On This Day

Saturday, October 3, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 89 61 .593 --
Naps 88 63 .583 1.5
White Sox 86 63 .577 2.5
Browns 82 67 .550 6.5
Red Sox 72 78 .480 17.0
Athletics 67 82 .450 21.5
Senators 62 85 .422 25.5
Highlanders 51 98 .342 37.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 98 55 .641 --
Cubs 97 55 .638 0.5
Giants 95 55 .633 1.5
Phillies 80 70 .533 16.5
Reds 72 81 .471 26.0
Doves 63 88 .417 34.0
Superbas 52 98 .347 44.5
Cardinals 49 104 .320 49.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Del Howard 5
2 Gavvy Cravath 4
2 Red Kleinow 4
2 Bob Unglaub 4
5 5 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Chance 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Tinker 4
2 Frank Chance 3
2 Gavvy Cravath 3
2 Del Howard 3
2 Johnny Kling 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 3
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Germany Schaefer 2
2 Billy Sullivan 2
2 Heinie Wagner 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Smoky Joe Wood 1.00
2 Nap Rucker 0.86
3 Roy Witherup 0.80
4 Glenn Liebhardt 0.67
4 Elmer Steele 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Coveleski 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Jack Flater 1
1 Nick Maddox 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 8
2 Chick Fraser 6
2 Glenn Liebhardt 6
2 Nap Rucker 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .353
2 Mike Donlin .333
3 Ty Cobb .325
4 Kitty Bransfield .307
5 Doc Gessler .307

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Sam Crawford 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 105
2 Mike Donlin 98
3 Honus Wagner 96
4 Cy Seymour 91
5 Sam Crawford 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 53
2 Red Murray 48
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Charlie Hemphill 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.86
2 Christy Mathewson 1.90
3 Cy Young 2.05
4 Ed Walsh 2.13
5 Addie Joss 2.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 39
2 Christy Mathewson 37
3 Mordecai Brown 27
4 Addie Joss 24
4 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 261
2 Christy Mathewson 254
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 201
5 Orval Overall 169

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Tom Hughes 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Sam Leever 3
3 5 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .417
2 Roger Bresnahan .391
3 Honus Wagner .389
4 Joe Birmingham .372
5 4 tied .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Tinker 2
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Dick Bayless 1
2 Tom Catterson 1
2 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 14
1 Claude Rossman 14
3 Joe Birmingham 11
3 Johnny Kling 11
5 2 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Hans Lobert 9
3 Germany Schaefer 8
4 Dick Egan 7
5 Tommy Leach 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.50
2 Lew Richie 0.50
4 Ed Walsh 0.65
5 Frank Smith 0.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Harry Coveleski 4
2 Lefty Leifield 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 51
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Rube Waddell 32
4 Walter Johnson 29
5 Red Ames 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Ed Walsh 1
1 Vic Willis 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .389
2 Matty McIntyre .363
3 Mike Donlin .352
4 Nap Lajoie .349
5 Kitty Bransfield .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 Red Murray 2
2 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 27
2 Kitty Bransfield 24
3 Johnny Kling 22
3 Honus Wagner 22
5 Cy Seymour 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 17
2 Honus Wagner 14
3 Ty Cobb 13
4 Kitty Bransfield 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.45
2 Harry Coveleski 1.10
3 Ed Walsh 1.16
4 Cy Young 1.33
5 Eddie Cicotte 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 9
2 Ed Reulbach 8
2 Ed Walsh 8
4 Mordecai Brown 7
5 8 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 91
2 Rube Waddell 68
3 Orval Overall 64
4 Walter Johnson 62
5 Christy Mathewson 58

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Chick Brandom 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 12 others tied 1