On This Day

Tuesday, July 30, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 55 36 .604 --
Tigers 51 34 .600 1.0
Naps 53 37 .589 1.5
Athletics 50 36 .581 2.5
Highlanders 41 46 .471 12.0
Browns 36 52 .409 17.5
Americans 35 52 .402 18.0
Senators 28 56 .333 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 66 24 .733 --
Pirates 53 33 .616 11.0
Giants 52 34 .605 12.0
Phillies 46 38 .548 17.0
Superbas 41 50 .451 25.5
Doves 37 49 .430 27.0
Reds 37 52 .416 28.5
Cardinals 21 73 .223 47.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
1 Ed Hahn 4
1 George Rohe 4
4 Whitey Alpermann 3
4 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Abbaticchio 4
2 John Anderson 3
2 Frank Chance 3
2 George Rohe 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Kruger 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Joe Birmingham 1
2 19 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 1.75
2 Orval Overall 1.17
3 Doc White 0.54
4 Ed Killian 0.50
5 Roy Patterson 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Cy Falkenberg 1
1 Roy Hitt 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 7
1 Orval Overall 7
1 Doc White 7
1 Cy Young 7
5 Ed Killian 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .330
3 Ty Cobb .326
4 Honus Wagner .319
5 Sherry Magee .314

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 62
2 Sherry Magee 54
3 Harry Davis 48
3 Socks Seybold 48
5 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 Cy Young 2.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 17
1 Addie Joss 17
3 Ed Walsh 16
4 Ed Killian 15
4 3 others tied 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 .425
2 Tim Jordan .400
3 Frank Schulte .395
4 Dave Brain .393
5 Honus Wagner .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Harry Lumley 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Roger Bresnahan 1
3 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 11
1 Hal Chase 11
3 Ed Abbaticchio 10
3 Ty Cobb 10
3 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jiggs Donahue 6
1 Heinie Wagner 6
3 John Anderson 5
3 Bobby Byrne 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.33
2 Harry McIntire 0.70
3 Elmer Stricklett 0.98
4 Lefty Leifield 1.13
5 Ed Reulbach 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Reulbach 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Andy Coakley 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 30
2 Ed Karger 22
3 Mordecai Brown 19
3 Bob Ewing 19
5 Glenn Liebhardt 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
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 Otis Clymer .426
2 Tim Jordan .404
3 Elmer Flick .370
4 Dave Brain .365
5 Hal Chase .364

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 26
2 Hal Chase 20
3 Honus Wagner 19
4 Frank Chance 17
5 5 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 Bobby Byrne 10
2 Jiggs Donahue 10
2 Patsy Dougherty 10
2 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 0.40
2 Mordecai Brown 1.21
3 Chief Bender 1.41
4 Harry McIntire 1.67
5 Christy Mathewson 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Chief Bender 6
2 Bill Donovan 6
2 Ed Killian 6
2 Deacon Phillippe 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 48
2 Ed Walsh 42
3 Bob Ewing 38
4 Ed Karger 37
4 Orval Overall 37

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 .329
3 Sam Crawford .325
4 Nap Lajoie .325
5 Ty Cobb .320

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 80
2 Ty Cobb 76
3 Harry Davis 74
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 1.92
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 Carl Lundgren 2.15
5 Orval Overall 2.47

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 241
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