On This Day

Tuesday, July 23, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 53 31 .631 --
Naps 50 33 .602 2.5
Tigers 47 32 .595 3.5
Athletics 45 35 .563 6.0
Highlanders 39 42 .481 12.5
Browns 34 49 .410 18.5
Americans 31 49 .388 20.0
Senators 25 53 .321 25.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 62 22 .738 --
Giants 49 31 .613 11.0
Pirates 49 32 .605 11.5
Phillies 45 34 .570 14.5
Superbas 39 46 .459 23.5
Doves 34 46 .425 26.0
Reds 33 50 .398 28.5
Cardinals 19 69 .216 45.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Bates 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Phil Lewis 2
1 Fred Odwell 2
1 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bergen 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 Dave Brain 1
3 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Elmer Flick 2
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Doc Casey 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Clarkson 0.67
2 Mordecai Brown 0.62
3 Red Ames 0.44
4 Jake Weimer 0.33
5 Vic Willis 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Walter Clarkson 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Harry McIntire 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Red Ames 4
2 Walter Clarkson 4
4 Jake Weimer 3
5 Vic Willis 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .334
3 Ty Cobb .325
4 Sherry Magee .324
5 Honus Wagner .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 4
1 Honus Wagner 4
3 Ginger Beaumont 3
3 Roger Bresnahan 3
3 10 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 56
2 Sherry Magee 51
3 Harry Davis 45
3 Socks Seybold 45
5 Cy Seymour 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 31
2 Sherry Magee 29
3 Elmer Flick 27
4 Wid Conroy 26
5 2 tied 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.41
2 Mordecai Brown 1.56
3 Jim Pastorius 2.13
4 Glenn Liebhardt 2.15
5 Addie Joss 2.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 16
1 Addie Joss 16
3 Frank Smith 15
3 Ed Walsh 15
5 Doc White 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 139
2 Ed Walsh 124
3 Fred Beebe 117
4 Christy Mathewson 98
4 2 others tied 98

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 Art Kruger .405
2 Hal Chase .385
3 Phil Lewis .383
4 Dave Brain .377
5 Charlie Hemphill .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 George Browne 1
2 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Art Devlin 10
1 Claude Rossman 10
1 John Titus 10
4 Ty Cobb 9
4 Socks Seybold 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 6
1 Patsy Dougherty 6
1 Sherry Magee 6
1 Terry Turner 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.50
1 Elmer Stricklett 0.50
3 Carl Lundgren 0.51
4 Nap Rucker 0.86
5 Mordecai Brown 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 4
2 Buster Brown 3
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 33
2 Ed Walsh 25
3 Glenn Liebhardt 21
4 Frank Smith 20
5 4 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Lou Fiene 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Fred Smith 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .400
2 George Stone .378
3 Tim Jordan .371
4 Ty Cobb .371
5 Sam Crawford .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wid Conroy 3
2 Nig Clarke 2
2 Hobe Ferris 2
2 Art Hoelskoetter 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Hal Chase 20
3 Claude Rossman 19
4 Sam Crawford 18
5 Jimmy Williams 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
1 Patsy Dougherty 10
3 Bobby Byrne 9
3 Fred Clarke 9
3 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 1.00
2 Christy Mathewson 1.08
3 Mordecai Brown 1.12
4 Hooks Wiltse 1.47
5 Carl Lundgren 1.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Chief Bender 5
3 Bill Donovan 5
3 8 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 55
2 Ed Walsh 49
3 Tom Hughes 37
4 Red Ames 34
4 2 others tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Red Ames 1
3 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .332
2 Honus Wagner .326
3 Nap Lajoie .326
4 Ty Cobb .319
5 George Stone .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 8
2 Cy Seymour 7
2 Sammy Strang 7
4 Ginger Beaumont 5
4 6 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 79
2 Harry Davis 72
2 Harry Lumley 72
4 Art Devlin 71
5 2 tied 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 53
2 Honus Wagner 50
3 Frank Chance 49
4 Johnny Evers 48
5 Dave Altizer 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.40
2 Glenn Liebhardt 2.13
3 Carl Lundgren 2.14
4 Ed Reulbach 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 28
2 Ed Walsh 27
3 Al Orth 26
4 Christy Mathewson 25
5 Joe McGinnity 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 239
2 Rube Waddell 215
3 Fred Beebe 193
4 Red Ames 187
5 Christy Mathewson 171

Saves

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