On This Day

Sunday, April 26, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 7 4 .636 --
Highlanders 6 4 .600 0.5
Naps 5 4 .556 1.0
Athletics 6 5 .545 1.0
Red Sox 6 5 .545 1.0
White Sox 5 6 .455 2.0
Tigers 3 6 .333 3.0
Senators 3 7 .300 3.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 7 2 .778 --
Giants 6 4 .600 1.5
Pirates 6 4 .600 1.5
Reds 5 5 .500 2.5
Superbas 5 5 .500 2.5
Doves 5 5 .500 2.5
Phillies 4 6 .400 3.5
Cardinals 2 9 .182 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shad Barry 2
1 Mike Mowrey 2
1 Al Shaw 2
4 Bobby Byrne 1
4 6 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Ganzel 1
1 Dode Paskert 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Mitchell 1
1 Red Murray 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Andy Coakley 0.75
2 Bugs Raymond 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Andy Coakley 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Andy Coakley 6
2 Bugs Raymond 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .429
2 Red Dooin .419
3 Tommy Leach .410
4 Jim Delahanty .378
5 Claude Rossman .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Whitey Alpermann 1
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 10
1 Wid Conroy 10
3 Jimmy Collins 9
3 Jake Stahl 9
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Stahl 7
2 Otis Clymer 5
2 Charlie Hemphill 5
2 Miller Huggins 5
2 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Frank Owen 0.53
2 Cy Young 0.67
3 Lefty Leifield 0.81
4 Barney Pelty 0.90
5 Christy Mathewson 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 Orval Overall 3
1 Cy Young 3
5 17 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 30
2 Cy Morgan 20
3 Rube Waddell 17
3 Cy Young 17
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Red Ames 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .354
2 Honus Wagner .348
3 George Stone .329
4 Sam Crawford .318
5 Ginger Beaumont .316

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 127
2 Claude Rossman 85
3 Sam Crawford 83
3 Harry Davis 83
5 Honus Wagner 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Ty Cobb 56
3 Sherry Magee 49
4 Johnny Evers 47
5 Tommy Leach 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.99
2 Carl Lundgren 2.13
3 Orval Overall 2.15
4 Ed Reulbach 2.22
5 Christy Mathewson 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 27
1 Doc White 27
3 Bill Donovan 25
3 Ed Killian 25
3 Christy Mathewson 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 246
2 Ed Walsh 214
3 Christy Mathewson 196
4 Eddie Plank 188
5 Jimmy Dygert 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 5
2 Bill Dinneen 4
2 Harry Howell 4
2 Joe McGinnity 4
2 Ed Walsh 4