On This Day

Sunday, August 11, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 58 37 .611 --
Athletics 58 38 .604 0.5
White Sox 61 42 .592 1.0
Naps 57 43 .570 3.5
Highlanders 45 52 .464 14.0
Americans 42 56 .429 17.5
Browns 40 57 .412 19.0
Senators 29 65 .309 28.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 75 28 .728 --
Pirates 58 39 .598 14.0
Giants 58 40 .592 14.5
Phillies 53 43 .552 18.5
Superbas 47 55 .461 27.5
Reds 45 57 .441 29.5
Doves 38 62 .380 35.5
Cardinals 28 78 .264 48.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sherry Magee 4
2 Emil Batch 3
2 Art Hoelskoetter 3
2 Tim Jordan 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Red Murray 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Ewing 2
1 Fred Odwell 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Del Howard 1
3 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Konetchy 2
1 Fred Tenney 2
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 Art Kruger 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Karger 999.00
2 Orval Overall 1.00
3 Lew Richie 0.80
4 Bob Ewing 0.56
5 Gus Dorner 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Stoney McGlynn 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Ewing 5
1 Orval Overall 5
3 Lew Richie 4
4 Stoney McGlynn 3
4 Harry McIntire 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .337
2 Ty Cobb .331
3 Honus Wagner .329
4 Sam Crawford .314
5 Freddy Parent .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 7
2 Harry Lumley 5
3 Roger Bresnahan 4
3 Red Murray 4
3 3 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 Wid Conroy 30
2 Johnny Evers 30
2 Tommy Leach 30
2 Sherry Magee 30

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 2.28

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 161
2 Ed Walsh 150
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 8 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .417
2 Simon Nicholls .415
3 Bunk Congalton .412
4 Ed Abbaticchio .405
4 Topsy Hartsel .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jiggs Donahue 13
2 Fred Clarke 12
3 Harry Davis 11
4 Ed Abbaticchio 10
4 Ty Cobb 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Kruger 6
1 Honus Wagner 6
3 Ginger Beaumont 5
3 Art Devlin 5
3 Danny Hoffman 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 1.00
1 Tully Sparks 1.00
3 Lew Moren 1.05
4 Ed Reulbach 1.13
5 Mordecai Brown 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 4
1 Ed Reulbach 4
1 Tully Sparks 4
1 George Winter 4
5 7 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 22
2 Cy Falkenberg 21
2 Orval Overall 21
4 Mordecai Brown 20
4 2 others tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Cy Young 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .376
2 Simon Nicholls .375
3 Harry Davis .364
4 Bunk Congalton .355
5 George Stone .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Red Murray 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Harry Davis 19
2 Jiggs Donahue 19
2 Honus Wagner 19
5 5 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Tommy Leach 10
3 Danny Hoffman 9
3 Heinie Wagner 9
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.71
2 Ed Reulbach 0.92
3 Tully Sparks 1.00
4 Mordecai Brown 1.21
5 Fred Smith 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 7
1 Ed Reulbach 7
3 Mordecai Brown 6
4 Bill Donovan 5
4 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 46
2 Ed Walsh 44
3 Ed Karger 39
4 Bob Ewing 37
5 Frank Smith 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .340
2 Elmer Flick .326
3 Ty Cobb .324
3 Nap Lajoie .324
5 Sam Crawford .321

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 48
4 Frank Chance 44
5 Elmer Flick 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.54
2 Ed Reulbach 1.78
3 Carl Lundgren 2.21
4 Ed Walsh 2.25
5 Orval Overall 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 27
2 Ed Walsh 26
3 Addie Joss 25
3 Joe McGinnity 25
5 3 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 232
3 Fred Beebe 186
4 Red Ames 181
5 Christy Mathewson 172

Saves

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