On This Day

Sunday, April 23, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 5 1 .833 --
Tigers 3 1 .750 1.0
Highlanders 4 2 .667 1.0
Naps 2 2 .500 2.0
White Sox 3 4 .429 2.5
Senators 3 4 .429 2.5
Browns 3 4 .429 2.5
Americans 1 6 .143 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 4 1 .800 --
Pirates 5 2 .714 0.0
Phillies 4 2 .667 0.5
Cubs 4 4 .500 1.5
Cardinals 3 4 .429 2.0
Beaneaters 3 5 .375 2.5
Reds 3 5 .375 2.5
Superbas 3 6 .333 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tom Needham 3
1 Homer Smoot 3
3 Ed Abbaticchio 2
3 Cliff Blankenship 2
3 14 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Mullin 2
2 Doc Casey 1
2 Jiggs Donahue 1
2 John Sullivan 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fielder Jones 2
2 Al Bridwell 1
2 George Davis 1
2 John Dobbs 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Howell 2.50
2 Deacon Phillippe 1.00
3 Irv Young 0.57
4 Otto Hess 0.50
5 George Mullin 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Mal Eason 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Jake Thielman 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 10
2 Deacon Phillippe 6
3 Otto Hess 4
3 George Mullin 4
3 Irv Young 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Dan McGann .500
2 Homer Smoot .481
3 Jimmy Slagle .478
4 Heinie Peitz .455
5 Danny Hoffman .435

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Homer Smoot 2
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 Mike Donlin 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 10
2 Tommy Corcoran 9
3 Dan McGann 8
3 Sam Mertes 8
5 Mike Donlin 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Phil Lewis 4
2 Fred Clarke 3
2 George Davis 3
2 Art Devlin 3
2 7 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Donovan 0.00
1 Willie Sudhoff 0.00
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
1 Al Orth 0.00
5 2 tied 0.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Walter Clarkson 2
1 Bill Duggleby 2
1 Harry Howell 2
1 4 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Ewing 19
2 Harry Howell 16
3 Norwood Gibson 13
4 Walter Clarkson 12
4 2 others tied 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Powell 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .378
2 Willie Keeler .342
3 Honus Wagner .341
4 Jake Beckley .330
5 Frank Chance .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Danny Murphy 8
4 Dave Brain 7
5 8 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 94
2 Sam Mertes 85
3 John Anderson 82
4 Bill Bradley 80
5 Buck Freeman 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 51
2 Sam Mertes 46
3 Bill Dahlen 43
4 Joe Tinker 42
5 Dan McGann 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.56
2 Rube Waddell 1.63
3 Otto Hess 1.64
4 Doc White 1.73
5 Jack Chesbro 1.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 40
2 Joe McGinnity 35
3 Christy Mathewson 33
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 333
2 Jack Chesbro 240
3 Eddie Plank 209
4 Christy Mathewson 205
5 Cy Young 200

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
2 Red Ames 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Casey Patten 3
5 2 tied 2