On This Day

Monday, May 28, 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
Cubs 28 13 .683 --
Giants 25 13 .658 1.5
Pirates 21 14 .600 4.0
Phillies 23 18 .561 5.0
Cardinals 18 21 .462 9.0
Reds 17 24 .415 11.0
Beaneaters 12 26 .316 14.5
Superbas 11 26 .297 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Arndt 2
1 Johnny Bates 2
1 Pug Bennett 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 10 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Grady 1
1 Frank Schulte 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 2
1 George Browne 2
1 Tommy Corcoran 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
5 11 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 1
1 Billy Gilbert 1
1 George McBride 1
1 Pat Moran 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mordecai Brown 0.80
2 Gus Thompson 0.50
3 Hooks Wiltse 0.30
4 Vive Lindaman 0.23
5 John McCloskey 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Gus Thompson 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Gus Thompson 4
3 Vive Lindaman 3
3 Hooks Wiltse 3
5 3 tied 1

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 .360
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 George Browne 22
3 Frank LaPorte 21
4 Jimmy Williams 20
5 5 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 Harry Arndt .453
5 Honus Wagner .442

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
4 Harry Arndt 1
4 25 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 Johnny Evers 7
1 Elmer Flick 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 Doc Newton 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hooks Wiltse 25
2 Chief Bender 24
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 .414
2 Kid Elberfeld .392
3 Harry Steinfeldt .389
4 George Stone .385
5 2 tied .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Harry Davis 3
2 Socks Seybold 3
5 6 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 17
2 George Browne 16
2 Hal Chase 16
2 Harry Davis 16
2 Nap Lajoie 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 11
2 George Browne 10
2 Honus Wagner 10
4 Frank Chance 9
4 3 others tied 9

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 Chief Bender 5
1 Carl Lundgren 5
1 Joe McGinnity 5
1 Al Orth 5
1 Eddie Plank 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 50
2 Rube Waddell 45
3 Red Ames 33
4 Fred Beebe 32
5 2 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .369
2 Honus Wagner .366
3 Mike Donlin .366
4 Shad Barry .323
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 92
3 Cy Seymour 90
4 Honus Wagner 87
5 Harry Davis 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 58
2 Art Devlin 57
3 Billy Maloney 56
4 Honus Wagner 54
5 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 2.30
2 Rube Waddell 2.40
3 Carl Lundgren 2.40
4 Doc White 2.42
5 Christy Mathewson 2.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
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 195
3 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