On This Day

Sunday, May 27, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 23 10 .697 --
Naps 20 10 .667 1.5
Highlanders 19 13 .594 3.5
Tigers 16 16 .500 6.5
Browns 17 17 .500 6.5
White Sox 14 17 .452 8.0
Senators 13 20 .394 10.0
Americans 8 27 .229 16.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 12 .676 --
Cubs 27 13 .675 -0.5
Pirates 21 14 .600 3.0
Phillies 23 17 .575 3.5
Cardinals 17 21 .447 8.5
Reds 16 24 .400 10.5
Beaneaters 12 25 .324 13.0
Superbas 11 26 .297 14.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pug Bennett 3
1 Homer Smoot 3
3 Harry Arndt 2
3 Shad Barry 2
3 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Doolin 2
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Tommy Corcoran 1
2 Ernie Courtney 1
2 2 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 Sam Mertes 1
1 Fred Odwell 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Joe McGinnity 0.27
2 Buster Brown 0.18
3 Charlie Chech 0.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe McGinnity 4
2 Buster Brown 2
2 Charlie Chech 2
2 Art Hoelskoetter 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .398
2 Harry Davis .371
3 Danny Murphy .363
4 Harry Steinfeldt .356
5 Johnny Kling .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
1 Harry Lumley 6
3 Sherry Magee 4
3 Socks Seybold 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 27
2 Frank LaPorte 21
3 George Browne 20
3 Jimmy Williams 20
5 4 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 14
1 Sam Mertes 14
3 Frank Chance 13
3 Elmer Flick 13
5 3 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Eells 1.30
2 Rube Waddell 1.65
3 Tully Sparks 2.00
4 Sam Leever 2.15
5 Carl Lundgren 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 8
1 Joe McGinnity 8
3 Chief Bender 7
4 Red Ames 6
4 8 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 80
2 Chief Bender 66
3 Johnny Lush 54
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 47
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 16 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .476
2 Harry Davis .475
3 Kid Elberfeld .463
4 Honus Wagner .442
5 Harry Arndt .415

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
4 Harry Arndt 1
4 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 14
2 Frank LaPorte 12
3 Frank Bowerman 11
3 Nap Lajoie 11
5 4 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kid Elberfeld 7
1 Elmer Flick 7
1 Sam Mertes 7
4 George Browne 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vic Willis 0.00
2 Harry Eells 0.41
3 Rube Waddell 0.50
4 Lefty Leifield 0.64
5 Togie Pittinger 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 Joe McGinnity 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 24
2 Hooks Wiltse 22
3 Rube Waddell 21
4 Fred Beebe 20
4 Bill Donovan 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Louis LeRoy 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Davis .407
2 Danny Murphy .405
3 Harry Steinfeldt .396
4 George Stone .390
5 Kid Elberfeld .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Harry Davis 3
2 Socks Seybold 3
5 5 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 18
2 Hal Chase 16
2 Harry Davis 16
2 Tim Jordan 16
2 Nap Lajoie 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 11
2 George Browne 10
2 Frank Chance 10
2 Harry Steinfeldt 10
2 Honus Wagner 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Eells 1.08
2 Tully Sparks 1.40
3 Sam Leever 1.50
4 Rube Waddell 1.59
5 Lefty Leifield 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 6
2 Fred Beebe 5
2 Chief Bender 5
2 Bill Bernhard 5
2 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 50
2 Rube Waddell 45
3 Fred Beebe 35
3 Johnny Lush 35
5 Red Ames 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .370
2 Cy Seymour .367
3 Mike Donlin .366
4 Shad Barry .324
5 George Stone .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Harry Lumley 12
3 Cy Seymour 11
4 Socks Seybold 10
5 Fred Odwell 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 95
2 Sam Mertes 91
3 Cy Seymour 90
4 Honus Wagner 89
5 Harry Davis 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 59
2 Art Devlin 58
3 Billy Maloney 56
4 Honus Wagner 54
5 Sherry Magee 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 2.30
2 Rube Waddell 2.40
3 Doc White 2.40
4 Carl Lundgren 2.40
5 Christy Mathewson 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Eddie Plank 26
2 Rube Waddell 26
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 319
2 Red Ames 204
3 Eddie Plank 199
4 Cy Young 195
5 Harry Howell 192

Saves

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