On This Day

Sunday, May 20, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 20 7 .741 --
Naps 15 9 .625 3.5
Highlanders 14 12 .538 5.5
Tigers 13 13 .500 6.5
Browns 14 14 .500 6.5
White Sox 12 13 .480 7.0
Senators 12 15 .444 8.0
Americans 6 23 .207 15.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 25 10 .714 --
Giants 20 11 .645 3.0
Pirates 16 13 .552 6.0
Phillies 18 15 .545 6.0
Cardinals 14 17 .452 9.0
Reds 14 20 .412 10.5
Beaneaters 12 19 .387 11.0
Superbas 9 23 .281 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cy Seymour 4
2 Shad Barry 3
2 Tim Jordan 3
2 Harry Steinfeldt 3
5 12 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Ernie Courtney 1
1 Red Dooin 1
1 Mickey Doolin 1
1 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Arndt 1
1 Shad Barry 1
1 Ernie Courtney 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Lush 0.70
2 Carl Lundgren 0.56
3 Jake Weimer 0.47
4 Red Ames 0.39
5 Doc Scanlan 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 Jake Weimer 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 7
1 Johnny Lush 7
1 Jake Weimer 7
4 Carl Lundgren 5
5 Doc Scanlan 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .400
2 George Stone .391
3 Socks Seybold .376
4 Frank Chance .364
5 John Anderson .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 5
2 Harry Davis 4
2 Sherry Magee 4
2 Socks Seybold 4
5 2 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 20
2 John Anderson 16
2 George Browne 16
2 Sherry Magee 16
2 5 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 12
1 Sherry Magee 12
1 Joe Tinker 12
4 John Anderson 11
4 4 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.74
2 Carl Lundgren 1.78
3 Bill Donovan 1.87
4 Bill Duggleby 2.04
5 Addie Joss 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 8
2 Red Ames 6
2 Chief Bender 6
2 Johnny Lush 6
2 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 67
2 Johnny Lush 51
3 Chief Bender 50
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 46
5 Red Ames 45

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 10 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .515
2 Shad Barry .429
2 Bobby Wallace .429
4 Terry Turner .390
5 Charlie Hemphill .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
3 Jimmy Collins 1
3 Harry Davis 1
3 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Bowerman 10
1 Billy Sullivan 10
3 Tim Jordan 9
4 Kitty Bransfield 8
4 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 7
2 Sherry Magee 6
2 Honus Wagner 6
4 Pug Bennett 5
4 7 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Sam Leever 0.90
3 Bill Duggleby 0.99
4 Ed Reulbach 1.00
5 Vive Lindaman 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 4
2 Sam Leever 3
2 Johnny Lush 3
2 Eddie Plank 3
2 Rube Waddell 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 25
2 Jake Weimer 20
3 Bill Donovan 17
4 Carl Lundgren 16
4 Johnny Lush 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 Roy Patterson 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .374
2 Honus Wagner .363
3 Mike Donlin .357
4 Frank Chance .327
5 Shad Barry .322

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 100
2 Sam Mertes 92
3 Cy Seymour 91
4 Honus Wagner 87
5 Harry Davis 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 59
2 Billy Maloney 56
2 Sam Mertes 56
2 Honus Wagner 56
5 Sherry Magee 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.18
2 Ed Reulbach 2.22
3 Christy Mathewson 2.39
4 Carl Lundgren 2.39
5 Rube Waddell 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Eddie Plank 26
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 Frank Owen 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 319
2 Red Ames 215
3 Cy Young 202
4 Eddie Plank 195
5 Christy Mathewson 194

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 5
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Harry McIntire 3
5 4 tied 2