On This Day

Thursday, May 25, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 17 11 .607 --
Naps 16 11 .593 0.5
Athletics 16 13 .552 1.5
Tigers 15 14 .517 2.5
Browns 14 16 .467 4.0
Senators 14 17 .452 4.5
Highlanders 13 18 .419 5.5
Americans 12 17 .414 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 8 .758 --
Pirates 19 15 .559 6.5
Phillies 16 15 .516 8.0
Cubs 18 17 .514 8.0
Reds 15 17 .469 9.5
Beaneaters 13 19 .406 11.5
Cardinals 13 19 .406 11.5
Superbas 14 23 .378 13.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Chance 3
1 Bill Clancy 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 3
5 21 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Tom Needham 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 3
1 Frank Chance 3
1 Ed Phelps 3
4 Bill Bradley 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Harry Davis 1
1 Jack Dunleavy 1
1 Topsy Hartsel 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Taylor 1.60
2 Bob Ewing 0.80
3 Jack Doscher 0.50
3 Joe McGinnity 0.50
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Taylor 8
2 George Mullin 6
3 Jack Doscher 5
4 Bob Ewing 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .374
2 Roy Thomas .347
3 John Titus .342
4 Willie Keeler .339
5 2 tied .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 3
1 Mike Donlin 3
1 Dan McGann 3
1 Homer Smoot 3
5 12 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 28
2 Sherry Magee 25
3 Dan McGann 23
3 Sam Mertes 23
5 Mike Donlin 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Topsy Hartsel 16
2 Honus Wagner 15
3 Danny Hoffman 14
3 Jake Stahl 14
5 Harry Bay 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.63
2 Earl Moore 1.76
3 Red Ames 1.77
4 Irv Young 2.01
5 Addie Joss 2.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 7
1 Rube Waddell 7
3 Bill Duggleby 6
3 Oscar Jones 6
3 7 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 55
2 Harry Howell 50
3 Rube Waddell 48
4 George Mullin 47
4 Eddie Plank 47

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 Sam Crawford .436
2 Charley O'Leary .421
3 Emil Frisk .405
4 Frank Chance .400
5 Cy Seymour .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Dan McGann 2
1 Tom Needham 2
5 25 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 10
1 Charley O'Leary 10
3 Bill Clancy 9
3 Sam Crawford 9
5 Dan McGann 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 8
1 Jake Stahl 8
3 Topsy Hartsel 7
4 Kitty Bransfield 6
4 Art Devlin 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 0.43
2 Irv Young 0.75
3 Win Kellum 1.29
4 Sam Leever 1.33
5 Dummy Taylor 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Duggleby 3
1 Bob Ewing 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 28
2 Rube Waddell 22
3 George Mullin 20
4 Eddie Plank 19
5 Bill Hogg 18

Saves

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

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .390
2 Ginger Beaumont .379
3 Willie Keeler .363
3 Cy Seymour .363
5 Bill Coughlin .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 3
2 Jesse Burkett 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 Emil Frisk 2
2 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 19
2 John Titus 18
3 Ernie Courtney 17
4 Sam Crawford 15
4 2 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Topsy Hartsel 14
2 Danny Hoffman 13
3 Jake Stahl 12
3 Honus Wagner 12
5 Harry Bay 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ames 1.15
2 Irv Young 1.55
3 Earl Moore 1.59
4 Rube Waddell 1.90
5 Happy Townsend 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Frank Smith 6
3 Oscar Jones 5
3 Addie Joss 5
3 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 51
2 George Mullin 41
2 Rube Waddell 41
4 Red Ames 38
5 2 tied 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Keeler .354
2 Nap Lajoie .347
3 Honus Wagner .333
4 John Titus .326
5 Cy Seymour .318

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 89
2 Sam Mertes 87
3 Sam Crawford 86
4 Bill Dahlen 82
5 John Anderson 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 58
2 Sam Mertes 52
3 Harry Bay 46
4 Bill Dahlen 43
5 Joe Tinker 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.55
2 Doc White 1.59
3 Rube Waddell 1.75
4 Jack Chesbro 1.88
5 Otto Hess 1.99

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 330
2 Jack Chesbro 216
3 Eddie Plank 209
4 Christy Mathewson 208
5 Cy Young 204

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 4
2 Red Ames 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
4 Buttons Briggs 2
4 Win Kellum 2