On This Day

Wednesday, May 9, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 13 7 .650 --
Senators 11 8 .579 1.5
Tigers 10 8 .556 2.0
Naps 8 8 .500 3.0
Browns 10 10 .500 3.0
Highlanders 9 10 .474 3.5
White Sox 8 10 .444 4.0
Americans 6 14 .300 7.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 16 6 .727 --
Cubs 17 7 .708 0.0
Phillies 13 10 .565 3.5
Pirates 11 10 .524 4.5
Beaneaters 10 12 .455 6.0
Cardinals 8 12 .400 7.0
Reds 9 16 .360 8.5
Superbas 6 17 .261 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Danny Murphy 4
1 Tommy Raub 4
1 George Stone 4
4 Frank Chance 3
4 Bris Lord 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bris Lord 3
2 Art Brouthers 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Charlie Hemphill 2
2 Chick Stahl 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 2
2 Art Brouthers 1
2 Frank Isbell 1
2 Bris Lord 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 0.50
2 Beany Jacobson 0.40
3 Nick Altrock 0.38
4 Carl Druhot 0.36
4 Eddie Plank 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Beany Jacobson 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Eddie Plank 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nick Altrock 5
1 Carl Druhot 5
1 Jack Pfiester 5
1 Eddie Plank 5
5 Cy Young 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .443
2 Frank Chance .411
3 Danny Murphy .397
4 John Anderson .368
5 Socks Seybold .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 4
1 Sherry Magee 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Harry Davis 3
5 4 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 18
2 Socks Seybold 14
3 John Anderson 13
3 George Browne 13
3 2 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 9
1 Art Devlin 9
1 Sherry Magee 9
1 Matty McIntyre 9
1 Joe Tinker 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Smith 1.46
2 Johnny Lush 2.00
2 Bill Bernhard 2.00
4 Carl Lundgren 2.04
5 Bill Donovan 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Irv Young 6
3 Carl Lundgren 5
3 Joe McGinnity 5
5 6 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 50
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 43
3 Johnny Lush 37
4 Chief Bender 36
5 Red Ames 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Art Hoelskoetter 1
1 7 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .457
2 George Stone .426
3 Frank Chance .422
4 Kid Elberfeld .407
5 Joe Ward .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Harry Lumley 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
4 Kid Elberfeld 2
5 22 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 11
2 Del Howard 10
2 Germany Schaefer 10
4 John Anderson 9
4 Tim Jordan 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 7
1 Art Devlin 7
1 Matty McIntyre 7
4 Honus Wagner 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.95
2 Elmer Stricklett 1.42
3 Ed Smith 1.46
4 Mordecai Brown 1.50
5 Carl Lundgren 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 4
2 Frank Kitson 3
2 Carl Lundgren 3
2 Al Orth 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 28
2 Red Ames 23
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 23
4 Chief Bender 20
4 Irv Young 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .369
2 Honus Wagner .355
3 Mike Donlin .348
4 Frank Chance .331
5 George Stone .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 11
2 Harry Davis 10
2 Cy Seymour 10
4 Fred Odwell 9
5 Socks Seybold 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 100
2 Sam Mertes 95
3 Cy Seymour 90
4 Honus Wagner 88
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 64
2 Billy Maloney 60
3 Sam Mertes 54
3 Honus Wagner 54
5 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.20
2 Christy Mathewson 2.30
3 Ed Reulbach 2.36
4 Bob Wicker 2.41
5 Nick Altrock 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 26
3 Nick Altrock 25
3 Eddie Plank 25
5 Red Ames 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 311
2 Red Ames 215
3 Eddie Plank 201
4 Cy Young 199
5 Harry Howell 198

Saves

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