On This Day

Friday, July 19, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 52 29 .642 --
Naps 47 33 .588 4.5
Tigers 45 32 .584 5.0
Athletics 45 33 .577 5.5
Highlanders 37 41 .474 13.5
Browns 33 47 .413 18.5
Americans 29 48 .377 21.0
Senators 25 50 .333 24.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 61 20 .753 --
Giants 47 30 .610 12.0
Pirates 47 31 .603 12.5
Phillies 43 34 .558 16.0
Superbas 37 45 .451 24.5
Doves 33 44 .429 26.0
Reds 32 48 .400 28.5
Cardinals 19 67 .221 44.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Honus Wagner 4
2 Ernie Courtney 3
2 Bill Hinchman 3
2 Phil Lewis 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mordecai Brown 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Bill Donovan 2
2 Johnny Kling 2
2 Phil Lewis 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 1
1 Bill Bradley 1
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lew Moren 1.25
2 Bill Donovan 0.50
2 Lefty Leifield 0.50
4 Fred Beebe 0.46
5 Glenn Liebhardt 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 6
2 Lefty Leifield 5
2 Glenn Liebhardt 5
2 Lew Moren 5
5 Roy Hitt 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .333
3 Sherry Magee .328
4 Ty Cobb .327
5 Honus Wagner .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 4
2 Ginger Beaumont 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 3
2 George Browne 3
2 10 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 53
2 Sherry Magee 50
3 Socks Seybold 44
4 Cy Seymour 43
5 Harry Davis 42

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 31
2 Sherry Magee 27
3 Wid Conroy 26
4 Johnny Evers 25
4 Elmer Flick 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.44
2 Mordecai Brown 1.60
3 Jim Pastorius 2.13
4 Glenn Liebhardt 2.16
5 Ed Walsh 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 16
2 Addie Joss 15
2 Frank Smith 15
2 Ed Walsh 15
5 4 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 127
2 Ed Walsh 121
3 Fred Beebe 117
4 Eddie Plank 96
5 George Mullin 93

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Ed Walsh 3
4 Nick Altrock 2
4 6 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Claude Rossman .420
2 Tim Jordan .415
3 Frank Bowerman .395
4 Tom Jones .386
5 Harry Niles .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Devlin 11
2 Tim Jordan 10
2 Claude Rossman 10
2 Socks Seybold 10
5 4 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Claude Rossman 6
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Wid Conroy 5
2 Jiggs Donahue 5
2 6 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 0.00
1 Ed Siever 0.00
3 Mordecai Brown 0.90
4 Chief Bender 1.00
4 2 others tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 4
1 Bill Donovan 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Gus Dorner 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 27
2 Red Ames 21
2 Frank Smith 21
2 Rube Waddell 21
5 Nap Rucker 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Lou Fiene 1
2 Joe McGinnity 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .373
2 Claude Ritchey .372
3 Kid Elberfeld .369
4 Ty Cobb .368
5 Elmer Flick .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Browne 3
1 Wid Conroy 3
3 Hobe Ferris 2
3 Art Hoelskoetter 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Hal Chase 19
2 Harry Lumley 19
2 Jimmy Williams 19
5 Claude Rossman 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 11
1 Wid Conroy 11
1 Honus Wagner 11
4 Ty Cobb 10
5 2 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.99
2 Hooks Wiltse 1.20
3 Carl Lundgren 1.23
4 Eddie Plank 1.42
5 Orval Overall 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 7
1 Doc White 7
3 Bill Donovan 6
3 Frank Smith 6
3 Ed Walsh 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 53
2 Rube Waddell 44
3 Eddie Plank 39
4 Tom Hughes 38
4 Frank Smith 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Red Ames 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .331
2 Nap Lajoie .329
3 Honus Wagner .325
4 Ty Cobb .321
5 Sam Crawford .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 8
2 Cy Seymour 7
2 Sammy Strang 7
4 Harry Lumley 6
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 80
2 Art Devlin 73
3 Harry Lumley 72
4 Harry Davis 69
4 Sherry Magee 69

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 55
2 Honus Wagner 52
3 Frank Chance 51
4 Johnny Evers 50
5 Dave Altizer 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.57
2 Glenn Liebhardt 2.14
3 Ed Walsh 2.19
4 Carl Lundgren 2.20
5 Jack Pfiester 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 28
1 Ed Walsh 28
3 Joe McGinnity 25
3 Al Orth 25
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 240
2 Fred Beebe 206
3 Rube Waddell 203
4 Red Ames 184
5 Christy Mathewson 166

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
3 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Cecil Ferguson 4
3 Tom Hughes 4