On This Day

Friday, May 20, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 19 7 .731 --
Highlanders 15 10 .600 3.5
Athletics 15 11 .577 4.0
Naps 13 11 .542 5.0
White Sox 15 14 .517 5.5
Browns 11 14 .440 7.5
Tigers 10 17 .370 9.5
Senators 5 19 .208 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 18 9 .667 --
Reds 19 10 .655 0.0
Giants 17 9 .654 0.5
Cardinals 14 12 .538 3.5
Superbas 12 15 .444 6.0
Pirates 11 15 .423 6.5
Beaneaters 10 16 .385 7.5
Phillies 5 20 .200 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Clarke 4
2 Mike Donlin 3
2 Lew Drill 3
2 Johnny Evers 3
2 Bob Wood 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 1
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 John Ganzel 1
1 Charlie Hickman 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Leach 3
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 Johnny Evers 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Coughlin 2
2 Charlie Babb 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 George Davis 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Dinneen 1.00
2 Mike O'Neill 0.80
3 Casey Patten 0.67
4 Earl Moore 0.64
5 Jack Harper 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Jack Harper 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Casey Patten 8
2 Earl Moore 7
3 Jack Harper 5
4 Mike O'Neill 4
5 6 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Deacon Phillippe 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .450
2 Socks Seybold .386
3 Art Devlin .381
4 Mike Donlin .371
5 Jake Beckley .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 5
2 Cozy Dolan 3
2 Danny Hoffman 3
2 Dan McGann 3
5 12 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 25
2 Dan McGann 23
3 Art Devlin 22
3 Mike Donlin 22
3 2 others tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Shay 16
2 Bill Dahlen 12
3 Emmet Heidrick 11
4 Frank Chance 10
4 2 others tied 10

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 Jack Chesbro 7
2 Rube Waddell 7
4 Bill Dinneen 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 61
2 Jack Chesbro 36
2 Eddie Plank 36
4 Deacon Phillippe 35
5 2 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Bill Duggleby 1
3 Fred Glade 1
3 4 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jake Beckley .439
1 Nap Lajoie .439
3 Duff Cooley .436
4 Mike Donlin .435
5 Lave Cross .420

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Danny Hoffman 3
3 Harry Bay 2
3 Cozy Dolan 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 16
2 Bill Bradley 11
2 Tommy Corcoran 11
2 Cozy Dolan 11
2 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Coughlin 6
2 Frank Chance 4
2 Mike Donlin 4
2 Elmer Flick 4
2 5 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe McGinnity 0.32
2 Red Donahue 0.33
3 Tom Fisher 0.50
4 Chappie McFarland 1.00
5 Cy Young 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Jake Weimer 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Deacon Phillippe 25
2 Rube Waddell 22
3 Eddie Plank 19
4 Jake Weimer 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .376
2 Mike Donlin .364
3 Honus Wagner .360
4 Jake Beckley .349
5 Cy Seymour .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Harry Davis 9
3 Nap Lajoie 9
3 Jimmy Sheckard 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 115
2 Nap Lajoie 110
3 Sam Mertes 89
4 Lave Cross 88
5 Charlie Hickman 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 68
2 Jimmy Sheckard 57
3 Sammy Strang 45
4 Harry Bay 43
4 Honus Wagner 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.72
2 Cy Young 1.81
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 27
3 Cy Young 26
4 Deacon Phillippe 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 286
2 Christy Mathewson 242
3 Jack Powell 180
4 Eddie Plank 175
5 Cy Young 170

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 Roscoe Miller 3
1 Cy Young 3
4 Clarence Currie 2
4 11 others tied 2