On This Day

Tuesday, May 19, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 17 9 .654 --
Athletics 17 11 .607 1.0
Naps 14 11 .560 2.5
White Sox 13 13 .500 4.0
Browns 14 14 .500 4.0
Tigers 12 13 .480 4.5
Senators 10 16 .385 7.0
Red Sox 9 19 .321 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 15 7 .682 --
Pirates 13 9 .591 2.0
Phillies 13 10 .565 2.5
Giants 13 12 .520 3.5
Doves 14 13 .519 3.5
Reds 12 12 .500 4.0
Cardinals 10 18 .357 8.0
Superbas 9 18 .333 8.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bemis 3
1 Danny Hoffman 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
4 Neal Ball 2
4 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Niles 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Wid Conroy 3
1 Bobby Wallace 3
3 Harry Bemis 2
3 Heinie Berger 2
3 Harry Lord 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Terry Turner 2
3 Harry Bemis 1
3 Charlie Hemphill 1
3 George Stone 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc White 1.00
2 Chief Bender 0.73
3 Rube Manning 0.55
4 Rube Waddell 0.50
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Rube Manning 1
1 Rube Waddell 1
1 Doc White 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 8
2 Rube Manning 6
3 Rube Vickers 4
3 Rube Waddell 4
3 Ed Willett 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Claude Rossman .356
2 Tommy Leach .351
3 Amby McConnell .348
4 Ty Cobb .343
5 Hal Chase .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Harry Niles 2
5 26 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Wid Conroy 19
3 Sam Crawford 17
3 Jake Stahl 17
5 3 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 12
2 Miller Huggins 11
3 Hal Chase 10
3 Charlie Hemphill 10
3 Germany Schaefer 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.29
2 Howie Camnitz 1.33
3 Addie Joss 1.58
4 Tom Hughes 1.59
5 Gus Dorner 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 8
2 George McQuillan 7
3 Christy Mathewson 6
4 Howie Camnitz 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 47
2 Jimmy Dygert 42
3 Ed Walsh 36
4 Rube Waddell 35
5 Rube Vickers 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Roy Beecher 1
2 8 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Claude Rossman .386
2 Harry Lord .372
3 Ollie Pickering .371
4 Ty Cobb .366
5 George Stone .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Niles 2
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Joe Delahanty 1
2 Mike Donlin 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 12
2 Ty Cobb 10
3 Kitty Bransfield 7
3 Rudy Hulswitt 7
3 2 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 6
2 Mike Mitchell 5
2 Harry Niles 5
2 Germany Schaefer 5
5 7 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Moren 0.00
2 Bob Ewing 0.44
3 Gus Dorner 0.50
4 Howie Camnitz 0.69
5 Jimmy Dygert 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 3
1 Tom Hughes 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Rube Manning 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Burchell 17
2 Rube Manning 14
2 Doc Newton 14
4 Chief Bender 13
4 2 others tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .361
2 Honus Wagner .349
3 George Stone .343
4 Sam Crawford .322
5 Ginger Beaumont .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 10
1 Harry Lumley 10
3 Red Murray 8
4 Harry Davis 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 134
2 Sam Crawford 91
3 Claude Rossman 90
4 Harry Davis 85
5 Honus Wagner 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 56
2 Honus Wagner 50
3 Sherry Magee 48
4 Johnny Evers 46
5 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.91
2 Ed Reulbach 2.21
3 Orval Overall 2.34
4 Carl Lundgren 2.45
5 Chief Bender 2.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 28
2 Addie Joss 27
3 Bill Donovan 26
4 Ed Walsh 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 252
2 Ed Walsh 211
3 Christy Mathewson 186
4 Eddie Plank 184
5 Jimmy Dygert 182

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Bill Dinneen 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 5 others tied 3