On This Day

Friday, September 6, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 75 48 .610 --
Tigers 73 48 .603 1.0
White Sox 73 52 .584 3.0
Naps 72 52 .581 3.5
Highlanders 56 67 .455 19.0
Americans 56 70 .444 20.5
Browns 50 71 .413 24.0
Senators 36 83 .303 37.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 91 37 .711 --
Pirates 75 50 .600 14.5
Giants 73 51 .589 16.0
Phillies 66 54 .550 21.0
Superbas 57 68 .456 32.5
Reds 51 75 .405 39.0
Doves 45 75 .375 42.0
Cardinals 40 88 .313 51.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Altizer 5
2 Bunk Congalton 4
2 Bob Ganley 4
2 Freddy Parent 4
2 Bob Unglaub 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 Socks Seybold 1
1 John Titus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 5
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Bob Unglaub 3
2 Jack Warner 3
5 13 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Bob Ganley 2
1 Ed Konetchy 2
5 14 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Donovan 0.75
2 Jimmy Dygert 0.67
3 Al Orth 0.56
4 Cy Falkenberg 0.50
4 Eddie Plank 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Ralph Glaze 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 6
2 Al Orth 5
3 Jake Boultes 4
3 Jimmy Dygert 4
3 5 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .352
2 Ty Cobb .341
3 Elmer Flick .339
4 Sherry Magee .314
5 George Stone .312

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 9
2 Harry Lumley 8
3 Harry Davis 7
4 Red Murray 6
4 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 91
2 Socks Seybold 78
3 Honus Wagner 73
4 Sherry Magee 72
5 Harry Davis 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 52
2 Johnny Evers 36
2 Sherry Magee 36
4 Wid Conroy 35
4 Tommy Leach 35

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.59
2 Carl Lundgren 1.79
3 Orval Overall 2.22
4 Ed Reulbach 2.32
5 Ed Walsh 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 23
2 Ed Walsh 22
3 Christy Mathewson 21
3 Eddie Plank 21
3 Cy Young 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 209
2 Ed Walsh 181
3 Christy Mathewson 145
3 Eddie Plank 145
5 Fred Beebe 140

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .439
2 Cy Seymour .390
3 Ginger Beaumont .383
4 Ty Cobb .382
4 John Titus .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 4
2 Harry Lumley 2
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 Nig Clarke 1
3 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Abbaticchio 14
1 Honus Wagner 14
3 Alan Storke 13
4 Socks Seybold 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Honus Wagner 8
3 Art Devlin 7
3 George Moriarty 7
5 Sherry Magee 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Duggleby 0.00
2 Irv Young 1.13
3 Bill Bartley 1.38
4 Christy Mathewson 1.40
5 Addie Joss 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 5
2 Addie Joss 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Orval Overall 4
2 Cy Young 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 26
2 Chief Bender 21
2 Bill Donovan 21
2 Eddie Plank 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Corridon 2
2 Harry Howell 1
2 Elijah Jones 1
2 Vive Lindaman 1
2 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .403
2 George Stone .400
3 Ty Cobb .378
4 Cy Seymour .370
5 Socks Seybold .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 7
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 Red Murray 3
4 Johnny Evers 2
4 8 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 24
2 Ty Cobb 23
3 Honus Wagner 22
4 Nap Lajoie 17
4 Danny Murphy 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 13
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Art Devlin 11
4 Dave Altizer 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jake Thielman 1.33
2 Orval Overall 1.57
3 Chief Bender 1.91
4 Tully Sparks 1.96
5 2 tied 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tully Sparks 8
2 Christy Mathewson 6
2 Stoney McGlynn 6
2 Orval Overall 6
2 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 48
1 Rube Waddell 48
3 Jimmy Dygert 42
4 Ed Walsh 40
5 2 tied 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Corridon 2
1 Joe McGinnity 2
3 Chief Bender 1
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .346
2 Elmer Flick .338
3 Ty Cobb .332
4 Sherry Magee .323
5 George Stone .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 11
2 Harry Davis 9
3 Harry Lumley 8
4 Red Murray 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 105
2 Harry Davis 85
3 Sherry Magee 81
4 Socks Seybold 79
5 Honus Wagner 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Sherry Magee 46
3 Johnny Evers 45
4 Tommy Leach 43
5 2 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.71
2 Carl Lundgren 1.82
3 Ed Reulbach 2.32
4 Ed Walsh 2.32
5 Orval Overall 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 28
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Ed Walsh 25
4 Orval Overall 24
5 Ed Killian 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 247
2 Ed Walsh 242
3 Christy Mathewson 189
4 Fred Beebe 166
5 Bob Ewing 165

Saves

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