On This Day

Thursday, September 26, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 83 54 .606 --
Tigers 86 56 .606 -0.5
White Sox 84 60 .583 2.5
Naps 82 61 .573 4.0
Highlanders 66 74 .471 18.5
Browns 61 81 .430 24.5
Americans 58 85 .406 28.0
Senators 45 94 .324 39.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 102 41 .713 --
Pirates 87 55 .613 14.5
Giants 81 63 .563 21.5
Phillies 75 63 .543 24.5
Superbas 64 78 .451 37.5
Reds 60 83 .420 42.0
Doves 54 87 .383 47.0
Cardinals 45 98 .315 57.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Crawford 4
2 Ginger Beaumont 3
2 Bill Bradley 3
2 Al Bridwell 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Abbaticchio 2
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Harry Davis 2
1 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 1
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Heinie Berger 2.00
2 Ed Walsh 0.60
3 Jack Powell 0.50
4 Jimmy Dygert 0.40
5 Jack Chesbro 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Jack Powell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Chesbro 6
1 Ed Walsh 6
3 Casey Patten 5
4 Heinie Berger 4
4 Howie Camnitz 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .350
2 Ty Cobb .339
3 Sam Crawford .322
4 Sherry Magee .319
5 Ginger Beaumont .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Harry Davis 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 109
2 Socks Seybold 83
3 Sherry Magee 82
4 Harry Davis 79
5 Honus Wagner 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 60
2 Ty Cobb 46
3 Sherry Magee 43
4 Wid Conroy 41
4 Elmer Flick 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.65
2 Carl Lundgren 1.82
3 Orval Overall 2.10
4 Ed Reulbach 2.46
5 Christy Mathewson 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 27
2 Doc White 25
3 Ed Killian 24
3 Christy Mathewson 24
3 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 223
2 Ed Walsh 212
3 Christy Mathewson 174
4 Eddie Plank 171
5 Orval Overall 150

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 5 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Crawford .438
2 Ginger Beaumont .415
3 Jim Delahanty .375
4 Tommy Leach .367
5 Nap Lajoie .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Claude Rossman 13
3 John Titus 12
4 Ginger Beaumont 11
4 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Honus Wagner 8
3 Dave Altizer 6
3 Bill Bradley 6
3 Fred Clarke 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.00
2 Jack Powell 0.50
2 Sam Leever 0.50
4 Bill Donovan 0.53
5 Johnny Lush 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 4
1 Jimmy Dygert 4
1 Ed Killian 4
1 Nick Maddox 4
1 Jack Powell 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nick Maddox 27
2 Christy Mathewson 25
2 Ed Walsh 25
4 Heinie Berger 24
4 Bill Donovan 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Harry Howell 1
2 Orval Overall 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .400
2 Sherry Magee .371
3 George Stone .366
4 Honus Wagner .352
5 Dan McGann .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 4
2 Harry Lumley 3
3 Sam Crawford 2
3 Jim Delahanty 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 23
2 Ty Cobb 22
3 Alan Storke 20
4 Ed Abbaticchio 19
5 Claude Rossman 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Honus Wagner 15
3 Art Devlin 12
4 Sherry Magee 11
5 Dave Altizer 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Maddox 1.00
2 Vic Willis 1.18
3 Art Fromme 1.43
4 Orval Overall 1.48
5 Christy Mathewson 1.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 7
1 Addie Joss 7
1 Vic Willis 7
4 Jimmy Dygert 6
4 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 48
2 Eddie Plank 45
3 Christy Mathewson 43
4 Orval Overall 39
4 Ed Walsh 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 Harry Howell 1
2 Vive Lindaman 1
2 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .354
2 Ty Cobb .334
3 George Stone .323
4 Sam Crawford .321
5 Sherry Magee .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 12
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Harry Davis 8
3 Red Murray 8
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 116
2 Harry Davis 87
3 Sherry Magee 83
3 Socks Seybold 83
5 Honus Wagner 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Ty Cobb 49
3 Sherry Magee 46
4 Johnny Evers 45
4 Elmer Flick 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.65
2 Carl Lundgren 1.85
3 Orval Overall 2.26
4 Ed Walsh 2.49
5 Christy Mathewson 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 29
2 Christy Mathewson 26
2 Doc White 26
4 Ed Killian 25
4 2 others tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 227
1 Ed Walsh 227
3 Christy Mathewson 179
4 Orval Overall 171
4 Eddie Plank 171

Saves

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