On This Day

Saturday, August 31, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	70	44	.614	--
Athletics	69	46	.600	1.5
White Sox	70	49	.588	2.5
Naps	68	49	.581	3.5
Highlanders	54	62	.466	17.0
Americans	52	69	.430	21.5
Browns	47	68	.409	23.5
Senators	35	78	.310	34.5

Games

White Sox 2, Naps 2

Tigers 5, Browns 0

Athletics 3, Highlanders 0

Senators 1, Americans 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	89	32	.736	--
Giants	69	48	.590	18.0
Pirates	69	49	.585	18.5
Phillies	65	51	.560	21.5
Superbas	55	65	.458	33.5
Reds	50	69	.420	38.0
Doves	43	75	.364	44.5
Cardinals	35	86	.289	54.0

Games

Giants 3, Doves 2

Giants 9, Doves 6

Cubs 2, Reds 1

Phillies 5, Superbas 1

Superbas 7, Phillies 3

Pirates 5, Cardinals 4

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Ginger Beaumont	5
2	Sam Brown	4
3	Shad Barry	3
3	George Browne	3
3	9 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Lumley	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Whitey Alpermann	3
1	Art Devlin	3
1	Harry Lumley	3
1	Dan McGann	3
5	6 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Pat Moran	2
1	Honus Wagner	2
3	Ed Abbaticchio	1
3	Goat Anderson	1
3	15 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Hank Gehring	2.50
2	Chief Bender	1.25
3	Rube Kroh	1.00
4	Bob Ewing	0.67
5	2 tied	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Frank Corridon	1
1	Bill Duggleby	1
1	Hank Gehring	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	5
1	Hank Gehring	5
1	Christy Mathewson	5
4	Frank Corridon	4
4	4 others tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.348
2	Ty Cobb	.340
3	Elmer Flick	.337
4	Harry Niles	.313
5	Sam Crawford	.312

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	8
2	Harry Davis	7
2	Harry Lumley	7
4	Honus Wagner	6
5	Red Murray	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	87
2	Sherry Magee	70
3	Socks Seybold	67
4	Harry Davis	66
4	Honus Wagner	66

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	48
2	Johnny Evers	35
3	Sherry Magee	34
4	Wid Conroy	33
4	Elmer Flick	33

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.59
2	Carl Lundgren	1.60
3	Ed Reulbach	2.01
4	Jack Pfiester	2.25
5	Orval Overall	2.31

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	21
1	Ed Walsh	21
3	Christy Mathewson	20
3	Frank Smith	20
5	6 tied	19

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	198
2	Ed Walsh	175
3	Christy Mathewson	141
4	Fred Beebe	140
5	Eddie Plank	132

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	4
1	Ed Walsh	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Bobby Keefe	3
3	2 others tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Frank Schulte	.473
2	Honus Wagner	.467
3	Ty Cobb	.415
4	John Titus	.414
5	Bobby Byrne	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	5
2	John Kane	2
2	Harry Lumley	2
2	Honus Wagner	2
2	Heinie Wagner	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	14
1	Nap Lajoie	14
3	Ed Abbaticchio	11
3	Honus Wagner	11
5	2 tied	10

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Moriarty	7
2	Art Devlin	6
2	Davy Jones	6
2	Harry Lumley	6
2	Honus Wagner	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Carl Lundgren	0.73
2	Bob Rhoads	0.82
2	Doc White	0.82
4	Jack Pfiester	0.93
5	Cy Falkenberg	1.55

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jack Pfiester	4
1	Tully Sparks	4
3	Howie Camnitz	3
3	Jack Chesbro	3
3	9 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	29
2	Christy Mathewson	22
3	Chief Bender	21
4	Bill Donovan	18
4	3 others tied	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Corridon	2
2	Chief Bender	1
2	Harry Howell	1
2	Elijah Jones	1
2	6 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.426
2	Ty Cobb	.398
3	George Stone	.350
4	Bobby Byrne	.348
5	Frank Schulte	.348

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	6
2	Harry Davis	2
2	John Ganzel	2
2	John Hummel	2
2	7 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	25
2	Honus Wagner	20
3	Nap Lajoie	19
3	Claude Rossman	19
5	Socks Seybold	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Moriarty	12
2	Honus Wagner	11
3	Davy Jones	10
3	Harry Lumley	10
5	Art Devlin	9

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jack Pfiester	1.25
2	Mordecai Brown	1.25
3	Carl Lundgren	1.34
4	Frank Corridon	1.50
5	Chief Bender	1.76

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Tully Sparks	8
2	Jack Pfiester	7
3	Bill Donovan	6
3	Orval Overall	6
5	9 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	49
2	Ed Walsh	44
3	Chief Bender	43
4	Frank Smith	41
5	Jimmy Dygert	40

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Corridon	2
2	George Bell	1
2	Chief Bender	1
2	Mordecai Brown	1
2	12 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.347
2	Elmer Flick	.345
3	Ty Cobb	.333
4	Nap Lajoie	.327
5	George Stone	.321

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	10
2	Harry Davis	9
3	Tim Jordan	7
3	Harry Lumley	7
3	Sammy Strang	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	101
2	Harry Davis	81
3	Sherry Magee	80
4	Cy Seymour	73
5	Socks Seybold	72

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	55
2	Sherry Magee	51
3	Johnny Evers	46
4	Elmer Flick	43
4	Billy Maloney	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Carl Lundgren	1.65
2	Mordecai Brown	1.69
3	Ed Reulbach	1.98
4	Jack Pfiester	2.27
5	Orval Overall	2.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	27
2	Christy Mathewson	26
3	Orval Overall	25
4	Ed Walsh	24
5	3 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	246
2	Ed Walsh	239
3	Christy Mathewson	188
4	Red Ames	174
5	Fred Beebe	171

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	6
2	Tom Hughes	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Mordecai Brown	3
3	3 others tied	3