On This Day

Monday, May 8, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 10 7 .588 --
Athletics 10 8 .556 0.5
Senators 11 9 .550 0.5
White Sox 9 9 .500 1.5
Highlanders 9 9 .500 1.5
Browns 9 10 .474 2.0
Tigers 8 10 .444 2.5
Americans 8 12 .400 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 14 4 .778 --
Pirates 12 7 .632 2.5
Cubs 12 8 .600 3.0
Phillies 9 8 .529 4.5
Reds 9 10 .474 5.5
Superbas 9 13 .409 7.0
Beaneaters 6 13 .316 8.5
Cardinals 5 13 .278 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 George Browne 3
1 Jiggs Donahue 3
1 Roy Thomas 3
5 28 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Burkett 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Al Orth 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 3
2 Bill Dahlen 2
2 Art Devlin 2
2 Billy Gilbert 2
2 Jimmy Williams 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 1
1 Cozy Dolan 1
1 Dave Fultz 1
1 Topsy Hartsel 1
1 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 2.00
2 Ralph Caldwell 0.77
3 Dummy Taylor 0.70
4 Deacon Phillippe 0.67
5 Frank Smith 0.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ralph Caldwell 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1
1 Frank Smith 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 12
2 Ralph Caldwell 10
3 Frank Smith 7
3 Dummy Taylor 7
5 Deacon Phillippe 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roy Thomas .394
2 Mike Donlin .373
3 Joe Tinker .371
4 Roger Bresnahan .357
5 Willie Keeler .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Burkett 2
1 Willie Keeler 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Danny Murphy 2
1 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 19
2 Sam Mertes 18
3 Ernie Courtney 16
3 Mike Donlin 16
5 Jimmy Williams 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 11
2 Topsy Hartsel 9
3 Harry Bay 6
3 Danny Hoffman 6
3 4 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.62
2 Jake Thielman 1.00
3 Buttons Briggs 1.61
4 Bob Rhoads 1.67
5 2 tied 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 5
2 Red Ames 4
2 Oscar Jones 4
2 Joe McGinnity 4
2 4 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Young 36
2 Harry Howell 34
3 Eddie Plank 28
4 George Mullin 27
4 2 others tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Claude Elliott 1
2 Jack Powell 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .350
2 Willie Keeler .345
3 Honus Wagner .344
4 Jake Beckley .324
5 Elmer Flick .314

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 93
2 Sam Mertes 86
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 John Anderson 80
5 Jimmy Williams 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Sam Mertes 51
3 Harry Bay 41
4 Bill Dahlen 40
4 Joe Tinker 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.49
2 Rube Waddell 1.64
3 Doc White 1.72
4 Jack Chesbro 1.86
5 Otto Hess 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 38
2 Joe McGinnity 33
3 Christy Mathewson 32
4 Eddie Plank 26
4 Cy Young 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 332
2 Jack Chesbro 230
3 Eddie Plank 218
4 Christy Mathewson 214
5 Cy Young 211

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 4
2 Red Ames 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
4 Buttons Briggs 2
4 2 others tied 2