On This Day

Monday, June 18, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 30 19 .612 --
Highlanders 32 21 .604 0.0
Athletics 31 21 .596 0.5
Tigers 27 23 .540 3.5
Browns 28 26 .519 4.5
White Sox 26 25 .510 5.0
Senators 19 34 .358 13.0
Americans 15 39 .278 17.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 39 18 .684 --
Pirates 34 17 .667 2.0
Giants 36 19 .655 2.0
Phillies 29 28 .509 10.0
Cardinals 23 34 .404 16.0
Reds 23 36 .390 17.0
Superbas 21 34 .382 17.0
Beaneaters 18 37 .327 20.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jiggs Donahue 3
1 Moose Grimshaw 3
1 Frank Isbell 3
1 Chick Stahl 3
5 16 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Anderson 1
1 Johnny Bates 1
1 Bobby Lowe 1
1 Danny Murphy 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Lowe 5
2 Bill Coughlin 2
2 Moose Grimshaw 2
2 Frank Isbell 2
5 15 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 1
1 Lave Cross 1
1 Ed Hahn 1
1 Tom Jones 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 2.00
2 Barney Pelty 1.14
3 Noodles Hahn 0.57
4 Eddie Plank 0.50
5 Otto Hess 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Barney Pelty 1
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 1
1 Eddie Plank 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Barney Pelty 8
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 8
3 Bill Dinneen 4
3 Noodles Hahn 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .357
2 Honus Wagner .351
3 Harry Davis .346
4 Ty Cobb .341
5 Harry Steinfeldt .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 8
2 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Harry Lumley 6
4 Sherry Magee 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 37
2 Jimmy Williams 36
3 Hal Chase 34
3 Harry Steinfeldt 34
5 Tim Jordan 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 23
2 Honus Wagner 21
3 Sherry Magee 20
4 Frank Chance 19
5 3 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sam Leever 1.99
2 Jack Pfiester 2.10
3 Rube Waddell 2.16
4 Bill Duggleby 2.30
5 Tully Sparks 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 10
1 Joe McGinnity 10
1 Eddie Plank 10
4 Addie Joss 9
4 Vic Willis 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 98
2 Rube Waddell 81
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 74
4 Johnny Lush 69
5 Jake Weimer 65

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
1 Harry McIntire 2
3 Bill Bartley 1
3 Charlie Chech 1
3 23 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .449
2 Honus Wagner .429
3 Ty Cobb .400
4 Joe Nealon .394
5 Del Howard .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hickman 3
2 John Anderson 2
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Frank Schulte 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 14
2 Matty McIntyre 10
3 Bill Coughlin 9
3 Charlie Hickman 9
3 3 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 9
2 Sherry Magee 7
2 Harry Niles 7
4 Wid Conroy 6
4 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Richie 0.00
2 Jimmy Dygert 0.50
3 Jack Pfiester 0.60
4 Nick Altrock 0.82
5 Ed Reulbach 0.93

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 Frank Owen 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Ewing 19
1 Eddie Plank 19
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 18
4 Doc Scanlan 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .410
2 Ty Cobb .400
3 Hal Chase .395
4 Nap Lajoie .367
5 Harry Arndt .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hickman 5
2 Harry Davis 4
3 Frank Schulte 3
4 John Anderson 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 27
2 Jimmy Williams 21
3 Frank LaPorte 20
4 Harry Steinfeldt 18
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 14
2 Harry Niles 13
3 Wid Conroy 12
3 Charlie Hemphill 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.56
2 Vic Willis 1.76
3 Ed Walsh 1.81
4 Bob Ewing 1.85
5 Sam Leever 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 6
2 Jack Chesbro 5
2 Ed Killian 5
2 Frank Owen 5
2 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 48
2 Jake Weimer 40
3 Jack Pfiester 38
4 Eddie Plank 35
5 Addie Joss 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .368
2 Honus Wagner .364
3 Cy Seymour .348
4 Jimmy Sheckard .319
5 Frank Chance .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 14
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Harry Lumley 11
4 Socks Seybold 10
4 Cy Seymour 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 95
2 Sam Mertes 90
3 Sherry Magee 89
3 Honus Wagner 89
5 Cy Seymour 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 60
2 Honus Wagner 59
3 Sam Mertes 56
4 Sherry Magee 49
5 Frank Chance 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 2.41
2 Ed Reulbach 2.41
3 Doc White 2.45
4 Mordecai Brown 2.53
5 Tully Sparks 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 27
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Jack Chesbro 24
3 Joe McGinnity 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 278
2 Eddie Plank 197
3 Chief Bender 192
4 Harry Howell 187
4 Cy Young 187

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Joe McGinnity 3
3 Harry McIntire 3
5 6 tied 2