On This Day

Monday, May 2, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 10 3 .769 --
Athletics 7 4 .636 2.0
White Sox 9 6 .600 2.0
Highlanders 6 5 .545 3.0
Tigers 7 6 .538 3.0
Browns 5 6 .455 4.0
Naps 4 7 .364 5.0
Senators 0 11 .000 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 10 2 .833 --
Superbas 7 5 .583 3.0
Reds 9 7 .563 3.0
Cardinals 7 6 .538 3.5
Cubs 6 6 .500 4.0
Beaneaters 5 8 .385 5.5
Pirates 5 8 .385 5.5
Phillies 2 9 .182 7.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pop Dillon 3
1 Charlie Hemphill 3
1 Tom Jones 3
1 Billy Lush 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Green 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lee Tannehill 4
2 Wid Conroy 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 Kid Elberfeld 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Wolverton 2
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 Pop Dillon 1
2 Cozy Dolan 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 2.33
2 Jack Cronin 0.88
3 Red Donahue 0.70
4 Bob Wicker 0.55
5 Jesse Tannehill 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Cronin 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Frank Smith 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Cronin 7
1 Red Donahue 7
1 Rube Waddell 7
4 Bob Wicker 6
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Steinfeldt .444
2 Nap Lajoie .404
3 Honus Wagner .404
4 Dan McGann .396
5 Bill Bradley .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dan McGann 3
2 Buck Freeman 2
2 Roy Thomas 2
4 John Anderson 1
4 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 17
2 Dan McGann 16
3 Danny Green 15
4 Buck Freeman 13
4 Ed Gremminger 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Dahlen 12
2 Danny Shay 10
3 Emmet Heidrick 8
4 Honus Wagner 7
5 Rabbit Robinson 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Howell 0.00
2 Rube Waddell 0.46
3 Norwood Gibson 0.50
4 Togie Pittinger 1.03
5 Joe McGinnity 1.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Rube Waddell 4
3 Nick Altrock 3
3 Bill Bernhard 3
3 11 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 33
2 George Mullin 22
3 Red Donahue 20
3 Dummy Taylor 20
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Cy Young 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .362
2 Mike Donlin .358
3 Nap Lajoie .355
4 Ginger Beaumont .349
5 Cy Seymour .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Jimmy Sheckard 9
4 Hobe Ferris 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 113
2 Nap Lajoie 103
3 Charlie Hickman 93
4 Lave Cross 92
5 Sam Crawford 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 69
2 Jimmy Sheckard 58
3 Honus Wagner 48
4 Harry Bay 43
4 2 others tied 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.77
2 Bill Bernhard 1.90
3 Bill Dinneen 1.98
4 Cy Young 2.04
5 Rube Waddell 2.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 31
2 Christy Mathewson 30
3 Cy Young 27
4 Deacon Phillippe 24
5 4 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 298
2 Christy Mathewson 257
3 Bill Donovan 180
4 George Mullin 179
5 Jack Powell 178

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roscoe Miller 3
1 Cy Young 3
3 Clarence Currie 2
3 Ed Doheny 2
3 9 others tied 2