On This Day

Sunday, July 9, 1905

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 41 24 .631 --
Naps 42 25 .627 0.0
Athletics 41 26 .612 1.0
Tigers 33 34 .493 9.0
Americans 29 33 .468 10.5
Highlanders 29 34 .460 11.0
Browns 25 44 .362 18.0
Senators 23 43 .348 18.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 52 21 .712 --
Pirates 46 28 .622 6.5
Phillies 43 28 .606 8.0
Cubs 43 31 .581 9.5
Reds 38 35 .521 14.0
Cardinals 27 47 .365 25.5
Superbas 22 51 .301 30.0
Beaneaters 21 51 .292 30.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bay 3
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Duff Cooley 3
1 Del Howard 3
1 George Stovall 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Peitz 2
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Duff Cooley 1
2 Jack O'Neill 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Elmer Flick 2
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 Mike Grady 1
2 Nick Kahl 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Mullin 0.56
2 Patsy Flaherty 0.50
3 Bob Wicker 0.36
4 Doc White 0.33
5 Cy Morgan 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Red Donahue 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Orval Overall 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 5
2 Patsy Flaherty 4
2 Doc White 4
2 Bob Wicker 4
5 Orval Overall 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .353
2 Cy Seymour .353
3 Frank Chance .351
4 Nap Lajoie .342
5 Roy Thomas .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
2 Harry Davis 4
2 Sherry Magee 4
2 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 56
2 Cy Seymour 50
3 Sam Mertes 49
4 John Titus 46
5 Bill Dahlen 43

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 39
2 Sherry Magee 28
2 Honus Wagner 28
4 Art Devlin 27
4 Danny Hoffman 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.60
2 Doc White 1.83
3 Ed Reulbach 1.91
4 Nick Altrock 2.20
5 Addie Joss 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 16
2 Red Ames 13
2 Christy Mathewson 13
2 Togie Pittinger 13
5 Addie Joss 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 144
2 Red Ames 112
3 Cy Young 106
4 Harry Howell 103
5 2 tied 95

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 3
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
3 Jim Buchanan 1
3 Ralph Caldwell 1
3 10 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .455
2 John Titus .434
3 Ginger Beaumont .429
4 Kid Gleason .411
5 Fred Tenney .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Charlie Hickman 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Emil Batch 1
3 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 14
2 Sam Mertes 12
2 Cy Seymour 12
4 Ginger Beaumont 10
4 Joe Tinker 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Dahlen 9
2 Elmer Flick 7
2 Dave Fultz 7
2 Honus Wagner 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sam Leever 0.95
2 Doc White 0.97
3 Clark Griffith 1.04
4 Al Orth 1.33
4 Bob Wicker 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Charlie Case 3
2 Frank Corridon 3
2 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 36
2 Vic Willis 24
3 Red Ames 23
4 Cy Young 22
5 2 tied 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .404
2 Nap Lajoie .400
3 Cy Seymour .383
4 Honus Wagner .361
5 Ginger Beaumont .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 George Stone 3
3 Emil Batch 2
3 Dave Brain 2
3 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 28
2 Sherry Magee 25
3 Bill Dahlen 20
3 Del Howard 20
3 Honus Wagner 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 20
2 Frank Chance 11
2 Bill Dahlen 11
2 Sherry Magee 11
5 3 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Wicker 1.17
2 Doc White 1.41
3 Togie Pittinger 1.42
4 Rube Waddell 1.75
5 Cy Young 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Owen 6
1 Rube Waddell 6
1 Doc White 6
4 Frank Corridon 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 83
2 Harry Howell 43
2 Cy Young 43
4 Red Ames 41
5 Doc White 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ralph Caldwell 1
1 Claude Elliott 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .352
2 Honus Wagner .348
3 Cy Seymour .336
4 Willie Keeler .336
5 John Titus .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Patsy Dougherty 8
2 Dave Brain 7
2 Sherry Magee 7
2 Danny Murphy 7
5 6 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 92
1 Sam Mertes 92
3 Bill Dahlen 85
4 Sam Crawford 78
5 Tommy Corcoran 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Harry Bay 53
3 Joe Tinker 43
4 Elmer Flick 41
5 Wid Conroy 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.46
2 Rube Waddell 1.57
3 Addie Joss 1.65
4 Jack Chesbro 2.20
5 Earl Moore 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 31
2 Jack Chesbro 28
2 Rube Waddell 28
4 Joe McGinnity 26
5 Eddie Plank 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 352
2 Cy Young 223
3 Jack Chesbro 208
4 Red Ames 202
5 Eddie Plank 198

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 3
1 Joe McGinnity 3
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
4 Red Ames 1
4 20 others tied 1