On This Day

Saturday, August 19, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 60 39 .606 --
White Sox 54 41 .568 4.0
Naps 57 44 .564 4.0
Highlanders 51 45 .531 7.5
Americans 49 46 .516 9.0
Tigers 49 54 .476 13.0
Senators 39 60 .394 21.0
Browns 35 65 .350 25.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 76 32 .704 --
Pirates 69 41 .627 8.0
Phillies 61 47 .565 15.0
Cubs 62 48 .564 15.0
Reds 58 52 .527 19.0
Cardinals 42 70 .375 36.0
Beaneaters 37 75 .330 41.0
Superbas 34 74 .315 42.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lee Tannehill 4
2 Ed Abbaticchio 3
2 Harry Arndt 3
2 Rip Cannell 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Chick Fraser 3
2 Bill Bergen 2
2 Doc Casey 2
2 Ernie Courtney 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Otis Clymer 1
1 Harry Davis 1
1 Mike Grady 1
1 Solly Hofman 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Howell 0.71
2 Oscar Jones 0.62
3 Frank Smith 0.58
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.50
5 Homer Hillebrand 0.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 7
1 Hooks Wiltse 7
3 Homer Hillebrand 6
4 Harry Howell 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .370
2 Honus Wagner .354
3 Mike Donlin .331
4 Roy Thomas .329
5 Frank Chance .327

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 7
2 Bill Dahlen 6
2 Fred Odwell 6
4 Sam Crawford 5
4 2 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 75
2 Sherry Magee 68
2 Cy Seymour 68
4 Honus Wagner 60
5 2 tied 57

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 45
2 Danny Hoffman 42
3 Honus Wagner 37
4 Art Devlin 36
4 Sherry Magee 36

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.97
2 Bob Wicker 1.98
3 Ed Reulbach 2.08
4 Rube Waddell 2.32
5 Christy Mathewson 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 21
2 Christy Mathewson 20
3 Red Ames 17
3 Ed Killian 17
3 2 others tied 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 230
2 Red Ames 161
3 Eddie Plank 151
4 Harry Howell 149
5 Cy Young 148

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 5
2 Hooks Wiltse 3
3 Jim Buchanan 2
3 Mike Lynch 2
3 Joe McGinnity 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Lave Cross .419
2 Jack Dunleavy .414
3 Chick Stahl .412
4 Cy Seymour .392
5 Shad Barry .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cozy Dolan 2
1 Fred Odwell 2
1 George Stone 2
4 Harry Arndt 1
4 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Odwell 14
2 Emil Batch 11
2 Joe Kelley 11
4 Lave Cross 10
4 Cy Seymour 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 11
2 Ed Abbaticchio 9
3 Harry Davis 6
3 Sam Mertes 6
3 Sammy Strang 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.25
2 Bob Ewing 1.33
3 Christy Mathewson 1.41
4 Sam Leever 1.44
5 Bill Donovan 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 4
1 Deacon Phillippe 4
3 Bob Ewing 3
3 Mike Lynch 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 36
2 Tom Hughes 26
3 Doc Scanlan 22
4 Eddie Plank 21
5 Harry Howell 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Buchanan 1
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Jake Weimer 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .424
2 Cy Seymour .411
3 Honus Wagner .376
4 Lave Cross .375
5 Shad Barry .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 Elmer Flick 3
3 Frank Bowerman 2
3 Jimmy Collins 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 21
2 Fred Odwell 19
3 Del Howard 17
4 Lave Cross 16
4 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 14
2 Danny Hoffman 13
3 Dave Fultz 12
4 Sammy Strang 10
5 3 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.41
2 Ed Reulbach 1.78
3 Sam Leever 1.98
4 Deacon Phillippe 2.00
5 Bob Wicker 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 7
2 Christy Mathewson 6
2 Deacon Phillippe 6
4 Bob Ewing 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 71
2 Ed Reulbach 48
3 Tom Hughes 47
4 Eddie Plank 43
5 Christy Mathewson 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 2
2 Jim Buchanan 1
2 Frank Corridon 1
2 Patsy Flaherty 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .359
2 Honus Wagner .347
3 Willie Keeler .333
4 Mike Donlin .322
5 Roy Thomas .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 7
1 Harry Davis 7
1 Patsy Dougherty 7
1 Sherry Magee 7
5 8 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 99
2 Sherry Magee 95
3 Bill Dahlen 81
4 Kitty Bransfield 76
5 2 tied 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 48
2 Billy Maloney 45
3 Danny Hoffman 44
4 Sherry Magee 43
5 2 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.65
2 Addie Joss 2.04
3 Ed Reulbach 2.08
4 Cy Young 2.22
5 Rube Waddell 2.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 31
2 Christy Mathewson 29
3 Eddie Plank 25
3 Rube Waddell 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 347
2 Red Ames 230
3 Cy Young 214
4 Eddie Plank 203
5 Harry Howell 194

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 5
2 Hooks Wiltse 3
3 Jim Buchanan 2
3 Mike Lynch 2
3 Joe McGinnity 2