On This Day

Tuesday, July 31, 1906

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	56	33	.629	--
Highlanders	54	34	.614	1.5
Naps	51	38	.573	5.0
White Sox	50	42	.543	7.5
Tigers	46	44	.511	10.5
Browns	45	45	.500	11.5
Senators	33	56	.371	23.0
Americans	25	68	.269	33.0

Games

White Sox 4, Senators 3

Naps 2, Highlanders 0

Tigers 5, Athletics 3

Browns 2, Americans 1

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	66	28	.702	--
Giants	58	32	.644	6.0
Pirates	58	32	.644	6.0
Phillies	42	51	.452	23.5
Reds	41	53	.436	25.0
Superbas	38	53	.418	26.5
Cardinals	36	60	.375	31.0
Beaneaters	31	61	.337	34.0

Games

Superbas 3, Pirates 2

Beaneaters 4, Reds 3

Giants 3, Cardinals 0

Cubs 2, Phillies 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Roger Bresnahan	3
1	Doc Casey	3
1	Del Howard	3
1	Pete O'Brien	3
5	20 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ginger Beaumont	1
1	Pete O'Brien	1
1	Admiral Schlei	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Jiggs Donahue	3
2	Johnny Bates	2
2	Ginger Beaumont	2
2	Jack McCarthy	2
2	Admiral Schlei	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	2
1	Tom Jones	2
3	Roger Bresnahan	1
3	Doc Casey	1
3	8 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Big Jeff Pfeffer	1.22
2	Dummy Taylor	1.00
3	Jack Powell	0.80
4	Vic Willis	0.70
5	Bob Rhoads	0.67

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Mullin	1
1	Roy Patterson	1
1	Big Jeff Pfeffer	1
1	Jack Powell	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Big Jeff Pfeffer	11
2	Dummy Taylor	7
2	Vic Willis	7
4	Buster Brown	5
5	4 tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.372
2	Nap Lajoie	.359
3	Hal Chase	.350
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.336
5	Honus Wagner	.333

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	10
2	Charlie Hickman	7
2	Tim Jordan	7
2	Harry Lumley	7
5	2 tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Jimmy Williams	56
2	Harry Davis	55
3	Harry Steinfeldt	54
4	Hal Chase	50
5	Joe Nealon	48

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	39
2	Frank Chance	36
2	Honus Wagner	36
4	Sherry Magee	31
5	2 tied	28

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	2.09
2	Doc White	2.19
3	Jack Pfiester	2.28
4	Rube Waddell	2.34
5	Lefty Leifield	2.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	18
2	Al Orth	16
3	Mordecai Brown	15
3	Carl Lundgren	15
3	Vic Willis	15

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	138
2	Rube Waddell	129
3	Big Jeff Pfeffer	115
4	Cy Falkenberg	106
5	2 tied	103

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	3
1	Charlie Chech	3
1	Cecil Ferguson	3
1	Elmer Stricklett	3
5	9 tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Fred Tenney	.455
2	Willie Keeler	.429
3	Tommy Leach	.421
4	George Stone	.391
5	Miller Huggins	.383

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ginger Beaumont	2
1	Tim Jordan	2
3	Pug Bennett	1
3	Frank Chance	1
3	12 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ginger Beaumont	12
2	Frank Chance	10
2	Danny Murphy	10
4	George Davis	9
5	3 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	10
2	Harry Lumley	7
2	Sam Mertes	7
4	Frank Isbell	6
5	6 tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bill Dinneen	1.29
1	Mike Lynch	1.29
3	Chief Bender	1.41
4	Lefty Leifield	1.50
5	Jack Taylor	1.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	3
1	Bill Dinneen	3
1	Sam Leever	3
1	Al Orth	3
1	2 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Jack Powell	30
2	Fred Beebe	26
3	Mordecai Brown	22
4	Ed Karger	18
5	3 tied	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	2
2	Cecil Ferguson	1
2	Tully Sparks	1
2	Elmer Stricklett	1
2	Cy Young	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Hal Chase	.380
2	Miller Huggins	.380
3	George Stone	.379
4	Kitty Bransfield	.359
5	Nap Lajoie	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	3
2	Ginger Beaumont	2
2	Frank Chance	2
2	Chick Stahl	2
5	34 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Frank Chance	19
2	George Davis	18
2	Admiral Schlei	18
4	Ginger Beaumont	15
4	3 others tied	15

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	16
2	Danny Hoffman	14
3	Harry Lumley	12
4	Sherry Magee	11
5	2 tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Barney Pelty	1.13
2	Mordecai Brown	1.50
3	Doc White	1.67
4	Jimmy Dygert	1.74
5	Jack Pfiester	1.98

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Al Orth	7
2	Chick Fraser	6
2	Sam Leever	6
2	Eddie Plank	6
5	5 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Fred Beebe	48
2	Cy Falkenberg	40
3	Mordecai Brown	37
3	Jack Powell	37
5	Big Jeff Pfeffer	35

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	2
1	Charlie Chech	2
1	Elmer Stricklett	2
4	Cecil Ferguson	1
4	6 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.348
2	George Stone	.333
3	Cy Seymour	.329
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.323
5	Elmer Flick	.319

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	12
1	Harry Lumley	12
3	Cy Seymour	10
4	Charlie Hickman	9
5	Socks Seybold	8

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	92
2	Honus Wagner	82
3	Sam Crawford	80
4	Jimmy Williams	79
5	Sherry Magee	77

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	66
2	Honus Wagner	61
3	Sam Mertes	54
4	Frank Chance	52
5	Sherry Magee	47

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jack Pfiester	2.28
2	Mordecai Brown	2.30
3	Doc White	2.42
4	Carl Lundgren	2.42
5	Ed Reulbach	2.47

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	31
2	Christy Mathewson	26
3	Al Orth	25
4	Mordecai Brown	24
5	Nick Altrock	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	236
2	Chief Bender	216
3	Eddie Plank	190
4	Cy Young	174
5	Christy Mathewson	173

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Christy Mathewson	4
1	Elmer Stricklett	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Charlie Chech	3
3	4 others tied	3