On This Day

Friday, August 9, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 58 36 .617 --
Athletics 57 38 .600 1.5
White Sox 61 41 .598 1.0
Naps 56 43 .566 4.5
Highlanders 45 51 .469 14.0
Americans 41 56 .423 18.5
Browns 39 57 .406 20.0
Senators 29 64 .312 28.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 73 27 .730 --
Pirates 58 38 .604 13.0
Giants 57 40 .588 14.5
Phillies 52 41 .559 17.5
Superbas 45 54 .455 27.5
Reds 44 55 .444 28.5
Doves 38 59 .392 33.5
Cardinals 25 78 .243 49.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bunk Congalton 3
1 Frank Corridon 3
1 Frank Isbell 3
1 Jimmy Slagle 3
1 Denny Sullivan 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jiggs Donahue 3
2 Frank Corridon 2
2 Hobe Ferris 2
2 Art Hoelskoetter 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Abbaticchio 1
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Buck Hopkins 1
1 Fred Jacklitsch 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Corridon 0.43
2 Ralph Glaze 0.40
2 Carl Lundgren 0.40
4 Fred Beebe 0.29
5 Nick Altrock 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Ralph Glaze 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Lundgren 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Frank Corridon 3
4 Fred Beebe 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cy Young 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .336
2 Ty Cobb .334
3 Honus Wagner .331
4 Sam Crawford .317
5 Freddy Parent .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 7
2 Harry Lumley 5
3 Roger Bresnahan 4
3 Socks Seybold 4
3 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 71
2 Sherry Magee 62
3 Harry Davis 58
4 Socks Seybold 56
5 Honus Wagner 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 40
2 Tommy Leach 30
2 Sherry Magee 30
4 Johnny Evers 29
5 2 tied 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.50
2 Carl Lundgren 1.75
3 Ed Reulbach 2.01
4 Ed Walsh 2.23
5 Jim Pastorius 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 19
2 Addie Joss 18
2 Frank Smith 18
2 Ed Walsh 18
5 Eddie Plank 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 161
2 Ed Walsh 149
3 Fred Beebe 136
4 Eddie Plank 118
5 Christy Mathewson 113

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Ed Walsh 3
5 7 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Simon Nicholls .435
2 Harry Davis .400
3 Ty Cobb .396
4 Bunk Congalton .393
5 George Moriarty .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
3 Johnny Bates 1
3 Roger Bresnahan 1
3 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Clarke 12
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Jiggs Donahue 12
1 George Rohe 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 9
2 Heinie Wagner 7
3 Otis Clymer 6
4 Solly Hofman 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tully Sparks 0.67
2 Ed Reulbach 0.88
3 Mordecai Brown 1.21
4 Fred Smith 1.29
5 Chief Bender 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Reulbach 5
2 Eddie Plank 4
2 George Winter 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 23
1 Ed Walsh 23
3 Mordecai Brown 20
3 Jimmy Dygert 20
3 2 others tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Vic Willis 1
1 Cy Young 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .383
2 Simon Nicholls .370
3 Harry Davis .355
4 George Moriarty .345
5 Charlie Hemphill .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
2 Honus Wagner 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 23
2 Harry Davis 21
3 Socks Seybold 20
4 Honus Wagner 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Tommy Leach 10
2 Terry Turner 10
4 Heinie Wagner 9
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tully Sparks 0.75
2 Chief Bender 0.83
3 Mordecai Brown 1.19
4 Ed Reulbach 1.56
5 Harry McIntire 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Reulbach 7
2 Chief Bender 6
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Bill Donovan 6
2 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 55
2 Ed Walsh 50
3 Frank Smith 40
4 Ed Karger 37
5 Glenn Liebhardt 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 George Bell 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Lou Fiene 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .339
2 Ty Cobb .327
3 Elmer Flick .325
4 Nap Lajoie .323
5 Sam Crawford .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 9
2 Tim Jordan 7
2 Harry Lumley 7
2 Cy Seymour 7
2 Sammy Strang 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 85
2 Harry Davis 80
3 Sherry Magee 77
3 Cy Seymour 77
5 Socks Seybold 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Sherry Magee 51
3 Johnny Evers 49
4 Frank Chance 44
5 Elmer Flick 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.49
2 Ed Reulbach 1.78
3 Carl Lundgren 2.21
4 Ed Walsh 2.23
5 Jack Pfiester 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 28
2 Ed Walsh 27
3 Christy Mathewson 25
3 Joe McGinnity 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 252
2 Rube Waddell 234
3 Fred Beebe 196
4 Red Ames 177
5 Christy Mathewson 176

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Hooks Wiltse 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 4 others tied 3