On This Day

Thursday, July 27, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 53 32 .624 --
White Sox 49 32 .605 2.0
Athletics 48 34 .585 3.5
Tigers 43 41 .512 9.5
Americans 38 42 .475 12.5
Highlanders 37 41 .474 12.5
Browns 31 52 .373 21.0
Senators 29 54 .349 23.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 64 25 .719 --
Pirates 57 33 .633 7.5
Phillies 51 37 .580 12.5
Cubs 52 38 .578 12.5
Reds 46 44 .511 18.5
Cardinals 32 59 .352 33.0
Beaneaters 29 61 .322 35.5
Superbas 27 61 .307 36.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lave Cross 4
2 Topsy Hartsel 3
2 Del Howard 3
2 Miller Huggins 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Red Dooin 2
1 Hunter Hill 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Arndt 1
1 Shad Barry 1
1 Ernie Courtney 1
1 John Dobbs 1
1 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sam Leever 1.33
2 Tom Hughes 0.80
3 Irv Young 0.55
4 Red Donahue 0.43
4 Eddie Plank 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 Fred Mitchell 1
1 Tully Sparks 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
1 Irv Young 6
5 Fred Mitchell 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .359
2 Honus Wagner .354
3 Frank Chance .345
4 Roy Thomas .336
5 Mike Donlin .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 6
1 Harry Davis 6
3 Sam Crawford 5
4 Jim Delahanty 4
4 7 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 68
2 Sherry Magee 63
3 Cy Seymour 56
4 John Titus 52
5 Honus Wagner 50

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 42
2 Art Devlin 32
3 Harry Bay 31
3 Danny Hoffman 31
3 Honus Wagner 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.86
2 Ed Reulbach 2.08
3 Rube Waddell 2.10
4 Addie Joss 2.34
5 Nick Altrock 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 18
2 Red Ames 16
2 Christy Mathewson 16
4 Ed Killian 15
5 2 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 173
2 Red Ames 140
3 Cy Young 127
4 Eddie Plank 122
5 Harry Howell 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
2 Hooks Wiltse 3
3 Joe McGinnity 2
4 Jim Buchanan 1
4 14 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .436
2 Otis Clymer .410
3 Harry Bay .386
4 Ernie Courtney .377
5 Lave Cross .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Delahanty 3
2 Frank Bowerman 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Sam Mertes 2
2 Fred Odwell 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 16
2 Frank Huelsman 14
3 Del Howard 11
3 Jake Stahl 11
3 Joe Tinker 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 6
2 Ed Abbaticchio 5
2 Harry Bay 5
2 Art Devlin 5
2 Dave Fultz 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Weldon Henley 0.95
2 Buttons Briggs 1.24
3 Kid Nichols 1.29
4 Fred Glade 1.38
5 Al Orth 1.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 5
2 Red Ames 3
2 Jack Chesbro 3
2 Homer Hillebrand 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 29
2 Red Ames 28
3 Irv Young 25
4 Orval Overall 24
4 Eddie Plank 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Clark Griffith 1
1 Bill Hogg 1
1 Chappie McFarland 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Bay .388
2 Mike Donlin .383
3 George Stovall .377
4 Cy Seymour .368
5 Ginger Beaumont .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
1 Jim Delahanty 4
3 Fred Odwell 3
4 Frank Bowerman 2
4 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 29
2 Joe Tinker 21
3 Del Howard 20
3 Sherry Magee 20
5 4 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Dahlen 12
1 Dave Fultz 12
3 Harry Bay 10
3 Sam Mertes 10
3 Honus Wagner 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Orth 1.37
2 Doc White 1.44
3 Mordecai Brown 1.69
4 Clark Griffith 1.80
5 Homer Hillebrand 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Wiltse 7
2 Jack Chesbro 6
2 Ed Killian 6
2 Frank Owen 6
2 Rube Waddell 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 65
2 Vic Willis 47
3 Red Ames 43
3 Eddie Plank 43
3 Cy Young 43

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 2
2 Clark Griffith 1
2 Bill Hogg 1
2 Chappie McFarland 1
2 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .348
2 Nap Lajoie .343
3 Willie Keeler .336
4 Cy Seymour .333
5 Mike Donlin .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 8
2 Bill Dahlen 7
2 Patsy Dougherty 7
2 Sherry Magee 7
2 Danny Murphy 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 102
2 Sherry Magee 97
3 Bill Dahlen 84
4 Jimmy Collins 77
5 2 tied 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Harry Bay 49
3 Joe Tinker 43
4 Elmer Flick 42
4 Billy Maloney 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.52
2 Addie Joss 1.81
3 Rube Waddell 1.96
4 Ed Reulbach 2.08
5 Cy Young 2.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 30
2 Jack Chesbro 29
3 Rube Waddell 28
4 Joe McGinnity 25
5 Eddie Plank 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 344
2 Cy Young 221
3 Red Ames 218
4 Jack Chesbro 204
5 Christy Mathewson 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
2 Hooks Wiltse 3
3 Joe McGinnity 2
3 Jack Taylor 2
5 21 tied 1