On This Day

Thursday, May 16, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 18 8 .692 --
Tigers 14 9 .609 2.5
Naps 15 11 .577 3.0
Athletics 12 11 .522 4.5
Highlanders 12 11 .522 4.5
Americans 9 14 .391 7.5
Senators 7 14 .333 8.5
Browns 8 17 .320 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 21 3 .875 --
Cubs 21 4 .840 0.5
Pirates 11 8 .579 7.5
Phillies 12 10 .545 8.0
Doves 10 14 .417 11.0
Reds 8 15 .348 12.5
Cardinals 6 19 .240 15.5
Superbas 3 19 .136 17.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Brain 3
1 Jiggs Donahue 3
1 Terry Turner 3
4 Frank Chance 2
4 11 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Chance 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Patsy Dougherty 2
1 Frank Smith 2
1 Bobby Wallace 2
5 10 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 2
2 John Anderson 1
2 Nig Clarke 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Slow Joe Doyle 0.67
2 Jack Powell 0.60
3 Cy Young 0.56
4 Glenn Liebhardt 0.50
5 2 tied 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Jack Powell 1
1 Frank Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Young 5
2 Slow Joe Doyle 4
2 Frank Smith 4
4 Eddie Plank 3
4 Jack Powell 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ollie Pickering .356
2 Nig Clarke .356
3 Harry Steinfeldt .349
4 Sherry Magee .349
5 Bobby Wallace .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Cy Seymour 2
4 Dave Altizer 1
4 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 19
2 Cy Seymour 17
3 Sherry Magee 16
4 Tommy Corcoran 15
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Elmer Flick 11
2 Jimmy Slagle 11
4 Dave Altizer 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.66
2 Ralph Glaze 1.00
3 Christy Mathewson 1.18
4 Chick Fraser 1.23
5 Ed Karger 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 7
2 Al Orth 6
2 Orval Overall 6
4 Carl Lundgren 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 39
2 Harry Howell 33
2 Cy Young 33
4 Ed Walsh 32
5 Fred Beebe 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Walter Clarkson 1
3 9 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Wallace .500
2 Ed Hahn .426
3 Bob Ganley .406
4 Solly Hofman .400
5 Harry Steinfeldt .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 2
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 George Davis 1
2 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 11
2 Wid Conroy 7
2 Jiggs Donahue 7
2 Patsy Dougherty 7
2 2 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 7
2 Wid Conroy 6
2 Hans Lobert 6
4 Frank Bowerman 5
4 Billy Maloney 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 0.43
2 Orval Overall 0.50
3 Ed Killian 0.67
4 Carl Lundgren 1.00
5 George Bell 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 Frank Smith 3
5 14 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 16
2 Harry Howell 15
3 Cy Young 14
4 Red Ames 13
4 Slow Joe Doyle 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Walter Clarkson 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .355
2 Honus Wagner .348
3 Harry Steinfeldt .333
4 Hal Chase .329
5 Harry Lumley .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Harry Davis 10
3 Cy Seymour 8
4 Charlie Hickman 7
4 Frank Schulte 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 82
2 George Davis 75
2 Harry Davis 75
2 Cy Seymour 75
5 Tim Jordan 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Frank Chance 54
3 Johnny Evers 51
4 Art Devlin 49
5 Sherry Magee 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.71
2 Ed Reulbach 1.99
3 Jack Pfiester 2.03
4 Doc White 2.15
5 Vic Willis 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Mordecai Brown 26
2 Addie Joss 26
2 Christy Mathewson 26
2 Joe McGinnity 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 191
2 Fred Beebe 180
3 Cy Falkenberg 174
4 Bob Ewing 160
5 Rube Waddell 157

Saves

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