On This Day

Sunday, June 28, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Browns 38 25 .603 --
Naps 36 26 .581 1.5
White Sox 35 28 .556 3.0
Tigers 34 28 .548 3.5
Athletics 29 31 .483 7.5
Highlanders 26 34 .433 10.5
Red Sox 27 37 .422 11.5
Senators 22 38 .367 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 37 21 .638 --
Pirates 40 24 .625 0.0
Giants 36 26 .581 3.0
Reds 32 30 .516 7.0
Phillies 26 28 .481 9.0
Doves 27 36 .429 12.5
Cardinals 24 40 .375 16.0
Superbas 21 38 .356 16.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Danny Hoffman 3
1 Ed Konetchy 3
1 Tommy Leach 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 1
1 Germany Schaefer 1
1 Jimmy Sheckard 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Germany Schaefer 4
2 Harry Swacina 3
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 John Anderson 1
3 15 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 1
1 Bobby Byrne 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Solly Hofman 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Howie Camnitz 1.40
2 Jack Pfiester 1.33
3 Fred Beebe 0.67
4 Vic Willis 0.56
5 2 tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howie Camnitz 7
2 Ed Walsh 6
3 Irv Higginbotham 5
3 Vic Willis 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .343
2 Jim Delahanty .318
3 Ty Cobb .316
4 Claude Rossman .314
5 Honus Wagner .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
2 Red Murray 4
4 Bill Dahlen 3
4 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 44
2 Ty Cobb 43
3 Cy Seymour 37
3 Honus Wagner 37
5 Mike Donlin 34

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 24
2 Red Murray 22
3 Patsy Dougherty 21
4 Johnny Evers 18
5 3 tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.71
2 Andy Coakley 1.72
3 George McQuillan 1.80
4 Bill Donovan 1.81
5 Jack Powell 1.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 15
2 Addie Joss 13
2 Christy Mathewson 13
4 Howie Camnitz 11
4 George McQuillan 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 108
2 Nap Rucker 88
3 Cy Young 75
4 Howie Camnitz 74
5 3 tied 73

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 4
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Lefty Leifield 2
2 Nick Maddox 2
2 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .447
2 Harry Davis .419
3 Roger Bresnahan .409
4 Al Bridwell .375
5 Chief Wilson .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
3 Dan McGann 2
3 Danny Murphy 2
5 16 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 15
2 Cy Seymour 12
3 Honus Wagner 11
4 John Anderson 10
4 Jiggs Donahue 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 12
2 Patsy Dougherty 8
3 Harry Davis 6
3 John Kane 6
3 Harry Pattee 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Andy Coakley 1.04
2 Jack Powell 1.07
3 Bill Dinneen 1.14
4 Christy Mathewson 1.18
5 Tom McCarthy 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Vic Willis 4
3 Howie Camnitz 3
3 Bill Dinneen 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 33
2 Christy Mathewson 31
3 Joe Lake 24
4 Rube Vickers 21
5 Jimmy Dygert 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 3
2 Nick Maddox 2
2 Christy Mathewson 2
4 Chief Bender 1
4 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .400
2 Jim Delahanty .354
3 Roy Thomas .346
4 Danny Hoffman .341
5 Doc Gessler .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 5
2 Red Murray 3
3 Sam Crawford 2
3 Bill Hinchman 2
3 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 25
2 Honus Wagner 22
3 Mike Donlin 20
4 Hans Lobert 16
4 Cy Seymour 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 18
2 Patsy Dougherty 12
3 Harry Davis 9
3 John Kane 9
3 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Dinneen 0.99
2 Joe McGinnity 1.13
3 Jack Powell 1.13
4 Frank Corridon 1.25
5 Andy Coakley 1.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 7
1 Ed Walsh 7
1 Vic Willis 7
4 Sam Leever 6
4 Jack Powell 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 61
2 Nap Rucker 51
3 Howie Camnitz 44
4 Glenn Liebhardt 43
5 Rube Waddell 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 4
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Nick Maddox 2
2 Christy Mathewson 2
2 Tex Pruiett 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .355
2 Honus Wagner .349
3 George Stone .332
4 Ginger Beaumont .315
5 Claude Rossman .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 9
1 Harry Lumley 9
1 Red Murray 9
1 Honus Wagner 9
5 Sam Crawford 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 128
2 Sam Crawford 91
2 Honus Wagner 91
4 Claude Rossman 84
5 Harry Davis 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 62
2 Ty Cobb 60
3 Johnny Evers 43
4 Patsy Dougherty 41
4 Red Murray 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 1.58
2 Mordecai Brown 1.87
3 Orval Overall 2.05
4 Eddie Plank 2.41
5 Christy Mathewson 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 29
2 Addie Joss 28
3 Christy Mathewson 27
4 Bill Donovan 26
5 Doc White 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 215
2 Christy Mathewson 208
3 Ed Walsh 203
4 Jimmy Dygert 183
5 Nap Rucker 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 5
1 Ed Walsh 5
3 Bill Dinneen 4
3 Tom Hughes 4
5 4 tied 3