On This Day

Tuesday, May 16, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 12 9 .571 --
White Sox 12 10 .545 0.5
Athletics 12 10 .545 0.5
Senators 13 11 .542 0.5
Highlanders 11 12 .478 2.0
Tigers 10 11 .476 2.0
Browns 10 13 .435 3.0
Americans 10 14 .417 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 20 5 .800 --
Pirates 17 10 .630 4.0
Cubs 14 13 .519 7.0
Reds 12 13 .480 8.0
Phillies 11 13 .458 8.5
Beaneaters 10 15 .400 10.0
Superbas 12 18 .400 10.5
Cardinals 8 17 .320 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sherry Magee 4
2 John Anderson 3
2 Fred Clarke 3
2 Emil Frisk 3
2 Jimmy Sheckard 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Del Howard 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 3
2 Bill Dahlen 2
2 Art Devlin 2
2 Del Howard 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Jimmy Burke 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 1.20
2 Harry Howell 0.44
2 Ed Reulbach 0.44
4 Jack Taylor 0.31
5 Oscar Jones 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Charlie Case 1
1 Jack Powell 1
1 Jack Taylor 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 6
2 Jack Taylor 5
3 Harry Howell 4
3 Ed Reulbach 4
5 Oscar Jones 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .380
2 Roy Thomas .374
3 Willie Keeler .360
4 Ginger Beaumont .343
5 Mike Donlin .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Burkett 2
1 Del Howard 2
1 Willie Keeler 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 22
2 Mike Donlin 18
2 Sam Mertes 18
4 Ernie Courtney 16
4 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 12
2 Topsy Hartsel 10
3 Harry Bay 9
3 Art Devlin 9
3 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.62
2 Buttons Briggs 1.61
3 Earl Moore 1.64
4 Christy Mathewson 1.71
5 Dummy Taylor 1.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
2 Oscar Jones 5
2 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Chick Robitaille 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 41
2 Cy Young 40
3 Eddie Plank 35
4 Red Ames 34
4 Frank Smith 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Claude Elliott 1
2 Oscar Jones 1
2 Mike Lynch 1
2 Jack Powell 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .444
2 Roy Thomas .429
3 Harry Davis .417
4 Willie Keeler .372
5 Fred Clarke .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Burkett 2
1 Del Howard 2
3 Emil Batch 1
3 Hal Chase 1
3 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Clancy 10
1 Lave Cross 10
3 Roger Bresnahan 9
3 Ernie Courtney 9
3 5 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 7
2 Bill Dahlen 6
2 Art Devlin 6
2 Topsy Hartsel 6
2 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 0.50
2 Tom Hughes 1.00
2 Christy Mathewson 1.00
2 Rube Waddell 1.00
5 Bill Hogg 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 4
2 Oscar Jones 3
2 Jake Thielman 3
2 Irv Young 3
5 22 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 26
2 Red Ames 20
2 Eddie Plank 20
4 Harry Howell 19
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 Mike Lynch 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .352
2 Willie Keeler .348
3 Honus Wagner .343
4 John Titus .317
5 Jake Beckley .315

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 91
2 Sam Mertes 84
3 John Anderson 81
3 Sam Crawford 81
5 Bill Dahlen 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Sam Mertes 53
3 Harry Bay 44
4 Bill Dahlen 43
5 Joe Tinker 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.59
2 Addie Joss 1.59
3 Rube Waddell 1.64
4 Jack Chesbro 1.79
5 Otto Hess 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 37
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Joe McGinnity 32
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Cy Young 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 318
2 Jack Chesbro 224
3 Eddie Plank 212
4 Cy Young 210
5 Christy Mathewson 209

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