On This Day

Monday, July 29, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 54 35 .607 --
Naps 53 36 .596 1.0
Tigers 50 34 .595 1.5
Athletics 49 36 .576 3.0
Highlanders 41 45 .477 11.5
Browns 36 51 .414 17.0
Americans 34 52 .395 18.5
Senators 27 55 .329 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 65 24 .730 --
Pirates 52 33 .612 11.0
Giants 51 34 .600 12.0
Phillies 46 37 .554 16.0
Superbas 41 49 .456 24.5
Doves 37 48 .435 26.0
Reds 36 52 .409 28.5
Cardinals 21 72 .226 46.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bemis 4
2 Art Kruger 3
2 Tommy Sheehan 3
4 Shad Barry 2
4 12 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Brain 2
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Claude Ritchey 2
4 Harry Bemis 1
4 12 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Mickey Doolin 1
1 Art Kruger 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mordecai Brown 5.00
2 Bob Ewing 0.86
3 Tully Sparks 0.50
4 Christy Mathewson 0.40
5 George Winter 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Vive Lindaman 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Tully Sparks 1
1 George Winter 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 10
2 Bob Ewing 6
3 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Tully Sparks 4
3 George Winter 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .333
3 Honus Wagner .321
4 Ty Cobb .319
5 Sherry Magee .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 5
1 Harry Lumley 5
3 Sammy Strang 4
3 Honus Wagner 4
5 11 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 61
2 Sherry Magee 54
3 Socks Seybold 48
4 Harry Davis 47
4 Cy Seymour 47

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 34
2 Sherry Magee 29
3 Wid Conroy 27
3 Johnny Evers 27
3 Elmer Flick 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Carl Lundgren 1.67
3 Jim Pastorius 2.16
4 Ed Walsh 2.26
5 Ed Reulbach 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 17
1 Addie Joss 17
3 Ed Walsh 16
4 Christy Mathewson 15
4 Frank Smith 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 149
2 Ed Walsh 128
3 Fred Beebe 121
4 Christy Mathewson 104
5 George Mullin 103

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 .395
2 Tim Jordan .378
3 Dave Brain .373
4 Denny Sullivan .373
5 Frank Schulte .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Harry Lumley 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Roger Bresnahan 1
3 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 11
1 George Stone 11
3 Ty Cobb 9
3 Claude Rossman 9
3 3 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 6
1 Heinie Wagner 6
3 John Anderson 5
3 Ty Cobb 5
3 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.00
1 Orval Overall 0.00
3 Ed Reulbach 0.67
4 Harry McIntire 0.70
5 Elmer Stricklett 0.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Andy Coakley 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 30
2 Bob Ewing 24
3 Ed Karger 22
4 Mordecai Brown 19
5 Doc Scanlan 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Fred Smith 1
1 Vic Willis 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tim Jordan .410
2 Hal Chase .368
3 Sam Crawford .367
4 Dave Brain .360
5 Elmer Flick .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 3
2 Nig Clarke 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Hobe Ferris 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Hal Chase 20
3 Honus Wagner 19
4 Sam Crawford 18
4 Claude Rossman 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 12
2 Honus Wagner 11
3 Bobby Byrne 10
3 Terry Turner 10
5 4 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 0.40
2 Mordecai Brown 1.21
3 Chief Bender 1.49
4 Orval Overall 1.67
5 Harry McIntire 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Bill Donovan 6
2 Deacon Phillippe 6
2 Ed Walsh 6
5 8 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 60
2 Ed Walsh 45
3 Bob Ewing 38
4 Ed Karger 37
5 Mordecai Brown 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Bill Dinneen 1
3 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .331
2 Honus Wagner .330
3 Sam Crawford .327
4 Nap Lajoie .325
5 Ty Cobb .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 7
1 Harry Lumley 7
1 Cy Seymour 7
1 Sammy Strang 7
5 Tim Jordan 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 80
2 Ty Cobb 75
3 Harry Davis 73
4 Art Devlin 71
5 2 tied 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 53
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Johnny Evers 48
4 Frank Chance 47
5 Dave Altizer 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.52
2 Ed Reulbach 1.85
3 Carl Lundgren 2.15
4 Ed Walsh 2.16
5 Doc White 2.35

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 243
2 Rube Waddell 225
3 Fred Beebe 190
4 Red Ames 182
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