On This Day

Saturday, May 20, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 14 9 .609 --
White Sox 14 11 .560 1.0
Tigers 13 12 .520 2.0
Athletics 13 12 .520 2.0
Senators 14 14 .500 2.5
Browns 13 14 .481 3.0
Highlanders 12 15 .444 4.0
Americans 10 16 .385 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 23 6 .793 --
Pirates 18 12 .600 5.5
Phillies 14 13 .519 8.0
Cubs 16 15 .516 8.0
Reds 12 16 .429 10.5
Superbas 13 20 .394 12.0
Cardinals 11 17 .393 11.5
Beaneaters 10 18 .357 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Duff Cooley 4
2 Harry Arndt 3
2 Hal Chase 3
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Emil Frisk 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 4
2 Sherry Magee 3
2 Dan McGann 3
2 George Stovall 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 3
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Tom Jones 2
4 Ed Abbaticchio 1
4 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Addie Joss 1.33
2 Frank Owen 1.00
3 Irv Young 0.86
4 Cy Young 0.83
5 Joe McGinnity 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 8
2 Joe McGinnity 7
2 Frank Owen 7
4 Chief Bender 6
4 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .390
2 Roy Thomas .377
3 John Titus .347
4 Cy Seymour .336
5 Willie Keeler .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dan McGann 3
2 Jesse Burkett 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 Emil Frisk 2
2 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 26
2 Dan McGann 23
3 Sam Mertes 21
4 Mike Donlin 20
4 Sherry Magee 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 15
2 Harry Bay 12
2 Topsy Hartsel 12
4 Danny Hoffman 11
4 Jake Stahl 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.47
2 Buttons Briggs 1.61
3 Earl Moore 1.64
4 Dummy Taylor 1.76
5 Red Ames 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Oscar Jones 6
1 Joe McGinnity 6
1 Rube Waddell 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 50
2 Cy Young 45
3 Eddie Plank 43
4 Frank Smith 41
5 2 tied 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 .419
2 Sam Crawford .406
3 Duff Cooley .387
4 George Stone .382
5 Sherry Magee .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Del Howard 2
1 Dan McGann 2
3 Emil Batch 1
3 Jesse Burkett 1
3 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 12
2 Bill Clancy 11
2 Dan McGann 11
4 John Titus 10
5 Honus Wagner 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Bay 6
1 Kitty Bransfield 6
1 George Browne 6
1 Art Devlin 6
1 4 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.50
2 Happy Townsend 0.60
3 Dummy Taylor 0.67
4 Irv Young 1.00
4 Rube Waddell 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dummy Taylor 3
1 Jake Thielman 3
1 Irv Young 3
4 Nick Altrock 2
4 24 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 25
2 Eddie Plank 24
3 Frank Smith 21
3 Rube Waddell 21
5 2 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 .345
2 Willie Keeler .344
3 Honus Wagner .338
4 John Titus .320
5 Cy Seymour .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 91
2 Sam Mertes 86
3 Sam Crawford 84
4 John Anderson 80
5 Bill Dahlen 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Sam Mertes 53
3 Harry Bay 47
4 Bill Dahlen 43
5 Joe Tinker 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.57
2 Rube Waddell 1.58
3 Doc White 1.59
4 Jack Chesbro 1.80
5 Bill Bernhard 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 36
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Joe McGinnity 32
4 Eddie Plank 25
4 Cy Young 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 323
2 Jack Chesbro 222
3 Eddie Plank 214
4 Cy Young 211
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