On This Day

Saturday, June 23, 1906

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Naps	34	21	.618	--
Athletics	33	23	.589	1.5
Highlanders	33	24	.579	2.0
White Sox	29	25	.537	4.5
Browns	30	27	.526	5.0
Tigers	29	27	.518	5.5
Senators	20	36	.357	14.5
Americans	16	41	.281	19.0

Games

White Sox 3, Tigers 2

Athletics 8, Americans 0

Browns 9, Naps 0

Highlanders 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	42	19	.689	--
Pirates	37	18	.673	2.0
Giants	39	20	.661	2.0
Phillies	31	31	.500	11.5
Reds	24	37	.393	18.0
Cardinals	24	38	.387	18.5
Superbas	21	37	.362	19.5
Beaneaters	21	39	.350	20.5

Games

Beaneaters 3, Superbas 2

Cubs 3, Reds 1

Giants 5, Phillies 0

Pirates 2, Cardinals 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Jap Barbeau	3
1	Hal Chase	3
1	Ty Cobb	3
1	Jiggs Donahue	3
1	7 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Armbruster	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sam Mertes	3
2	Harry Armbruster	2
2	John Knight	2
2	Bris Lord	2
2	Harry Steinfeldt	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Stone	2
2	Whitey Alpermann	1
2	Hal Chase	1
2	Frank Delahanty	1
2	10 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Eddie Plank	1.20
2	Bill Hogg	0.88
3	Gus Dorner	0.80
4	Carl Lundgren	0.67
5	Deacon Phillippe	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Nick Altrock	1
1	Gus Dorner	1
1	Bill Hogg	1
1	Harry Howell	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Carl Lundgren	8
2	Bill Hogg	7
3	Frank Kitson	6
3	Eddie Plank	6
5	2 tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.361
2	Nap Lajoie	.348
3	Ty Cobb	.348
4	Frank Schulte	.342
5	Honus Wagner	.338

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	9
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	39
1	Harry Steinfeldt	39
3	Jimmy Williams	38
4	Hal Chase	34
5	3 tied	30

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	25
2	Honus Wagner	23
3	Frank Chance	20
3	Sherry Magee	20
5	Elmer Flick	19

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Waddell	1.89
2	Jack Pfiester	1.93
3	Bill Duggleby	2.19
4	Sam Leever	2.32
5	Harry Eells	2.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Carl Lundgren	11
1	Eddie Plank	11
3	Joe McGinnity	10
3	Vic Willis	10
5	4 tied	9

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	104
2	Rube Waddell	89
3	Big Jeff Pfeffer	76
4	Johnny Lush	74
5	Jack Pfiester	67

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Fred Beebe	2
1	Otto Hess	2
1	Harry McIntire	2
4	Bill Bartley	1
4	23 others tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Nap Lajoie	.444
2	Tommy Leach	.400
3	Del Howard	.381
4	Jimmy Sheckard	.378
5	2 tied	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	3
2	John Anderson	2
2	Bill Bradley	2
2	Charlie Hickman	2
5	10 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bill Coughlin	10
1	John Knight	10
1	Harry Steinfeldt	10
4	Jimmy Williams	9
5	7 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Billy Gilbert	6
1	Matty McIntyre	6
3	Dave Altizer	5
3	Roger Bresnahan	5
3	2 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	0.39
2	Carl Lundgren	0.50
2	Doc White	0.50
4	Jack Pfiester	0.53
5	Nick Altrock	0.71

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Nick Altrock	4
1	Eddie Plank	4
1	Dummy Taylor	4
4	Gus Dorner	3
4	4 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Plank	21
2	Addie Joss	20
2	Big Jeff Pfeffer	20
4	Chief Bender	17
4	Jimmy Dygert	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Cecil Ferguson	1
1	Joe Harris	1
1	Otto Hess	1
1	Addie Joss	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Nap Lajoie	.398
2	Ty Cobb	.392
3	Tommy Leach	.382
4	Honus Wagner	.376
5	Hal Chase	.375

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Steinfeldt	23
2	Hal Chase	21
2	Jimmy Williams	21
4	Bill Coughlin	19
5	Frank LaPorte	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	15
2	Harry Niles	12
3	Billy Gilbert	11
3	Honus Wagner	11
5	3 tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jack Pfiester	1.11
2	Bob Ewing	1.54
3	Fred Glade	1.70
4	Doc White	1.83
5	Harry McIntire	1.98

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	6
2	Nick Altrock	5
2	Mordecai Brown	5
2	Jack Chesbro	5
2	6 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	44
2	Jack Pfiester	42
3	Addie Joss	36
4	Eddie Plank	33
4	Jake Weimer	33

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Otto Hess	2
2	Fred Beebe	1
2	Cecil Ferguson	1
2	Joe Harris	1
2	7 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Mike Donlin	.369
2	Honus Wagner	.357
3	Cy Seymour	.341
4	Jimmy Sheckard	.324
5	Elmer Flick	.317

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	15
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	95
2	Sherry Magee	91
3	Sam Mertes	90
4	Honus Wagner	89
5	Sam Crawford	77

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	60
2	Honus Wagner	59
3	Sam Mertes	55
4	Sherry Magee	47
5	Frank Chance	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Doc White	2.24
2	Carl Lundgren	2.35
3	Ed Reulbach	2.42
4	Mordecai Brown	2.47
5	Christy Mathewson	2.53

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	27
1	Eddie Plank	27
3	Nick Altrock	25
4	Jack Chesbro	24
5	3 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	275
2	Eddie Plank	200
3	Chief Bender	198
4	Harry Howell	184
5	Cy Young	181

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Claude Elliott	4
1	Christy Mathewson	4
3	Joe McGinnity	3
3	Harry McIntire	3
5	7 tied	2