On This Day

Monday, August 19, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 63 41 .606 --
Tigers 61 42 .592 1.5
White Sox 65 46 .586 1.5
Naps 61 47 .565 4.0
Highlanders 49 56 .467 14.5
Americans 47 60 .439 17.5
Browns 45 60 .429 18.5
Senators 31 70 .307 30.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 79 30 .725 --
Giants 62 42 .596 14.5
Pirates 62 42 .596 14.5
Phillies 56 47 .544 20.0
Superbas 50 59 .459 29.0
Reds 47 61 .435 31.5
Doves 39 67 .368 38.5
Cardinals 33 80 .292 48.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jiggs Donahue 4
1 Bill Hinchman 4
3 Dave Brain 3
3 Bunk Congalton 3
3 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Red Downs 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Hinchman 5
2 Socks Seybold 3
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 Jimmy Collins 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 1
1 Jack Barnett 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 Jiggs Donahue 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dummy Taylor 0.75
2 Carl Lundgren 0.42
3 Bob Ewing 0.40
3 Doc White 0.40
5 Cy Young 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dummy Taylor 6
2 Carl Lundgren 5
3 Frank Corridon 4
3 Bob Ewing 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Mike Lynch 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .342
2 Honus Wagner .336
3 Ty Cobb .333
4 Harry Niles .324
5 Simon Nicholls .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 7
2 Harry Lumley 5
2 Honus Wagner 5
4 Dave Brain 4
4 5 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 78
2 Socks Seybold 65
3 Harry Davis 64
3 Sherry Magee 64
5 Honus Wagner 55

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 44
2 Wid Conroy 32
2 Elmer Flick 32
4 Johnny Evers 31
4 Tommy Leach 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.61
2 Carl Lundgren 1.77
3 Ed Reulbach 2.01
4 Orval Overall 2.26
5 Ed Walsh 2.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 19
1 Addie Joss 19
1 Ed Walsh 19
4 Eddie Plank 18
4 2 others tied 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 170
2 Ed Walsh 159
3 Fred Beebe 136
4 Christy Mathewson 129
5 Eddie Plank 124

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .400
2 Socks Seybold .396
3 Tom Jones .395
4 George Stone .392
5 Jimmy Williams .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
3 Harry Davis 1
3 Red Downs 1
3 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 15
2 Ty Cobb 13
3 Harry Davis 12
4 Danny Murphy 10
5 4 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davy Jones 6
1 George Moriarty 6
3 Ginger Beaumont 5
3 Elmer Flick 5
3 Honus Wagner 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Karger 0.79
2 Orval Overall 1.00
2 Barney Pelty 1.00
4 Jack Pfiester 1.14
5 Chief Bender 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Karger 4
1 Stoney McGlynn 4
1 Tully Sparks 4
1 Doc White 4
5 9 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 26
2 Ed Walsh 22
3 Christy Mathewson 21
4 Chief Bender 19
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .398
2 Dave Brain .386
3 Bunk Congalton .372
4 Fred Clarke .371
5 Elmer Flick .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Tommy Leach 3
3 Dave Brain 2
3 Harry Lumley 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Harry Davis 22
3 Socks Seybold 21
4 Honus Wagner 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Tommy Leach 9
2 Heinie Wagner 9
4 Otis Clymer 8
4 5 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.72
2 Chief Bender 0.96
3 Tully Sparks 1.21
4 Orval Overall 1.53
5 Mordecai Brown 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 6
1 Ed Reulbach 6
1 Tully Sparks 6
1 George Winter 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 43
2 Bob Ewing 40
3 Ed Karger 39
4 Christy Mathewson 38
4 Ed Walsh 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .340
2 Elmer Flick .339
3 Nap Lajoie .327
4 Ty Cobb .326
5 Sam Crawford .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 9
2 Harry Lumley 7
2 Sammy Strang 7
4 Dave Brain 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 92
2 Harry Davis 82
3 Sherry Magee 78
4 Socks Seybold 75
5 Cy Seymour 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Sherry Magee 50
3 Johnny Evers 47
4 Elmer Flick 45
5 Frank Chance 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.64
2 Ed Reulbach 1.85
3 Carl Lundgren 1.87
4 Orval Overall 2.34
5 Jack Pfiester 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 25
1 Addie Joss 25
3 Christy Mathewson 24
3 Orval Overall 24
3 Ed Walsh 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 240
2 Rube Waddell 234
3 Fred Beebe 183
4 Christy Mathewson 181
5 Red Ames 178

Saves

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