On This Day

Sunday, September 1, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 70 45 .609 --
Athletics 69 46 .600 1.0
White Sox 71 49 .592 1.5
Naps 69 49 .585 2.5
Highlanders 54 62 .466 16.5
Americans 52 69 .430 21.0
Browns 47 69 .405 23.5
Senators 35 78 .310 34.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 89 33 .730 --
Giants 69 48 .590 17.5
Pirates 70 49 .588 17.5
Phillies 65 51 .560 21.0
Superbas 55 65 .458 33.0
Reds 50 70 .417 38.0
Doves 43 75 .364 44.0
Cardinals 36 86 .295 53.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 John Kane 3
1 Stoney McGlynn 3
1 Joe Nealon 3
4 Goat Anderson 2
4 15 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Alan Storke 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Bill Coughlin 1
2 Patsy Dougherty 1
2 6 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Abbaticchio 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 George Davis 1
1 Jiggs Donahue 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc White 2.67
2 Jake Weimer 1.00
3 Ed Reulbach 0.62
4 Sam Leever 0.50
5 Barney Pelty 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 Stoney McGlynn 1
1 Doc White 1
1 Vic Willis 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Reulbach 8
1 Doc White 8
3 Glenn Liebhardt 5
3 Jake Weimer 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .349
2 Ty Cobb .338
3 Elmer Flick .337
4 Harry Niles .312
5 Sherry Magee .311

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
3 Honus Wagner 67
5 Harry Davis 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 Jack Pfiester 2.25
4 Orval Overall 2.31
5 Ed Walsh 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 21
1 Ed Walsh 21
3 Christy Mathewson 20
3 Frank Smith 20
3 Doc White 20

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 .453
2 Honus Wagner .452
3 Bobby Byrne .439
4 John Titus .412
5 Mike Mitchell .382

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 13
2 Ed Abbaticchio 12
2 Nap Lajoie 12
2 Honus Wagner 12
5 Claude Rossman 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 7
2 Art Devlin 6
2 Harry Lumley 6
4 Ed Abbaticchio 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.73
2 Bob Rhoads 1.03
3 Doc White 1.04
4 Jack Pfiester 1.08
5 Cy Falkenberg 1.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Frank Corridon 3
1 Bill Donovan 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 29
2 Chief Bender 21
3 Bill Donovan 18
3 Bob Ewing 18
3 2 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 .422
2 Ty Cobb .381
3 George Stone .360
4 Ginger Beaumont .351
5 Mike Mitchell .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 6
2 John Ganzel 2
2 John Hummel 2
2 John Kane 2
2 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Honus Wagner 21
3 Nap Lajoie 19
4 Claude Rossman 18
4 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 1.11
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 Orval Overall 6
2 Jack Pfiester 6
2 Doc White 6
5 9 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 49
2 Ed Walsh 44
3 Chief Bender 43
4 Jimmy Dygert 40
5 Christy Mathewson 37

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 .346
2 Elmer Flick .341
3 Ty Cobb .331
4 Nap Lajoie .324
5 George Stone .320

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 53
2 Sherry Magee 47
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 2.21
4 Jack Pfiester 2.27
5 Orval Overall 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 27
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Orval Overall 24
3 Ed Walsh 24
3 Doc White 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 242
2 Ed Walsh 239
3 Christy Mathewson 188
4 Fred Beebe 171
5 Bob Ewing 170

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