On This Day

Thursday, May 18, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 12 9 .571 --
Athletics 13 10 .565 0.0
White Sox 12 11 .522 1.0
Senators 13 12 .520 1.0
Tigers 11 11 .500 1.5
Browns 12 13 .480 2.0
Highlanders 11 14 .440 3.0
Americans 10 14 .417 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 21 6 .778 --
Pirates 18 10 .643 3.5
Cubs 15 14 .517 7.0
Phillies 12 13 .480 8.0
Reds 12 14 .462 8.5
Superbas 12 19 .387 11.0
Beaneaters 10 16 .385 10.5
Cardinals 9 17 .346 11.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Lumley 4
2 Ed Abbaticchio 3
2 Cy Seymour 3
4 Bill Clancy 2
4 14 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dan McGann 2
2 Frank Schulte 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Duff Cooley 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Dan McGann 2
1 Heinie Peitz 2
1 Frank Schulte 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jiggs Donahue 2
1 Danny Hoffman 2
3 Kitty Bransfield 1
3 Mike Donlin 1
3 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 1.50
2 Willie Sudhoff 0.67
3 Frank Smith 0.58
4 Sam Leever 0.57
5 Ed Killian 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 9
2 Frank Smith 7
3 Ed Killian 6
4 Sam Leever 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .378
2 Roy Thomas .374
3 Willie Keeler .351
4 John Titus .333
5 Mike Donlin .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dan McGann 3
2 Jesse Burkett 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 Del Howard 2
2 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 22
2 Sam Mertes 21
3 Mike Donlin 19
4 Dan McGann 18
5 3 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 12
2 Topsy Hartsel 10
2 Danny Hoffman 10
2 Billy Maloney 10
2 Jimmy Slagle 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.47
2 Buttons Briggs 1.61
3 Earl Moore 1.64
4 Dummy Taylor 1.97
5 Red Ames 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Rube Waddell 6
3 Oscar Jones 5
3 Ed Killian 5
3 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 41
1 Frank Smith 41
3 Cy Young 40
4 Eddie Plank 35
4 Rube Waddell 35

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 Roy Thomas .400
2 Ginger Beaumont .388
3 John Titus .386
4 Willie Keeler .370
5 Harry Davis .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Burkett 2
1 Del Howard 2
1 Dan McGann 2
4 Emil Batch 1
4 24 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Clancy 11
2 Moose Grimshaw 9
2 Sherry Magee 9
2 Honus Wagner 9
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 7
2 Kitty Bransfield 6
2 Art Devlin 6
2 Topsy Hartsel 6
2 Danny Hoffman 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 0.50
1 Dummy Taylor 0.50
3 Rube Waddell 0.67
3 Irv Young 0.67
5 Tom Hughes 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Jake Thielman 3
1 Rube Waddell 3
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
1 Irv Young 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 26
1 Rube Waddell 26
3 Hooks Wiltse 21
4 Bill Hogg 20
5 3 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 Mike Lynch 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .347
2 Willie Keeler .346
3 Honus Wagner .342
4 John Titus .317
5 Ginger Beaumont .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 90
2 Sam Mertes 86
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 John Anderson 80
5 Bill Dahlen 79

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.58
2 Doc White 1.59
3 Addie Joss 1.59
4 Jack Chesbro 1.80
5 Otto Hess 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 36
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Joe McGinnity 31
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 Cy Young 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 323
2 Jack Chesbro 222
3 Eddie Plank 212
4 Cy Young 206
5 Christy Mathewson 205

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