 Socks Seybold .381
4 Mike Donlin .372
5 Art Devlin .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
2 Cozy Dolan 3
2 John Ganzel 3
2 Danny Hoffman 3
2 Dan McGann 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 27
1 Nap Lajoie 27
3 Dan McGann 26
4 Art Devlin 25
4 Danny Green 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Shay 17
2 Emmet Heidrick 16
3 Bill Dahlen 12
3 Sammy Strang 12
5 4 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.05
2 Joe McGinnity 1.13
3 Norwood Gibson 1.20
4 Red Donahue 1.27
5 Jesse Tannehill 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 11
2 Jack Chesbro 8
2 Rube Waddell 8
4 Bill Dinneen 7
5 6 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 79
2 Eddie Plank 52
3 Dummy Taylor 45
4 Christy Mathewson 44
4 Cy Young 44

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
1 Casey Patten 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
4 Bill Duggleby 1
4 4 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Beckley .472
2 Fred Clarke .425
3 John Farrell .424
4 Mike Donlin .421
5 Bill Bradley .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 John Ganzel 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
4 Nick Altrock 1
4 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bradley 13
2 Lave Cross 12
3 Johnny Evers 11
3 Jimmy Williams 11
5 Nap Lajoie 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Emmet Heidrick 8
2 Dan McGann 7
3 Charlie Hemphill 6
4 Willie Keeler 5
5 13 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Casey Patten 0.45
2 Jack Chesbro 0.46
3 Jack Harper 0.50
4 Joe McGinnity 0.75
5 Rube Waddell 0.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Bill Dinneen 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 30
2 Eddie Plank 28
3 Jake Weimer 19
4 Joe Corbett 18
4 2 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Beckley .427
2 Nap Lajoie .419
3 Mike Donlin .404
4 Lew Drill .400
5 Art Devlin .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 5
2 John Ganzel 3
2 Danny Hoffman 3
4 Harry Bay 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bradley 18
1 Lave Cross 18
1 Harry Davis 18
1 Jiggs Donahue 18
1 Mike Donlin 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Shay 10
2 Danny Green 9
2 Dan McGann 9
2 Sammy Strang 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Young 0.93
2 Joe McGinnity 1.13
3 Rube Waddell 1.23
4 Mordecai Brown 1.41
5 Red Donahue 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 8
2 Jack Chesbro 6
3 Bill Dinneen 5
3 Red Donahue 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 53
2 Eddie Plank 45
3 Deacon Phillippe 38
4 Christy Mathewson 32
5 Cy Young 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Casey Patten 2
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 Fred Glade 1
2 Carl Lundgren 1
2 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .373
2 Mike Donlin .371
3 Honus Wagner .354
4 Jake Beckley .353
5 Cy Seymour .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Harry Davis 10
4 Nap Lajoie 9
4 Jimmy Sheckard 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 116
2 Nap Lajoie 115
3 Lave Cross 92
4 Sam Mertes 88
5 2 tied 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 66
2 Jimmy Sheckard 55
3 Harry Bay 47
3 Sammy Strang 47
5 Honus Wagner 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.84
2 Cy Young 1.84
3 Bill Dinneen 1.94
4 Rube Waddell 2.02
5 Red Donahue 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 34
2 Christy Mathewson 27
3 Deacon Phillippe 26
3 Cy Young 26
5 3 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 290
2 Christy Mathewson 247
3 Eddie Plank 188
4 Jack Powell 179
5 Cy Young 177

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 Casey Patten 3
1 Cy Young 3
4 Clarence Currie 2
4 8 others tied 2