On This Day

Thursday, August 28, 1902

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	61	43	.587	--
Americans	59	47	.557	3.0
White Sox	57	48	.543	4.5
Browns	55	48	.534	5.5
Bronchos	53	56	.486	10.5
Senators	51	57	.472	12.0
Orioles	45	61	.425	17.0
Tigers	41	62	.398	19.5

Games

White Sox 4, Athletics 1

Athletics 5, White Sox 4

Bronchos 5, Senators 3

Tigers 4, Americans 0

Browns 1, Orioles 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	82	27	.752	--
Superbas	60	51	.541	23.0
Orphans	56	54	.509	26.5
Beaneaters	53	52	.505	27.0
Reds	52	56	.481	29.5
Cardinals	48	59	.449	33.0
Phillies	43	63	.406	37.5
Giants	38	70	.352	43.5

Games

Pirates 11, Orphans 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Ginger Beaumont	4
1	Fielder Jones	4
1	Johnny Kling	4
1	Sammy Strang	4
5	5 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wid Conroy	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Wid Conroy	4
2	Tommy Leach	3
3	Bill Bradley	2
3	Doc Casey	2
3	5 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ginger Beaumont	1
1	Jesse Burkett	1
1	Doc Casey	1
1	Tom Daly	1
1	12 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Rube Waddell	0.64
2	Roy Patterson	0.50
3	Jack Katoll	0.22
4	Red Donahue	0.20
5	Win Mercer	0.18

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Donahue	1
1	Addie Joss	1
1	Win Mercer	1
1	Roy Patterson	1
1	2 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	7
2	Roy Patterson	3
2	Jack Taylor	3
4	Jack Katoll	2
4	2 others tied	2

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ed Delahanty	.372
2	Ginger Beaumont	.362
3	Patsy Dougherty	.357
4	Charlie Hickman	.350
5	Lave Cross	.350

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Socks Seybold	14
2	Ed Delahanty	9
2	Bill Keister	9
4	Bill Bradley	8
4	2 others tied	8

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Buck Freeman	89
2	Lave Cross	88
3	Charlie Hickman	84
4	Ed Delahanty	79
5	2 tied	77

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Mertes	35
2	Honus Wagner	34
3	Billy Gilbert	31
4	Ginger Beaumont	30
4	Frank Isbell	30

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jack Taylor	1.36
2	Jesse Tannehill	1.79
3	Ed Siever	1.84
4	Noodles Hahn	1.85
5	Jack Chesbro	1.95

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Cy Young	27
2	Jack Chesbro	23
3	Togie Pittinger	21
4	Jack Taylor	20
4	Vic Willis	20

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Vic Willis	179
2	Rube Waddell	152
3	Bill Donovan	137
4	Cy Young	132
5	Doc White	131

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Vic Willis	3
2	Jack Powell	2
3	Bill Bernhard	1
3	Jack Chesbro	1
3	14 others tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Johnny Kling	.446
2	Herm McFarland	.435
3	Fielder Jones	.429
4	Kip Selbach	.425
4	Chief Zimmer	.425

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tommy Leach	4
2	Boileryard Clarke	2
2	Ed Delahanty	2
2	Buck Freeman	2
2	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tommy Leach	26
2	Lave Cross	18
2	Jimmy Williams	18
4	Cozy Dolan	17
5	Cy Seymour	16

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	11
2	Ginger Beaumont	10
3	Harry Davis	7
3	Topsy Hartsel	7
3	2 others tied	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bill Dinneen	0.33
2	Bert Husting	0.69
2	Christy Mathewson	0.69
4	Joe McGinnity	0.78
5	Jack Katoll	0.90

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bill Bernhard	4
1	Jack Chesbro	4
1	Jack Katoll	4
1	Casey Patten	4
1	2 others tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	27
2	Bill Donovan	26
3	Jack Chesbro	22
4	Noodles Hahn	19
4	3 others tied	19

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Charlie Hickman	.393
2	Kip Selbach	.385
3	Jimmy Williams	.384
4	Johnny Kling	.381
5	Ginger Beaumont	.380

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tommy Leach	5
2	Charlie Hemphill	4
2	Socks Seybold	4
4	Jimmy Barrett	2
4	8 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Tommy Leach	37
2	Jimmy Williams	27
3	Lave Cross	22
3	Cozy Dolan	22
3	Danny Murphy	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	19
2	Dave Fultz	17
3	Ginger Beaumont	16
4	Topsy Hartsel	13
4	Sammy Strang	13

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Bert Husting	0.41
2	Ned Garvin	0.46
3	Ed Siever	1.00
4	Bill Bernhard	1.24
5	Jack Katoll	1.31

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Togie Pittinger	9
2	Jack Chesbro	7
2	Noodles Hahn	7
4	Earl Moore	6
4	2 others tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	76
2	Bill Donovan	38
2	Noodles Hahn	38
2	Vic Willis	38
5	2 tied	33

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Bill Bernhard	1
1	Ed Siever	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ginger Beaumont	.369
2	Ed Delahanty	.367
3	Lave Cross	.350
4	Jesse Burkett	.339
5	Honus Wagner	.339

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Socks Seybold	16
2	Jimmy Collins	10
2	Bill Keister	10
4	Bill Bradley	9
4	2 others tied	9

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	132
2	Buck Freeman	105
3	Socks Seybold	99
4	Ed Delahanty	96
5	Bill Keister	95

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Sam Mertes	46
2	Honus Wagner	44
3	Sammy Strang	43
4	Frank Isbell	42
5	Patsy Donovan	40

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jesse Tannehill	1.75
2	Jack Taylor	1.77
3	Ed Siever	1.90
4	Cy Young	1.94
5	Noodles Hahn	2.03

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Cy Young	35
2	Jack Chesbro	30
3	Vic Willis	26
4	Togie Pittinger	25
5	2 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Vic Willis	219
2	Bill Donovan	182
3	Noodles Hahn	173
4	Cy Young	167
5	Doc White	161

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Vic Willis	3
2	Jack Chesbro	2
2	Win Mercer	2
2	Deacon Phillippe	2
2	Jack Powell	2