On This Day

Tuesday, June 5, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 26 15 .634 --
Naps 23 15 .605 1.5
Athletics 25 17 .595 1.5
Browns 23 20 .535 4.0
Tigers 20 19 .513 5.0
White Sox 18 21 .462 7.0
Senators 15 26 .366 11.0
Americans 13 30 .302 14.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 32 15 .681 --
Giants 29 16 .644 2.0
Pirates 27 16 .628 3.0
Phillies 27 21 .563 5.5
Cardinals 21 26 .447 11.0
Superbas 18 27 .400 13.0
Reds 18 30 .375 14.5
Beaneaters 12 33 .267 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Arndt 3
1 Roy Hartzell 3
1 Charlie Hemphill 3
1 Danny Hoffman 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Chesbro 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 3
2 Joe Kelley 2
2 Cy Seymour 2
2 Joe Ward 2
5 22 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Bowerman 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Kid Gleason 1
1 Roy Hartzell 1
1 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc White 2.25
2 Ed Karger 0.86
3 Sam Leever 0.38
4 Elmer Stricklett 0.33
5 Mordecai Brown 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 Ed Smith 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc White 9
2 Ed Karger 6
3 Bob Wicker 4
4 Sam Leever 3
4 Elmer Stricklett 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tully Sparks 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .376
2 Kid Elberfeld .371
3 Harry Davis .351
4 Socks Seybold .351
5 Charlie Hemphill .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
1 Harry Lumley 6
3 Charlie Hickman 4
3 Sherry Magee 4
3 Socks Seybold 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 31
2 Frank LaPorte 28
2 Jimmy Williams 28
4 Hal Chase 27
5 Tim Jordan 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 18
2 Frank Chance 17
2 Art Devlin 17
4 George Browne 16
5 2 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sam Leever 1.97
2 Rube Waddell 2.16
3 Tully Sparks 2.20
4 Mordecai Brown 2.28
5 Jack Pfiester 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 9
2 Chief Bender 8
2 Joe McGinnity 8
2 Al Orth 8
5 6 tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 83
2 Rube Waddell 81
3 Johnny Lush 65
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 56
5 Jack Pfiester 53

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 19 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .545
2 Dave Altizer .455
3 Kid Elberfeld .450
4 Honus Wagner .413
5 Harry Lumley .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Charlie Hickman 2
3 Dave Altizer 1
3 Harry Arndt 1
3 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 19
2 Hal Chase 17
3 Wid Conroy 12
3 Nap Lajoie 12
3 Jimmy Williams 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Hemphill 8
2 Art Devlin 7
2 Harry Niles 7
2 Honus Wagner 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mal Eason 1.06
2 Elmer Stricklett 1.33
3 Carl Druhot 1.44
4 Otto Hess 1.53
5 Jack Powell 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Togie Pittinger 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Carl Druhot 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Pfiester 32
2 Chief Bender 28
3 Eddie Plank 20
4 Hooks Wiltse 19
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Louis LeRoy 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Barney Pelty 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .452
2 Kid Elberfeld .421
3 Honus Wagner .393
4 Charlie Hemphill .387
5 Harry Lumley .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Charlie Hickman 2
2 Tim Jordan 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 22
2 Jimmy Williams 21
3 Tim Jordan 20
3 Frank LaPorte 20
5 Nap Lajoie 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Frank Chance 12
3 George Browne 10
3 Harry Steinfeldt 10
5 5 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.38
2 Sam Leever 1.45
3 Tully Sparks 2.00
4 Dummy Taylor 2.02
5 Buster Brown 2.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Leever 6
2 Addie Joss 5
2 Carl Lundgren 5
2 Al Orth 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 47
2 Jack Pfiester 43
3 Rube Waddell 39
4 Jake Weimer 38
5 Hooks Wiltse 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .371
2 Honus Wagner .364
3 Cy Seymour .361
4 Shad Barry .323
5 Jimmy Sheckard .319

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 95
2 Honus Wagner 92
3 Sam Mertes 91
4 Harry Davis 90
5 Cy Seymour 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 59
2 Honus Wagner 57
3 Sam Mertes 56
4 Billy Maloney 53
5 Frank Chance 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.28
2 Mordecai Brown 2.31
3 Ed Reulbach 2.43
4 Carl Lundgren 2.52
5 Rube Waddell 2.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Eddie Plank 27
3 Rube Waddell 24
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 Al Orth 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 314
2 Eddie Plank 200
3 Christy Mathewson 192
4 Chief Bender 190
5 Cy Young 187

Saves

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