On This Day

Wednesday, May 18, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 18 7 .720 --
Athletics 15 9 .625 2.5
Highlanders 14 10 .583 3.5
Naps 12 11 .522 5.0
White Sox 14 13 .519 5.0
Browns 10 13 .435 7.0
Tigers 10 16 .385 8.5
Senators 4 18 .182 12.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 7 .708 --
Reds 18 10 .643 1.0
Cubs 16 9 .640 1.5
Cardinals 12 12 .500 5.0
Superbas 12 13 .480 5.5
Beaneaters 10 15 .400 7.5
Pirates 9 15 .375 8.0
Phillies 5 18 .217 11.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Emmet Heidrick 4
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Monte Cross 3
2 Eddie Plank 3
5 10 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Harry Davis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lave Cross 3
1 Rabbit Robinson 3
3 Davy Jones 2
3 Bobby Wallace 2
5 16 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Beckley 1
1 Doc Casey 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Monte Cross 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Plank 0.55
2 Mordecai Brown 0.50
3 Ned Garvin 0.33
4 Jack Powell 0.27
5 2 tied 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Kid Nichols 1
1 Eddie Plank 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 6
2 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Ned Garvin 3
3 Jack Powell 3
5 George Mullin 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .463
2 Art Devlin .388
3 Socks Seybold .386
4 Lave Cross .366
5 Mike Donlin .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Cozy Dolan 3
2 Dan McGann 3
4 Harry Bay 2
4 9 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dan McGann 23
2 Harry Davis 22
2 Art Devlin 22
2 Danny Green 22
5 Nap Lajoie 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Shay 15
2 Bill Dahlen 12
3 Mike Donlin 10
3 Sammy Strang 10
5 4 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Donahue 0.85
2 Joe McGinnity 1.04
3 Norwood Gibson 1.20
4 Rube Waddell 1.27
5 Jesse Tannehill 1.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 9
2 Rube Waddell 7
3 Jack Chesbro 6
4 Bill Bernhard 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 61
2 Eddie Plank 36
3 Deacon Phillippe 35
4 Cy Young 34
5 2 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Bill Duggleby 1
3 Fred Glade 1
3 3 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .500
2 Duff Cooley .467
3 Socks Seybold .441
4 Art Devlin .426
5 Mike Donlin .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Bay 2
2 Cozy Dolan 2
2 Elmer Flick 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 13
2 Cozy Dolan 12
3 Tommy Corcoran 11
3 Art Devlin 11
3 Jiggs Donahue 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Corcoran 5
1 Mike Donlin 5
1 Elmer Flick 5
1 Harry Lumley 5
1 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Donahue 0.33
2 Claude Elliott 0.50
3 Cy Young 0.82
4 Joe McGinnity 0.97
5 Jesse Tannehill 1.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Jack Chesbro 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Red Donahue 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 28
2 Deacon Phillippe 27
3 Eddie Plank 26
4 Jack Chesbro 20
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Casey Patten 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .376
2 Honus Wagner .361
3 Mike Donlin .360
4 Jake Beckley .341
5 Cy Seymour .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Nap Lajoie 9
3 Jimmy Sheckard 9
5 4 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 115
2 Nap Lajoie 113
3 Lave Cross 88
3 Charlie Hickman 88
3 Sam Mertes 88

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 67
2 Jimmy Sheckard 61
3 Sammy Strang 45
4 Honus Wagner 44
5 Harry Bay 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.67
2 Cy Young 1.84
3 Bill Bernhard 1.91
4 Bill Dinneen 1.91
5 Red Donahue 2.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 34
2 Christy Mathewson 29
3 Cy Young 26
4 Deacon Phillippe 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 290
2 Christy Mathewson 250
3 Jack Powell 186
4 Eddie Plank 180
5 George Mullin 175

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 Roscoe Miller 3
1 Cy Young 3
4 Clarence Currie 2
4 10 others tied 2