On This Day

Saturday, April 28, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 7 5 .583 --
Athletics 7 5 .583 0.0
Naps 5 4 .556 0.5
White Sox 6 5 .545 0.5
Tigers 5 6 .455 1.5
Browns 5 6 .455 1.5
Americans 5 7 .417 2.0
Highlanders 5 7 .417 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 11 3 .786 --
Pirates 8 4 .667 2.0
Cubs 9 6 .600 2.5
Cardinals 6 6 .500 4.0
Beaneaters 7 7 .500 4.0
Phillies 7 7 .500 4.0
Reds 5 12 .294 7.5
Superbas 3 11 .214 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bay 4
1 Fred Clarke 4
3 Johnny Bates 3
3 Harry Bemis 3
3 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Topsy Hartsel 1
1 Socks Seybold 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Germany Schaefer 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Jiggs Donahue 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 3
2 Harry Bay 1
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 George Browne 1
2 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Irv Young 1.67
2 Walter Clarkson 0.86
3 Mordecai Brown 0.75
4 Bill Dinneen 0.45
5 Rube Waddell 0.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Walter Clarkson 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Irv Young 10
2 Rube Waddell 7
3 Walter Clarkson 6
4 Bill Dinneen 5
5 Jack Powell 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .436
2 Nap Lajoie .417
3 Frank Chance .415
4 Socks Seybold .386
5 2 tied .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
3 Charlie Hickman 2
3 Harry Lumley 2
3 Socks Seybold 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 13
2 Mike Donlin 10
3 Socks Seybold 9
4 Jiggs Donahue 8
4 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 7
2 John Anderson 5
2 George Browne 5
2 Frank Chance 5
2 7 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.78
2 Jesse Tannehill 0.90
3 Addie Joss 1.06
4 Jack Taylor 1.45
5 Bill Donovan 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Irv Young 5
2 Joe McGinnity 4
3 Nick Altrock 3
3 Red Ames 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 42
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 25
3 Johnny Lush 24
4 Irv Young 22
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Art Hoelskoetter 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Chappie McFarland 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .373
2 Honus Wagner .361
3 Mike Donlin .353
4 Frank Chance .326
5 Elmer Flick .312

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
2 Fred Odwell 9
2 Cy Seymour 9
5 Socks Seybold 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 102
2 Sam Mertes 99
3 Honus Wagner 91
4 Cy Seymour 88
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 61
2 Art Devlin 59
3 Honus Wagner 56
4 Sam Mertes 55
5 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.23
2 Christy Mathewson 2.25
3 Ed Reulbach 2.36
4 Nick Altrock 2.43
5 Bob Wicker 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Eddie Plank 24
4 Irv Young 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 320
2 Harry Howell 208
2 Cy Young 208
4 Red Ames 202
4 Eddie Plank 202

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 6
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
4 Jim Buchanan 2
4 5 others tied 2