On This Day

Wednesday, April 27, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 8 2 .800 --
Athletics 5 4 .556 2.5
Highlanders 5 4 .556 2.5
White Sox 6 5 .545 2.5
Browns 4 4 .500 3.0
Tigers 5 5 .500 3.0
Naps 4 5 .444 3.5
Senators 0 8 .000 7.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 2 .778 --
Cardinals 5 3 .625 1.5
Reds 6 5 .545 2.0
Superbas 6 5 .545 2.0
Beaneaters 5 5 .500 2.5
Cubs 4 5 .444 3.0
Pirates 4 6 .400 3.5
Phillies 2 8 .200 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Peaches O'Neill 3
2 Jimmy Barrett 2
2 Doc Casey 2
2 Johnny Evers 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rabbit Robinson 2
2 Jiggs Donahue 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 Danny Green 1
2 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Davy Jones 1
1 Rabbit Robinson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Carl Lundgren 0.56
2 Claude Elliott 0.30
3 Patsy Flaherty 0.20
4 Bill Donovan 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Lundgren 5
2 Claude Elliott 3
3 Bill Donovan 2
3 Patsy Flaherty 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .450
2 Harry Steinfeldt .444
3 Nap Lajoie .436
4 Bill Bradley .432
5 Jimmy Sebring .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 2
1 Dan McGann 2
1 Roy Thomas 2
4 John Anderson 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 17
2 Dan McGann 13
3 Buck Freeman 11
3 Nap Lajoie 11
5 2 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Dahlen 11
2 Emmet Heidrick 8
3 Danny Shay 7
3 Honus Wagner 7
5 Rabbit Robinson 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Howell 0.00
1 George Winter 0.00
3 Red Donahue 0.50
3 Norwood Gibson 0.50
3 Jesse Tannehill 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 3
1 Oscar Jones 3
1 Joe McGinnity 3
1 Togie Pittinger 3
1 Rube Waddell 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 26
2 Barney Pelty 18
2 Dummy Taylor 18
4 George Mullin 16
4 Jack Powell 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
2 Hooks Wiltse 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .357
2 Mike Donlin .357
3 Nap Lajoie .354
4 Ginger Beaumont .349
5 Fred Clarke .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Hobe Ferris 9
3 Jimmy Sheckard 9
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 112
2 Nap Lajoie 104
3 Charlie Hickman 96
4 Sam Crawford 93
4 Sam Mertes 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 71
2 Jimmy Sheckard 63
3 Honus Wagner 49
4 Harry Bay 44
4 Sammy Strang 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Bernhard 1.66
2 Earl Moore 1.76
3 Bill Dinneen 1.99
4 Doc White 2.09
5 Cy Young 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 31
2 Christy Mathewson 30
3 Cy Young 28
4 Deacon Phillippe 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 298
2 Christy Mathewson 258
3 Jack Powell 184
4 Bill Donovan 183
4 George Mullin 183

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roscoe Miller 3
2 Clarence Currie 2
2 Ed Doheny 2
2 Bill Duggleby 2
2 9 others tied 2