On This Day

Tuesday, May 23, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 16 11 .593 --
Naps 14 11 .560 1.0
Athletics 15 12 .556 1.0
Tigers 14 13 .519 2.0
Senators 14 16 .467 3.5
Browns 13 16 .448 4.0
Highlanders 13 16 .448 4.0
Americans 12 16 .429 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 6 .806 --
Pirates 18 14 .563 7.5
Phillies 15 14 .517 9.0
Cubs 17 16 .515 9.0
Reds 13 17 .433 11.5
Beaneaters 12 18 .400 12.5
Cardinals 12 18 .400 12.5
Superbas 13 22 .371 14.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Coughlin 3
1 Ernie Courtney 3
1 Willie Keeler 3
1 Phil Lewis 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 2
2 Mike Donlin 1
2 Christy Mathewson 1
2 Red Owens 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dahlen 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Red Owens 3
4 Joe Cassidy 2
4 11 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kip Selbach 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 John Anderson 1
2 Harry Arndt 1
2 19 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Christy Mathewson 2.00
2 Eddie Plank 0.57
3 Jake Thielman 0.54
4 Irv Young 0.43
5 Orval Overall 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Frank Owen 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Jake Thielman 7
3 Cy Morgan 5
3 Orval Overall 5
5 4 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .391
2 Roy Thomas .357
3 John Titus .352
4 Willie Keeler .345
5 Cy Seymour .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 3
1 Mike Donlin 3
1 Dan McGann 3
4 Jesse Burkett 2
4 9 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

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

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Topsy Hartsel 15
1 Honus Wagner 15
3 Danny Hoffman 13
4 Harry Bay 12
4 Jake Stahl 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.57
2 Buttons Briggs 1.61
3 Dummy Taylor 1.76
4 Earl Moore 1.76
5 Red Ames 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 7
1 Rube Waddell 7
3 Oscar Jones 6
3 Ed Killian 6
3 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 50
2 Eddie Plank 47
2 Frank Smith 47
4 Red Ames 45
4 2 others tied 45

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Claude Elliott 1
2 Oscar Jones 1
2 Mike Lynch 1
2 2 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Callahan .400
1 John Titus .400
3 Emil Frisk .394
4 Duff Cooley .382
5 Spike Shannon .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Del Howard 2
1 Dan McGann 2
5 22 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Clancy 11
2 Dan McGann 10
3 Sherry Magee 9
4 Bill Dahlen 8
4 Del Howard 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kitty Bransfield 7
1 Art Devlin 7
1 Danny Hoffman 7
4 Harry Bay 6
4 4 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dummy Taylor 0.50
1 Rube Waddell 0.50
3 Irv Young 0.75
4 Red Ames 1.20
5 Frank Smith 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jake Thielman 4
2 Red Ames 3
2 Ed Killian 3
2 Togie Pittinger 3
2 Irv Young 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Hogg 24
2 Red Ames 22
3 Frank Smith 20
4 Harry McIntire 19
4 2 others tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Keeler .351
2 Nap Lajoie .347
3 Honus Wagner .334
4 John Titus .326
5 Roger Bresnahan .320

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 90
2 Sam Mertes 87
3 Sam Crawford 84
4 Bill Dahlen 82
5 John Anderson 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Sam Mertes 52
3 Harry Bay 47
4 Bill Dahlen 43
5 Joe Tinker 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.57
2 Addie Joss 1.57
3 Doc White 1.59
4 Jack Chesbro 1.84
5 Otto Hess 1.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 35
2 Christy Mathewson 34
3 Joe McGinnity 31
4 Eddie Plank 25
4 2 others tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 333
2 Jack Chesbro 219
3 Christy Mathewson 212
4 Cy Young 211
5 Eddie Plank 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