On This Day

Wednesday, June 5, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 29 12 .707 --
Naps 26 16 .619 3.5
Tigers 21 16 .568 6.0
Highlanders 19 18 .514 8.0
Athletics 20 20 .500 8.5
Browns 17 25 .405 12.5
Americans 14 26 .350 14.5
Senators 12 25 .324 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 32 9 .780 --
Giants 28 12 .700 3.5
Phillies 24 15 .615 7.0
Pirates 19 17 .528 10.5
Doves 16 24 .400 15.5
Reds 16 25 .390 16.0
Superbas 13 27 .325 18.5
Cardinals 12 31 .279 21.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Chance 3
1 Art Devlin 3
1 Mike Mitchell 3
1 Jimmy Sheckard 3
1 Harry Steinfeldt 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 3
2 Bobby Byrne 2
2 Art Devlin 2
2 Otto Knabe 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Hans Lobert 1
1 Mike Mitchell 1
1 Roy Thomas 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Beebe 0.79
2 George Bell 0.57
3 Oscar Graham 0.55
4 Frank Corridon 0.50
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Fred Glade 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 11
2 Frank Corridon 6
2 Oscar Graham 6
4 George Bell 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Wallace .346
2 Sherry Magee .340
3 Harry Steinfeldt .336
4 Nap Lajoie .327
5 Ollie Pickering .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Topsy Hartsel 2
2 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 31
2 Cy Seymour 27
3 Socks Seybold 26
4 Tommy Corcoran 23
5 2 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 18
2 Elmer Flick 17
3 Frank Chance 14
3 Hans Lobert 14
5 2 tied 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Glade 1.42
2 Carl Lundgren 1.47
3 Ed Killian 1.71
4 Ed Walsh 1.73
5 Cy Young 1.84

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 10
2 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Joe McGinnity 8
2 George Mullin 8
2 3 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 71
2 George Mullin 60
3 Christy Mathewson 54
3 Ed Walsh 54
5 3 tied 49

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Ed Walsh 2
5 18 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Niles .436
2 Art Devlin .421
3 Bobby Wallace .405
4 Harry Steinfeldt .385
5 Frank Chance .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 12
2 Art Devlin 11
3 Kitty Bransfield 10
3 Dan McGann 10
5 2 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rube Oldring 8
2 Hans Lobert 6
2 Spike Shannon 6
4 Joe Birmingham 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.48
2 Fred Glade 0.67
3 Andy Coakley 0.84
4 Ed Walsh 0.96
5 Bob Rhoads 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Andy Coakley 3
1 Fred Glade 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 34
2 Rube Waddell 28
3 Jack Coombs 19
4 Lefty Leifield 18
5 Eddie Plank 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Hahn .410
2 Harry Niles .388
3 Bobby Wallace .384
4 Dan McGann .375
5 2 tied .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
1 Honus Wagner 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 21
2 Ty Cobb 17
3 Art Devlin 16
3 Cy Seymour 16
3 Bobby Wallace 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 11
1 Honus Wagner 11
3 Elmer Flick 9
3 Billy Maloney 9
3 Rube Oldring 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.47
2 Jim Pastorius 1.16
3 Cy Young 1.33
4 Fred Glade 1.42
5 Sam Leever 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Fred Glade 6
1 Frank Smith 6
4 Addie Joss 5
4 Christy Mathewson 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 46
2 Rube Waddell 44
3 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Eddie Plank 33
5 3 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Addie Joss 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Chick Fraser 1
2 Otto Hess 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .359
2 Harry Steinfeldt .326
3 Honus Wagner .325
4 Elmer Flick .318
5 Bunk Congalton .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 10
2 Harry Davis 9
3 Cy Seymour 7
4 Johnny Bates 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 77
2 Art Devlin 73
3 George Davis 72
3 Harry Steinfeldt 72
5 Harry Davis 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 54
2 Sherry Magee 53
2 Honus Wagner 53
4 Dave Altizer 47
5 Johnny Evers 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.65
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.05
4 Carl Lundgren 2.22
5 Jack Pfiester 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 27
1 Joe McGinnity 27
1 Al Orth 27
4 Christy Mathewson 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 204
2 Fred Beebe 199
3 Rube Waddell 174
4 Bob Ewing 166
5 Cy Falkenberg 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
2 Chief Bender 5
2 Hooks Wiltse 5
4 Mordecai Brown 4
4 2 others tied 4