On This Day

Sunday, April 15, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 1 0 1.000 --
Highlanders 1 0 1.000 0.0
White Sox 0 0 .000 0.5
Tigers 0 0 .000 0.5
Browns 0 0 .000 0.5
Naps 0 0 .000 0.5
Americans 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Beaneaters 4 0 1.000 --
Pirates 2 0 1.000 1.0
Cubs 3 1 .750 1.0
Giants 2 1 .667 1.5
Phillies 1 2 .333 2.5
Reds 1 3 .250 3.0
Cardinals 0 2 .000 3.0
Superbas 0 4 .000 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Whitey Alpermann 2
1 Emil Batch 2
1 Johnny Bates 2
1 Fred Clarke 2
1 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Tinker 3
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Charlie Carr 2
2 Jimmy Sheckard 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Schulte 2
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 Doc Gessler 1
2 Leo Hafford 1
2 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Orval Overall 0.71
2 Ed Reulbach 0.54
3 Jim Pastorius 0.22
4 Ed Karger 0.14
5 Art Hoelskoetter 0.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1
1 Irv Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Reulbach 7
2 Orval Overall 5
3 Mal Eason 2
3 Art Hoelskoetter 2
3 Jim Pastorius 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frank Chance .500
1 Joe Nealon .500
3 Mike Donlin .467
4 Honus Wagner .444
5 2 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Bates 1
1 Harry Lumley 1
1 Cy Seymour 1
1 Harry Steinfeldt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 4
1 Joe Tinker 4
3 Johnny Bates 3
3 Frank Chance 3
3 Gene Good 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Schulte 3
2 Tommy Corcoran 2
2 Sherry Magee 2
2 Jack McCarthy 2
2 Joe Tinker 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vive Lindaman 0.00
1 Jake Weimer 0.00
1 Mal Eason 0.00
4 Vic Willis 0.69
5 Jack Chesbro 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Irv Young 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Jack Chesbro 1
2 10 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 12
2 Harry McIntire 10
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 9
4 Cy Young 8
5 2 tied 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .375
2 Honus Wagner .367
3 Mike Donlin .355
4 Frank Chance .322
5 Roy Thomas .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Odwell 9
1 Cy Seymour 9
3 Harry Davis 8
3 Harry Lumley 8
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 105
2 Sherry Magee 101
3 Honus Wagner 89
4 Cy Seymour 84
5 4 tied 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 59
1 Billy Maloney 59
3 Honus Wagner 57
4 Sam Mertes 53
5 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.17
2 Christy Mathewson 2.25
3 Bob Wicker 2.26
4 Ed Reulbach 2.27
5 Rube Waddell 2.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 31
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Eddie Plank 24
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 287
2 Cy Young 216
3 Eddie Plank 213
4 Christy Mathewson 212
5 Red Ames 207

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 6
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Hooks Wiltse 3
5 3 tied 2