On This Day

Monday, April 29, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 9 4 .692 --
Athletics 9 4 .692 0.0
Tigers 8 5 .615 1.0
Highlanders 7 5 .583 1.5
Naps 5 7 .417 3.5
Americans 5 8 .385 4.0
Senators 4 8 .333 4.5
Browns 4 10 .286 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 12 2 .857 --
Giants 11 3 .786 1.0
Pirates 7 3 .700 3.0
Phillies 7 5 .583 4.0
Doves 6 7 .462 5.5
Reds 4 9 .308 7.5
Cardinals 3 12 .200 9.5
Superbas 1 10 .091 9.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hobe Ferris 3
2 Dave Brain 2
2 John Butler 2
2 Jimmy Collins 2
2 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hobe Ferris 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Tommy Corcoran 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cy Seymour 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Lou Criger 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Falkenberg 0.88
2 Johnny Lush 0.75
3 Mordecai Brown 0.50
3 Jack Coombs 0.50
5 2 tied 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 7
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Jack Coombs 3
3 Johnny Lush 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fielder Jones .452
2 Sherry Magee .383
3 Frank LaPorte .378
4 Danny Hoffman .367
5 Ollie Pickering .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Danny Hoffman 12
3 Kitty Bransfield 9
3 Sherry Magee 9
3 Cy Seymour 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 8
2 Dave Altizer 6
2 Larry Schlafly 6
4 Ginger Beaumont 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.39
2 Mordecai Brown 0.53
3 Nick Altrock 0.82
4 Vive Lindaman 1.00
5 Lefty Leifield 1.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
2 Bob Ewing 3
2 Harry Howell 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 9 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 23
2 George Mullin 19
2 Cy Young 19
4 Jack Coombs 18
4 Harry Howell 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Bobby Keefe 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Jimmy Dygert 1
3 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .349
2 Honus Wagner .341
3 Hal Chase .333
4 George Stone .331
5 Harry Steinfeldt .330

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 79
2 Hal Chase 78
3 Tim Jordan 75
4 Joe Nealon 73
4 Jimmy Williams 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 57
2 Honus Wagner 56
3 Art Devlin 54
4 Johnny Evers 51
4 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.02
4 Jack Pfiester 2.10
5 Vic Willis 2.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Joe McGinnity 26
3 Mordecai Brown 25
3 George Mullin 25
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 186
2 Ed Walsh 184
3 Cy Falkenberg 176
4 Jack Pfiester 165
4 Rube Waddell 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