On This Day

Thursday, May 10, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 14 7 .667 --
Senators 11 8 .579 2.0
Tigers 10 8 .556 2.5
Naps 9 8 .529 3.0
Browns 10 10 .500 3.5
Highlanders 9 10 .474 4.0
White Sox 8 11 .421 5.0
Americans 6 15 .286 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 16 6 .727 --
Cubs 18 7 .720 -0.5
Phillies 14 10 .583 3.0
Pirates 11 10 .524 4.5
Beaneaters 10 13 .435 6.5
Cardinals 8 13 .381 7.5
Reds 9 16 .360 8.5
Superbas 6 17 .261 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nig Clarke 3
1 Jack Himes 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
4 Harry Bay 2
4 22 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Collins 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bernhard 2
1 Nig Clarke 2
1 Bunk Congalton 2
1 Nap Lajoie 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Bates 1
1 Al Bridwell 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Bunk Congalton 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ambrose Puttmann 0.57
2 Chief Bender 0.55
3 Fred Beebe 0.54
4 Johnny Lush 0.44
5 Irv Young 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Johnny Lush 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 7
2 Chief Bender 6
3 Johnny Lush 4
3 Ambrose Puttmann 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .443
2 Frank Chance .410
3 Danny Murphy .407
4 Socks Seybold .370
5 John Anderson .368

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 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 10
2 John Anderson 9
2 Frank Chance 9
2 Art Devlin 9
2 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Smith 1.46
2 Bill Bernhard 1.75
3 Johnny Lush 1.80
4 Carl Lundgren 2.04
5 Bill Donovan 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Irv Young 6
3 Chief Bender 5
3 Carl Lundgren 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 50
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 43
3 Chief Bender 42
4 Johnny Lush 41
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 .489
2 Frank Chance .447
3 George Stone .440
4 Kid Elberfeld .385
5 Rabbit Nill .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
2 Kid Elberfeld 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Sherry Magee 2
5 21 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Howard 10
1 Germany Schaefer 10
3 Tim Jordan 9
4 John Anderson 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 7
1 Matty McIntyre 7
3 Frank Chance 6
3 Honus Wagner 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.24
2 Red Ames 1.29
3 Elmer Stricklett 1.42
4 Johnny Lush 1.46
4 Ed Smith 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 3
1 Fred Beebe 3
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Bill Bernhard 3
1 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 26
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 23
3 Red Ames 22
3 Johnny Lush 22
5 2 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .371
2 Honus Wagner .357
3 Mike Donlin .347
4 Frank Chance .332
5 George Stone .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
1 Harry Lumley 10
1 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 86
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