On This Day

Thursday, August 15, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 61 39 .610 --
Tigers 59 40 .596 1.5
White Sox 63 44 .589 1.5
Naps 59 45 .567 4.0
Highlanders 47 54 .465 14.5
Americans 44 58 .431 18.0
Browns 43 57 .430 18.0
Senators 29 68 .299 30.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 77 29 .726 --
Giants 61 41 .598 14.0
Pirates 60 41 .594 14.5
Phillies 54 45 .545 19.5
Superbas 48 57 .457 28.5
Reds 46 59 .438 30.5
Doves 38 65 .369 37.5
Cardinals 31 78 .284 47.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Bowerman 3
1 Dave Brain 3
1 Fred Clarke 3
1 Mike Mitchell 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Evers 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Goat Anderson 2
1 Frank Bowerman 2
1 Kid Elberfeld 2
1 Bill Hallman 2
1 Honus Wagner 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Coughlin 2
1 Bill Hallman 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
4 Frank Chance 1
4 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 1.50
2 Deacon Phillippe 1.40
3 Ed Karger 0.88
4 Chief Bender 0.78
5 Patsy Flaherty 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Doc Newton 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 7
1 Ed Karger 7
1 Deacon Phillippe 7
4 Jack Pfiester 6
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .335
2 Elmer Flick .331
3 Honus Wagner .327
4 Simon Nicholls .321
5 Sam Crawford .313

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Sherry Magee 63
3 Harry Davis 61
4 Socks Seybold 60
5 Honus Wagner 55

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 42
2 Wid Conroy 32
3 Johnny Evers 30
3 Tommy Leach 30
3 Sherry Magee 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.58
2 Carl Lundgren 1.75
3 Ed Reulbach 2.01
4 Ed Walsh 2.29
5 Orval Overall 2.37

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 169
2 Ed Walsh 153
3 Fred Beebe 136
4 Eddie Plank 122
5 Christy Mathewson 119

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Tex Pruiett 3
2 Ed Walsh 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .418
2 Jimmy Slagle .395
3 Bunk Congalton .389
4 George Stone .388
5 Joe Nealon .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
3 Johnny Bates 1
3 Bunk Congalton 1
3 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jiggs Donahue 15
2 Harry Davis 12
3 Ty Cobb 11
3 Socks Seybold 11
5 Frank Isbell 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ginger Beaumont 6
1 Danny Hoffman 6
1 Sammy Strang 6
4 Wid Conroy 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.43
2 Nap Rucker 1.00
3 Frank Corridon 1.03
4 Mordecai Brown 1.07
5 2 tied 1.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 4
1 Tully Sparks 4
1 George Winter 4
4 Bill Donovan 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 27
2 Chief Bender 22
2 Ed Walsh 22
4 Jimmy Dygert 20
4 2 others tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bunk Congalton .387
2 Honus Wagner .381
3 Dave Brain .374
4 Simon Nicholls .360
5 Harry Davis .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 21
1 Harry Davis 21
3 Fred Clarke 19
3 Jiggs Donahue 19
3 Honus Wagner 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 12
2 Danny Hoffman 10
3 Tommy Leach 9
3 Heinie Wagner 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.86
2 Ed Reulbach 0.92
3 Tully Sparks 1.20
4 Orval Overall 1.53
5 George Winter 1.68

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 7
1 Ed Reulbach 7
3 Eddie Plank 6
3 George Winter 6
5 9 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 50
2 Ed Karger 42
3 Ed Walsh 40
4 Bob Ewing 36
5 Frank Smith 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .340
2 Ty Cobb .328
3 Elmer Flick .324
4 Sam Crawford .323
5 Nap Lajoie .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 9
2 Tim Jordan 7
2 Harry Lumley 7
2 Sammy Strang 7
5 Cy Seymour 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 87
2 Harry Davis 82
3 Sherry Magee 78
4 Cy Seymour 74
5 Socks Seybold 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 58
2 Sherry Magee 51
3 Johnny Evers 46
4 Frank Chance 44
5 2 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.60
2 Ed Reulbach 1.81
3 Carl Lundgren 2.21
4 Ed Walsh 2.35
5 Jack Pfiester 2.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 27
2 Addie Joss 25
2 Ed Walsh 25
4 Christy Mathewson 24
4 Joe McGinnity 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 243
2 Rube Waddell 236
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 4 others tied 3