On This Day

Thursday, April 27, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 7 3 .700 --
Tigers 5 3 .625 1.0
Athletics 6 4 .600 1.0
Naps 4 4 .500 2.0
Senators 5 6 .455 2.5
White Sox 4 5 .444 2.5
Browns 4 5 .444 2.5
Americans 3 8 .273 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 2 .778 --
Cubs 6 4 .600 1.5
Pirates 5 4 .556 2.0
Phillies 4 4 .500 2.5
Reds 5 5 .500 2.5
Beaneaters 4 6 .400 3.5
Superbas 5 8 .385 4.0
Cardinals 3 6 .333 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bemis 4
2 Harry Bay 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Bill Dahlen 2
2 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kip Selbach 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gus Dundon 2
2 Bill Dahlen 1
2 George Davis 1
2 Art Devlin 1
2 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hobe Ferris 2
2 Harry Bemis 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 George Davis 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Otto Hess 1.67
2 Red Ames 1.00
3 Clark Griffith 0.80
4 Eddie Plank 0.60
5 Fred Glade 0.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Clark Griffith 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Frank Smith 1
1 Jesse Tannehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 7
1 Fred Glade 7
3 George Mullin 6
4 Mal Eason 5
4 Otto Hess 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Slagle .433
2 Heinie Peitz .400
3 Sam Crawford .385
4 Homer Smoot .382
5 Joe Tinker .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Homer Smoot 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Jimmy Collins 1
2 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 11
2 Tommy Corcoran 10
2 Sam Mertes 10
4 Danny Hoffman 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Davis 4
1 Topsy Hartsel 4
1 Tommy Leach 4
1 Phil Lewis 4
1 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Bill Donovan 0.50
2 Willie Sudhoff 0.50
4 Harry Howell 0.59
5 Otto Hess 0.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Clarkson 3
1 Rube Waddell 3
1 Jake Weimer 3
4 Red Ames 2
4 14 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Ewing 19
2 Fred Glade 18
2 Cy Young 18
4 Walter Clarkson 16
4 Harry Howell 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Jack Powell 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .366
2 Willie Keeler .348
3 Honus Wagner .338
4 Jake Beckley .330
5 Cy Seymour .311

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 91
2 Sam Mertes 83
3 John Anderson 82
4 Sam Crawford 79
4 Danny Murphy 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 49
2 Sam Mertes 46
3 Harry Bay 40
3 Dan McGann 40
3 Joe Tinker 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.53
2 Otto Hess 1.59
3 Rube Waddell 1.66
4 Doc White 1.68
5 Jack Chesbro 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 40
2 Joe McGinnity 34
3 Christy Mathewson 33
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 332
2 Jack Chesbro 244
3 Eddie Plank 215
4 Christy Mathewson 210
5 Cy Young 205

Saves

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