On This Day

Wednesday, May 20, 1908

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Highlanders	17	9	.654	--
Athletics	17	12	.586	1.5
Naps	15	11	.577	2.0
Browns	15	14	.517	3.5
White Sox	13	13	.500	4.0
Tigers	12	13	.480	4.5
Senators	10	16	.385	7.0
Red Sox	9	20	.310	9.5

Games

Naps 4, Red Sox 3

Browns 3, Athletics 1

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	16	7	.696	--
Pirates	13	10	.565	3.0
Phillies	13	11	.542	3.5
Reds	13	12	.520	4.0
Giants	13	13	.500	4.5
Doves	14	14	.500	4.5
Cardinals	11	18	.379	8.0
Superbas	10	18	.357	8.5

Games

Cubs 5, Doves 3

Reds 3, Phillies 0

Superbas 2, Pirates 1

Cardinals 1, Giants 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bill Carrigan	3
1	Frank Chance	3
1	Ed Konetchy	3
1	Bobby Wallace	3
5	19 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bill Hinchman	3
2	Johnny Kling	2
2	Harry Lumley	2
4	Ed Abbaticchio	1
4	15 others tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Al Burch	1
1	Frank Chance	1
1	Chappy Charles	1
1	Gavvy Cravath	1
1	9 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Andy Coakley	1.20
2	Bugs Raymond	1.17
3	Eddie Plank	0.44
4	Addie Joss	0.42
5	Harry McIntire	0.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Andy Coakley	1
1	Chick Fraser	1
1	Addie Joss	1
1	Harry McIntire	1
1	2 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bugs Raymond	7
2	Andy Coakley	6
3	Addie Joss	5
4	Eddie Plank	4
5	Gus Dorner	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Claude Rossman	.356
2	Ty Cobb	.343
3	Amby McConnell	.338
4	Red Dooin	.338
5	2 tied	.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	Johnny Evers	10
3	2 others tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.29
2	Howie Camnitz	1.33
3	Tom Hughes	1.59
4	Rube Manning	1.69
5	Addie Joss	1.73

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	9
2	George McQuillan	7
3	Christy Mathewson	6
4	Howie Camnitz	5
4	6 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Christy Mathewson	47
2	Jimmy Dygert	42
3	Addie Joss	37
3	Bugs Raymond	37
5	Ed Walsh	36

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	Ty Cobb	.405
2	Harry Lord	.395
3	Claude Rossman	.381
4	Ollie Pickering	.371
5	George Stone	.364

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
2	Cy Seymour	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Lew Moren	0.00
2	Bob Ewing	0.44
3	Howie Camnitz	0.69
4	Jimmy Dygert	0.95
5	Harry Howell	0.96

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	4
2	Bob Ewing	3
2	Tom Hughes	3
2	Rube Manning	3
2	2 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bugs Raymond	20
2	Addie Joss	17
3	Fred Burchell	14
3	Andy Coakley	14
3	2 others tied	14

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Jimmy Dygert	1
1	Joe McGinnity	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.360
2	Honus Wagner	.352
3	George Stone	.344
4	Sam Crawford	.322
5	Ginger Beaumont	.315

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	55
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	2.26
3	Orval Overall	2.34
4	Carl Lundgren	2.45
5	Chief Bender	2.53

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	28
1	Doc White	28
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	Jimmy Dygert	182
5	Eddie Plank	180

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