On This Day

Monday, July 31, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 50 33 .602 --
Naps 53 35 .602 -0.5
Athletics 49 35 .583 1.5
Tigers 43 43 .500 8.5
Highlanders 39 41 .488 9.5
Americans 39 43 .476 10.5
Browns 32 52 .381 18.5
Senators 31 54 .365 20.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 67 25 .728 --
Pirates 58 34 .630 9.0
Phillies 53 38 .582 13.5
Cubs 53 40 .570 14.5
Reds 46 47 .495 21.5
Cardinals 36 59 .379 32.5
Superbas 28 62 .311 38.0
Beaneaters 29 65 .309 39.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ernie Courtney 3
1 Danny Green 3
1 Miller Huggins 3
1 Socks Seybold 3
1 Spike Shannon 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roger Bresnahan 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Charlie Jones 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
5 15 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Barton 1
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 Lave Cross 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Wicker 0.82
2 Eddie Plank 0.75
3 Doc White 0.45
4 Casey Patten 0.40
5 Red Ames 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Wish Egan 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Wicker 9
2 Eddie Plank 6
3 Red Ames 5
3 Doc White 5
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .356
2 Cy Seymour .355
3 Frank Chance .340
4 Mike Donlin .337
5 Roy Thomas .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 70
2 Sherry Magee 65
3 Cy Seymour 56
4 John Titus 54
5 Honus Wagner 52

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 42
2 Art Devlin 32
2 Sherry Magee 32
2 Honus Wagner 32
5 2 tied 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.98
2 Ed Reulbach 2.19
3 Rube Waddell 2.21
4 Addie Joss 2.34
5 Deacon Phillippe 2.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 18
2 Red Ames 17
2 Christy Mathewson 17
4 Ed Killian 15
4 Togie Pittinger 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 180
2 Red Ames 145
3 Eddie Plank 128
4 Cy Young 127
5 Harry Howell 125

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 Grady .441
2 Billy Gilbert .410
3 Honus Wagner .396
4 Dave Fultz .382
4 Charlie Starr .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Bowerman 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 Sam Mertes 2
4 Charlie Carr 1
4 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 17
2 Frank Huelsman 13
3 Jake Stahl 10
3 Joe Tinker 10
5 2 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 7
2 Art Devlin 5
3 John Anderson 4
3 Charlie Carr 4
3 7 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Weldon Henley 0.00
2 Rick Adams 0.89
3 Fred Glade 1.38
4 Deacon Phillippe 1.45
5 Tom Hughes 1.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 4
2 Red Ames 3
2 Jack Chesbro 3
2 Tom Hughes 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 30
2 Red Ames 26
3 Orval Overall 25
3 Eddie Plank 25
3 Irv Young 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Clark Griffith 1
1 Bill Hogg 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Jack Taylor 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Bay .394
2 Cy Seymour .365
3 Mike Donlin .363
4 Del Howard .362
5 Ginger Beaumont .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
1 Jim Delahanty 4
3 Frank Bowerman 2
3 Bob Hall 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 30
2 Joe Tinker 25
3 Ginger Beaumont 18
3 Cy Seymour 18
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 10
2 Harry Bay 9
2 Bill Dahlen 9
2 Miller Huggins 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rick Adams 1.32
2 Mordecai Brown 1.69
3 Doc White 1.76
4 Clark Griffith 1.80
5 Homer Hillebrand 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 6
1 Ed Killian 6
1 Frank Owen 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 62
2 Bob Ewing 42
3 Vic Willis 41
4 Red Ames 40
4 2 others tied 40

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .355
2 Nap Lajoie .341
3 Willie Keeler .334
4 Cy Seymour .330
5 Mike Donlin .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 7
1 Patsy Dougherty 7
1 Sherry Magee 7
1 Danny Murphy 7
5 7 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 101
2 Sherry Magee 98
3 Bill Dahlen 81
4 Kitty Bransfield 77
4 Jimmy Collins 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Harry Bay 48
3 Billy Maloney 42
4 Joe Tinker 41
5 3 tied 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.60
2 Addie Joss 1.83
3 Rube Waddell 2.10
4 Ed Reulbach 2.19
5 Cy Young 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 31
2 Jack Chesbro 29
3 Rube Waddell 26
4 Joe McGinnity 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 333
2 Red Ames 223
3 Cy Young 214
4 Jack Chesbro 204
5 Eddie Plank 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