On This Day

Wednesday, June 21, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 32 15 .681 --
White Sox 30 20 .600 3.5
Athletics 30 21 .588 4.0
Tigers 27 23 .540 6.5
Americans 22 25 .468 10.0
Highlanders 19 29 .396 13.5
Browns 19 32 .373 15.0
Senators 19 33 .365 15.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 41 18 .695 --
Pirates 34 25 .576 7.0
Cubs 34 26 .567 7.5
Phillies 30 24 .556 8.5
Reds 32 26 .552 8.5
Cardinals 25 33 .431 15.5
Beaneaters 18 38 .321 21.5
Superbas 17 41 .293 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rip Cannell 3
2 Emil Batch 2
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Bill Bergen 2
2 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Arndt 1
1 Danny Murphy 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rip Cannell 2
1 Lave Cross 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 John Dobbs 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Bowerman 1
1 Rip Cannell 1
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry McIntire 0.70
2 Buttons Briggs 0.57
3 Christy Mathewson 0.44
4 Eddie Plank 0.43
5 Deacon Phillippe 0.36

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry McIntire 7
2 Buttons Briggs 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Earl Moore 4
2 Deacon Phillippe 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .358
2 Honus Wagner .354
3 Roy Thomas .344
4 Mike Donlin .329
5 Roger Bresnahan .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
2 Jimmy Williams 4
4 Josh Clarke 3
4 7 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 38
2 Sherry Magee 37
2 Sam Mertes 37
4 Bill Dahlen 36
4 2 others tied 36

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 31
2 Art Devlin 23
3 Danny Hoffman 22
4 Honus Wagner 21
5 2 tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.53
2 Addie Joss 1.65
3 Ed Reulbach 1.65
4 Nick Altrock 2.17
5 Doc White 2.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Togie Pittinger 12
2 Red Ames 11
2 Christy Mathewson 11
2 Rube Waddell 11
5 2 tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 101
2 Red Ames 89
3 Harry Howell 81
4 George Mullin 80
5 Eddie Plank 79

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
2 Claude Elliott 2
3 Jim Buchanan 1
3 Noodles Hahn 1
3 8 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wid Conroy .457
2 Cy Seymour .455
3 Mike Donlin .424
4 George Stone .395
5 Honus Wagner .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 George Stone 3
3 Josh Clarke 2
3 Patsy Dougherty 2
5 19 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 20
2 Tommy Corcoran 13
2 Bill Dahlen 13
4 Fred Odwell 12
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 14
2 Frank Chance 8
3 Tommy Corcoran 6
3 Mike Donlin 6
3 Joe Tinker 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jake Weimer 1.00
1 Bob Wicker 1.00
3 Deacon Phillippe 1.29
3 Mordecai Brown 1.29
5 Ed Reulbach 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Eddie Plank 4
1 Ed Reulbach 4
4 Bill Donovan 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 40
2 Red Ames 24
3 Harry Howell 21
3 Christy Mathewson 21
3 Eddie Plank 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .406
2 Wid Conroy .392
3 Cy Seymour .381
4 Otis Clymer .373
5 George Stone .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 4
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Patsy Dougherty 3
2 George Stone 3
5 5 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 28
2 Bill Dahlen 24
3 Frank Chance 17
3 Sherry Magee 17
5 4 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 21
2 Art Devlin 13
2 Sherry Magee 13
4 Tommy Corcoran 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.90
2 Addie Joss 1.12
3 Nick Altrock 1.46
4 Bob Wicker 1.61
5 Rube Waddell 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Togie Pittinger 8
2 Christy Mathewson 7
2 Ed Reulbach 7
4 Red Ames 5
4 9 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 66
2 Red Ames 55
3 George Mullin 47
4 Eddie Plank 36
5 2 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jim Buchanan 1
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Jack Harper 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .350
2 Honus Wagner .349
3 Willie Keeler .339
4 Cy Seymour .330
5 Mike Donlin .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Patsy Dougherty 9
1 Danny Murphy 9
3 Mike Grady 7
4 Dave Brain 6
4 8 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dahlen 94
2 Sam Mertes 92
3 Sam Crawford 84
4 Sherry Magee 79
5 2 tied 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Harry Bay 48
3 Joe Tinker 42
4 Sam Mertes 41
5 Wid Conroy 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.40
2 Doc White 1.50
3 Rube Waddell 1.74
4 Bill Bernhard 2.04
5 Earl Moore 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
2 Jack Chesbro 29
3 Joe McGinnity 27
4 Eddie Plank 26
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 332
2 Cy Young 214
3 Jack Chesbro 206
3 Eddie Plank 206
5 Christy Mathewson 198

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