On This Day

Monday, June 5, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 24 12 .667 --
White Sox 22 16 .579 3.0
Athletics 22 16 .579 3.0
Tigers 20 19 .513 5.5
Americans 16 21 .432 8.5
Senators 17 23 .425 9.0
Browns 17 24 .415 9.5
Highlanders 16 23 .410 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 34 10 .773 --
Phillies 23 16 .590 8.5
Pirates 26 19 .578 8.5
Reds 21 22 .488 12.5
Cubs 22 24 .478 13.0
Cardinals 18 25 .419 15.5
Beaneaters 15 28 .349 18.5
Superbas 15 30 .333 19.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 Frank Huelsman 3
1 Danny Murphy 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
5 16 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Frank Huelsman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Huelsman 3
2 Shad Barry 2
2 George Browne 2
2 Art Devlin 2
2 Patsy Dougherty 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Dan McGann 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Jimmy Burke 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Weldon Henley 0.86
2 Sam Leever 0.62
3 Casey Patten 0.38
4 Kaiser Wilhelm 0.36
5 Dummy Taylor 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Hogg 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 1
1 Dummy Taylor 1
1 Tom Walker 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Weldon Henley 6
2 Sam Leever 5
2 Casey Patten 5
2 Kaiser Wilhelm 5
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .361
2 Honus Wagner .347
3 Roy Thomas .342
4 Cy Seymour .335
5 Sam Crawford .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 5
2 Jimmy Williams 4
3 Mike Donlin 3
3 Sherry Magee 3
3 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 30
1 John Titus 30
3 Mike Donlin 29
4 Sam Mertes 28
5 Dan McGann 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Bay 19
1 Art Devlin 19
3 Honus Wagner 18
4 Danny Hoffman 17
4 2 others tied 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.47
2 Dummy Taylor 1.54
3 Addie Joss 1.66
4 Irv Young 1.69
5 Ed Reulbach 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 9
1 Togie Pittinger 9
1 Rube Waddell 9
4 Addie Joss 8
4 4 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 65
2 Frank Smith 63
2 Cy Young 63
4 George Mullin 62
5 Harry Howell 60

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Jim Buchanan 1
3 Jack Harper 1
3 7 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .436
2 Otis Clymer .415
3 Jack Warner .383
4 Spike Shannon .356
5 Danny Murphy .356

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 4
2 Jimmy Sebring 2
2 Jimmy Williams 2
4 Ed Abbaticchio 1
4 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dahlen 11
2 Jim Delahanty 10
2 Sherry Magee 10
4 Mike Donlin 9
4 Joe Yeager 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 10
2 Art Devlin 9
3 Harry Bay 7
3 Wid Conroy 7
3 Billy Maloney 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
2 Irv Young 0.50
3 Harry Howell 0.60
4 Addie Joss 0.79
5 Christy Mathewson 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Togie Pittinger 5
2 Red Ames 3
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Charlie Case 3
2 14 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 31
2 George Mullin 29
3 Bill Hogg 23
4 Rube Waddell 19
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Buchanan 1
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Jack Harper 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Crawford .367
2 George Stone .356
3 Honus Wagner .355
4 Spike Shannon .352
5 Charley O'Leary .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 5
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Bill Clancy 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 22
2 Bill Clancy 18
2 Bill Dahlen 18
4 Dan McGann 15
5 4 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 15
2 Harry Bay 13
2 Billy Maloney 13
4 Danny Hoffman 12
4 Sherry Magee 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Irv Young 0.75
2 Dummy Taylor 0.96
3 Addie Joss 1.38
4 Nick Altrock 1.53
5 Ed Reulbach 1.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Togie Pittinger 7
2 Dummy Taylor 6
2 Jake Thielman 6
2 Irv Young 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 43
2 Red Ames 42
3 George Mullin 40
3 Rube Waddell 40
5 2 tied 39

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Buchanan 1
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Jack Harper 1
1 Oscar Jones 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .352
2 Nap Lajoie .346
3 Willie Keeler .339
4 Roger Bresnahan .322
5 John Titus .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Murphy 9
2 Patsy Dougherty 7
3 Bill Dahlen 6
3 Buck Freeman 6
3 7 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 90
2 Bill Dahlen 87
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 Nap Lajoie 80
5 Jimmy Williams 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 58
2 Harry Bay 49
2 Sam Mertes 49
4 Bill Dahlen 41
4 Elmer Flick 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.47
2 Doc White 1.57
3 Otto Hess 1.78
4 Rube Waddell 1.80
5 Bill Bernhard 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
2 Jack Chesbro 32
3 Joe McGinnity 29
4 Rube Waddell 25
4 Cy Young 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 316
2 Cy Young 214
3 Jack Chesbro 208
4 Eddie Plank 203
5 Christy Mathewson 201

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Hooks Wiltse 4
3 Red Ames 3
4 Buttons Briggs 2
4 2 others tied 2