On This Day

Wednesday, June 20, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 31 20 .608 --
Athletics 32 22 .593 0.5
Highlanders 32 23 .582 1.0
Tigers 29 23 .558 2.5
Browns 29 26 .527 4.0
White Sox 27 25 .519 4.5
Senators 19 35 .352 13.5
Americans 15 40 .273 18.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 41 18 .695 --
Pirates 35 17 .673 2.5
Giants 36 20 .643 3.5
Phillies 30 29 .508 11.0
Cardinals 24 35 .407 17.0
Reds 24 36 .400 17.5
Superbas 21 35 .375 18.5
Beaneaters 18 39 .316 22.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Ernie Courtney 3
1 Jerry Donovan 3
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Knight 1
1 Harry Steinfeldt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Nealon 4
2 Heinie Peitz 3
2 Harry Steinfeldt 3
4 Frank Chance 2
4 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Casey 1
1 Bill Coughlin 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Johnny Evers 1
1 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mordecai Brown 1.00
2 Bob Wicker 0.83
3 Johnny Lush 0.62
4 Jack Chesbro 0.60
5 Bill Donovan 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Jack Chesbro 6
3 Johnny Lush 5
3 Bob Wicker 5
5 Bill Donovan 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .355
2 Honus Wagner .354
3 Harry Steinfeldt .344
4 Nap Lajoie .341
5 Ty Cobb .341

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
1 Harry Steinfeldt 37
1 Jimmy Williams 37
4 Hal Chase 34
5 2 tied 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 23
2 Honus Wagner 22
3 Frank Chance 20
3 Sherry Magee 20
5 4 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.93
2 Rube Waddell 1.94
3 Sam Leever 1.99
4 Bill Duggleby 2.28
5 Tully Sparks 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 10
1 Joe McGinnity 10
1 Eddie Plank 10
1 Vic Willis 10
5 2 tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 98
2 Rube Waddell 86
3 Johnny Lush 74
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 74
5 Jack Pfiester 67

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 .431
2 Honus Wagner .412
3 Ty Cobb .405
4 Roger Bresnahan .400
5 Jimmy Sheckard .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hickman 3
2 John Anderson 2
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 16
2 Bill Coughlin 11
3 Jimmy Williams 9
4 Charlie Hickman 8
4 6 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 6
1 Jim Jackson 6
1 Sherry Magee 6
1 Harry Niles 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 0.38
2 Nick Altrock 0.87
3 Ed Reulbach 0.93
4 Lefty Leifield 0.96
5 Bob Ewing 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Rhoads 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Jack Chesbro 3
2 Red Donahue 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 23
2 Bob Ewing 19
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 18
4 Doc Scanlan 17
5 3 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .422
2 Nap Lajoie .384
3 Ty Cobb .383
4 Hal Chase .381
5 Charlie Hemphill .352

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 25
2 Jimmy Williams 22
3 Harry Steinfeldt 21
4 Frank LaPorte 20
5 Bill Coughlin 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 13
1 Harry Niles 13
3 Wid Conroy 12
3 Charlie Hemphill 12
5 Honus Wagner 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.33
2 Vic Willis 1.80
3 Ed Walsh 1.81
4 Bob Ewing 1.85
5 Sam Leever 1.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 6
1 Vic Willis 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Jack Chesbro 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 48
2 Jack Pfiester 46
3 Addie Joss 40
4 Cy Falkenberg 35
4 Eddie Plank 35

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 .367
2 Honus Wagner .365
3 Cy Seymour .345
4 Jimmy Sheckard .323
5 Frank Chance .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 14
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Harry Lumley 11
4 Socks Seybold 10
5 Cy Seymour 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 93
2 Sherry Magee 91
3 Sam Mertes 89
3 Honus Wagner 89
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 60
2 Honus Wagner 58
3 Sam Mertes 56
4 Sherry Magee 49
5 Frank Chance 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.34
2 Carl Lundgren 2.41
3 Ed Reulbach 2.42
4 Mordecai Brown 2.53
5 Tully Sparks 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 27
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Nick Altrock 24
3 Jack Chesbro 24
3 Joe McGinnity 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 283
2 Eddie Plank 197
3 Chief Bender 192
4 Cy Young 189
5 Harry Howell 181

Saves

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