On This Day

Sunday, May 29, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 23 10 .697 --
Naps 19 13 .594 3.5
Athletics 19 14 .576 4.0
Highlanders 18 14 .563 4.5
White Sox 19 17 .528 5.5
Browns 15 17 .469 7.5
Tigers 11 21 .344 11.5
Senators 6 24 .200 15.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 10 .697 --
Cubs 23 10 .697 0.0
Reds 25 11 .694 -0.5
Cardinals 16 17 .485 7.0
Pirates 16 18 .471 7.5
Beaneaters 12 20 .375 10.5
Superbas 13 22 .371 11.0
Phillies 5 25 .167 16.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Charlie Babb 2
1 Roger Bresnahan 2
1 Tommy Corcoran 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Hickman 2
1 Jake Weimer 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Frank Chance 1
3 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Babb 1
1 Danny Green 1
1 Frank Isbell 1
1 Mike McCormack 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jake Weimer 1.40
2 Ed Poole 0.82
3 Nick Altrock 0.43
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.38
5 Otto Hess 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Jake Weimer 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Poole 9
2 Jake Weimer 7
3 Hooks Wiltse 5
4 Nick Altrock 3
5 Otto Hess 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .424
2 Jake Beckley .375
3 Mike Donlin .371
4 Art Devlin .363
5 Bill Bradley .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
2 Cozy Dolan 3
2 John Ganzel 3
2 Danny Hoffman 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 29
2 Harry Davis 27
3 Danny Green 26
3 Dan McGann 26
5 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Shay 19
2 Emmet Heidrick 16
3 Bill Dahlen 13
4 Frank Chance 12
4 3 others tied 12

ERA

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

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 12
2 Jack Chesbro 9
3 Bill Dinneen 8
3 Rube Waddell 8
5 7 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 79
2 Eddie Plank 56
3 Jack Chesbro 46
4 Dummy Taylor 45
5 2 tied 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 .425
2 Bill Bradley .413
3 Mike Donlin .400
3 Johnny Kling .400
5 2 tied .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Harry Lumley 3
3 John Ganzel 2
3 Charlie Hickman 2
5 23 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bradley 12
1 Lave Cross 12
3 Harry Lumley 10
4 Nap Lajoie 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Emmet Heidrick 7
1 Dan McGann 7
1 Joe Tinker 7
4 Charlie Hemphill 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Casey Patten 0.45
2 Jack Chesbro 0.46
3 Jack Harper 0.50
4 Rube Waddell 0.69
5 Bill Dinneen 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
3 Nick Altrock 3
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 26
1 Jake Weimer 26
3 Rube Waddell 22
4 Earl Moore 18
5 Christy Mathewson 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Casey Patten 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .419
2 Jake Beckley .410
3 Mike Donlin .402
4 Lew Drill .388
5 Art Devlin .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 5
2 John Ganzel 3
2 Danny Hoffman 3
2 Harry Lumley 3
5 8 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bradley 19
2 Lave Cross 18
2 Harry Davis 18
2 Nap Lajoie 18
2 Harry Lumley 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Green 11
1 Danny Shay 11
3 Dan McGann 9
3 Sammy Strang 9
5 5 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Young 0.93
2 Rube Waddell 1.23
3 Joe McGinnity 1.34
4 Mordecai Brown 1.41
5 Bill Dinneen 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 9
2 Jack Chesbro 7
3 Bill Dinneen 6
4 Red Donahue 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 53
2 Eddie Plank 49
3 Deacon Phillippe 38
4 Jack Chesbro 36
5 Jake Weimer 34

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 .374
2 Mike Donlin .371
3 Honus Wagner .354
4 Jake Beckley .351
5 Ginger Beaumont .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 13
3 Harry Davis 10
4 Nap Lajoie 9
4 Jimmy Sheckard 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 117
2 Nap Lajoie 116
3 Lave Cross 91
4 Charlie Hickman 90
5 Sam Mertes 88

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 67
2 Jimmy Sheckard 54
3 Harry Bay 47
3 Sammy Strang 47
5 Honus Wagner 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Young 1.84
2 Earl Moore 1.89
3 Bill Dinneen 1.91
4 Rube Waddell 2.02
5 Red Donahue 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 35
2 Christy Mathewson 26
2 Deacon Phillippe 26
2 Cy Young 26
5 3 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 290
2 Christy Mathewson 242
3 Eddie Plank 190
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