On This Day

Saturday, September 14, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 80 50 .615 --
White Sox 79 54 .594 2.5
Tigers 77 53 .592 3.0
Naps 75 57 .568 6.0
Highlanders 62 70 .470 19.0
Americans 58 76 .433 24.0
Browns 54 76 .415 26.0
Senators 40 89 .310 39.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 96 38 .716 --
Pirates 78 53 .595 16.5
Giants 77 56 .579 18.5
Phillies 71 58 .550 22.5
Superbas 62 71 .466 33.5
Reds 55 78 .414 40.5
Doves 49 81 .377 45.0
Cardinals 40 93 .301 55.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Solly Hofman 5
2 George Browne 4
2 Bunk Congalton 4
2 Tim Jordan 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 1
1 Dan McGann 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 4
2 Al Burch 3
2 Jimmy Collins 3
2 Jiggs Donahue 3
2 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 John Kane 2
1 Hans Lobert 2
5 20 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Willis 1.75
2 Slow Joe Doyle 0.83
3 Frank Smith 0.73
4 Frank Corridon 0.57
5 2 tied 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 2
2 Bill Bailey 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 Frank Corridon 1
2 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 8
1 Frank Smith 8
3 Vic Willis 7
4 Bill Bailey 6
4 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .347
2 Ty Cobb .341
3 Elmer Flick .331
4 Sherry Magee .321
5 George Stone .310

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 97
2 Socks Seybold 83
3 Sherry Magee 78
4 Harry Davis 76
5 Honus Wagner 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 52
2 Wid Conroy 39
2 Johnny Evers 39
2 Elmer Flick 39
2 Sherry Magee 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Carl Lundgren 1.72
3 Orval Overall 2.15
4 Ed Walsh 2.38
5 Cy Young 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 24
2 Ed Walsh 23
2 Doc White 23
4 Christy Mathewson 22
4 2 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 218
2 Ed Walsh 194
3 Christy Mathewson 160
4 Eddie Plank 150
5 George Mullin 143

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 Sherry Magee .459
2 Honus Wagner .365
3 Larry McLean .362
4 Ty Cobb .359
5 Bill Coughlin .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Dave Brain 1
3 George Browne 1
3 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 16
2 Sam Crawford 14
3 Alan Storke 12
4 Ty Cobb 10
4 4 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Frank Chance 7
2 Art Devlin 7
4 Dave Altizer 6
4 8 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.00
2 Orval Overall 0.62
3 Bill Bailey 0.66
4 Irv Young 1.00
4 Charlie Smith 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 5
2 Bill Donovan 4
2 Doc White 4
2 Vic Willis 4
5 10 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 30
2 Chief Bender 27
3 Ed Reulbach 26
3 Frank Smith 26
5 Bill Donovan 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .417
2 John Titus .361
3 Ty Cobb .358
4 Sherry Magee .353
5 George Stone .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 7
2 John Kane 3
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 Red Murray 3
5 7 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 24
1 Socks Seybold 24
3 Honus Wagner 20
4 Alan Storke 19
5 3 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 George Moriarty 13
3 Art Devlin 12
4 Dave Altizer 11
4 3 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orval Overall 1.45
2 Jake Thielman 1.54
3 Carl Lundgren 1.59
4 Irv Young 1.66
5 Charlie Smith 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 7
1 Jimmy Dygert 7
1 Doc White 7
4 Orval Overall 6
4 Vic Willis 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 50
1 Jimmy Dygert 50
3 Rube Waddell 49
4 Bill Donovan 43
5 Christy Mathewson 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Corridon 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Bill Dinneen 1
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .344
2 Ty Cobb .336
3 Elmer Flick .328
4 Sherry Magee .322
5 Sam Crawford .318

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 110
2 Harry Davis 89
3 Sherry Magee 83
3 Socks Seybold 83
5 Honus Wagner 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Johnny Evers 48
3 Sherry Magee 47
4 Elmer Flick 46
5 Art Devlin 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.76
2 Mordecai Brown 1.85
3 Orval Overall 2.31
4 Ed Walsh 2.38
5 Ed Reulbach 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 29
2 Ed Walsh 26
3 Christy Mathewson 25
3 Orval Overall 25
3 Doc White 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 248
2 Ed Walsh 246
3 Christy Mathewson 180
4 Orval Overall 167
5 Jimmy Dygert 164

Saves

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