On This Day

Saturday, April 27, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 8 4 .667 --
Tigers 8 4 .667 0.0
Athletics 8 4 .667 0.0
Highlanders 7 4 .636 0.5
Naps 5 5 .500 2.0
Senators 4 7 .364 3.5
Americans 4 8 .333 4.0
Browns 2 10 .167 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 9 2 .818 --
Giants 10 3 .769 0.0
Pirates 6 3 .667 2.0
Phillies 6 5 .545 3.0
Doves 6 6 .500 3.5
Reds 4 7 .364 5.0
Cardinals 3 10 .231 7.0
Superbas 1 9 .100 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Altizer 3
1 Pug Bennett 3
1 Bobby Byrne 3
1 Lave Cross 3
1 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charley O'Leary 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Matty McIntyre 2
2 Ed Phelps 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Freddy Parent 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Bobby Byrne 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 15 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 0.67
2 Rube Vickers 0.60
3 Hooks Wiltse 0.44
4 Elmer Stricklett 0.43
5 Ralph Glaze 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Glaze 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Pfiester 8
2 Stoney McGlynn 5
3 Mike Lynch 4
3 George Mullin 4
3 Hooks Wiltse 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fielder Jones .452
2 Harry Steinfeldt .400
3 Frank LaPorte .390
4 Danny Hoffman .378
5 Sherry Magee .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Hoffman 12
2 Harry Davis 11
3 Kitty Bransfield 9
4 John Anderson 8
4 5 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Schlafly 6
1 Jimmy Slagle 6
3 Dave Altizer 5
3 Ginger Beaumont 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.39
2 Nick Altrock 0.82
3 Vive Lindaman 1.00
4 Lefty Leifield 1.11
5 George Bell 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
2 Bob Ewing 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 Lefty Leifield 3
2 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 19
2 Cy Young 18
3 Fred Beebe 17
4 Bob Ewing 16
4 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Bobby Keefe 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Jimmy Dygert 1
3 Jesse Tannehill 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .352
2 Honus Wagner .342
3 Harry Steinfeldt .338
4 George Stone .334
5 Hal Chase .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Harry Davis 10
3 Frank Schulte 8
3 Cy Seymour 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 80
2 Hal Chase 79
3 Tim Jordan 77
4 Joe Nealon 73
4 Cy Seymour 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 59
2 Art Devlin 55
2 Honus Wagner 55
4 Sherry Magee 51
5 Johnny Evers 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Ed Reulbach 1.94
3 Doc White 2.02
4 Jack Pfiester 2.10
5 Vic Willis 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Joe McGinnity 27
3 Mordecai Brown 25
3 George Mullin 25
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 183
2 Ed Walsh 182
3 Rube Waddell 172
4 Cy Falkenberg 169
5 Jack Pfiester 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
3 Chief Bender 5
4 Elmer Stricklett 4
5 6 tied 3