On This Day

Wednesday, August 1, 1906

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	56	34	.622	--
Highlanders	54	35	.607	1.5
Naps	52	38	.578	4.0
White Sox	50	43	.538	7.5
Tigers	47	44	.516	9.5
Browns	46	45	.505	10.5
Senators	33	57	.367	23.0
Americans	26	68	.277	32.0

Games

Americans 3, White Sox 1

Naps 8, Athletics 3

Tigers 2, Highlanders 1

Browns 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	66	29	.695	--
Giants	59	32	.648	5.0
Pirates	59	32	.648	5.0
Phillies	43	51	.457	22.5
Reds	41	54	.432	25.0
Superbas	38	54	.413	26.5
Cardinals	36	61	.371	31.0
Beaneaters	32	61	.344	33.0

Games

Pirates 1, Superbas 0

Beaneaters 6, Reds 1

Giants 7, Cardinals 1

Phillies 5, Cubs 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Kitty Bransfield	3
1	Hobe Ferris	3
3	Whitey Alpermann	2
3	Shad Barry	2
3	21 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Johnny Bates	2
1	Johnny Evers	2
1	Hobe Ferris	2
1	Jim Jackson	2
1	3 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Roger Bresnahan	2
1	Cy Seymour	2
3	Johnny Bates	1
3	Al Burch	1
3	12 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Harry McIntire	1.60
2	Jake Weimer	1.50
3	Tully Sparks	1.00
4	Barney Pelty	0.80
5	Irv Young	0.75

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Donahue	1
1	Harry Eells	1
1	Lefty Leifield	1
1	Barney Pelty	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Harry McIntire	8
2	Tully Sparks	7
3	Fred Beebe	6
3	Irv Young	6
5	2 tied	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Otto Hess	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.374
2	Nap Lajoie	.357
3	Hal Chase	.346
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.338
5	Honus Wagner	.331

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	Harry Davis	56
1	Jimmy Williams	56
3	Harry Steinfeldt	54
4	Hal Chase	50
5	Joe Nealon	49

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	39
2	Frank Chance	37
3	Honus Wagner	36
4	Sherry Magee	31
5	Johnny Evers	29

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	2.09
2	Doc White	2.19
3	Lefty Leifield	2.29
4	Rube Waddell	2.34
5	Jack Pfiester	2.40

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	141
2	Rube Waddell	129
3	Big Jeff Pfeffer	115
4	Cy Falkenberg	110
5	Fred Beebe	109

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	3
1	Charlie Chech	3
1	Cecil Ferguson	3
1	Otto Hess	3
1	Elmer Stricklett	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Willie Keeler	.434
2	Fred Tenney	.419
3	Kitty Bransfield	.400
3	George Stone	.400
5	3 tied	.385

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ginger Beaumont	2
1	Tim Jordan	2
3	Pug Bennett	1
3	Frank Chance	1
3	9 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ginger Beaumont	12
2	Danny Murphy	11
3	Frank Chance	10
4	George Davis	9
5	4 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	8
2	Harry Lumley	7
2	Sam Mertes	7
4	Frank Isbell	6
5	6 tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Lefty Leifield	0.87
2	Bill Dinneen	1.29
3	Mike Lynch	1.38
4	Barney Pelty	1.42
5	Jack Taylor	1.59

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	3
1	Bill Dinneen	3
1	Sam Leever	3
1	Lefty Leifield	3
1	3 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Jack Powell	30
2	Fred Beebe	26
3	Cy Falkenberg	20
4	Harry McIntire	19
5	Ed Karger	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	2
2	Cecil Ferguson	1
2	Otto Hess	1
2	Tully Sparks	1
2	2 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.383
2	Kitty Bransfield	.375
3	Miller Huggins	.367
4	Hal Chase	.365
5	Willie Keeler	.347

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	3
2	Ginger Beaumont	2
2	Frank Chance	2
2	Chick Stahl	2
5	32 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Frank Chance	19
2	Admiral Schlei	18
3	George Davis	17
4	Joe Nealon	16
5	4 tied	15

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	17
2	Danny Hoffman	14
3	Harry Lumley	12
4	Sherry Magee	11
5	3 tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Barney Pelty	1.29
2	Mordecai Brown	1.50
3	Doc White	1.67
4	Jimmy Dygert	1.74
5	Lefty Leifield	1.86

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Al Orth	7
2	Chick Fraser	6
2	Eddie Plank	6
4	Mordecai Brown	5
4	5 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Fred Beebe	54
2	Cy Falkenberg	44
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	7 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.348
2	George Stone	.334
3	Cy Seymour	.328
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.326
5	Elmer Flick	.318

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	93
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	53
5	Sherry Magee	47

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	2.30
2	Doc White	2.34
3	Jack Pfiester	2.40
4	Carl Lundgren	2.42
5	Ed Reulbach	2.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	30
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	219
3	Eddie Plank	184
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	5 others tied	3