On This Day

Tuesday, April 24, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 5 3 .625 --
White Sox 4 3 .571 0.5
Naps 3 3 .500 1.0
Tigers 4 4 .500 1.0
Senators 4 4 .500 1.0
Highlanders 4 4 .500 1.0
Browns 3 4 .429 1.5
Americans 3 5 .375 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 7 3 .700 --
Phillies 7 3 .700 0.0
Pirates 6 3 .667 0.5
Cardinals 5 4 .556 1.5
Cubs 6 5 .545 1.5
Beaneaters 5 5 .500 2.0
Reds 4 9 .308 4.5
Superbas 1 9 .100 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pug Bennett 3
1 George Browne 3
1 Doc Casey 3
1 Jimmy Collins 3
1 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Collins 4
2 Doc Casey 3
2 Hobe Ferris 3
2 Freddy Parent 3
5 7 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 2
1 Billy Maloney 2
1 Germany Schaefer 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
5 20 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Buster Brown 0.64
2 Bill Duggleby 0.62
2 Jesse Tannehill 0.62
4 Barney Pelty 0.50
5 Mordecai Brown 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Walter Clarkson 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Buster Brown 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Bill Duggleby 5
3 Jesse Tannehill 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .480
2 Frank Isbell .440
3 Johnny Kling .429
4 Jimmy Williams .412
5 Frank Chance .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Arndt 1
2 Shad Barry 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 11
2 Jimmy Collins 6
2 Doc Gessler 6
2 Johnny Kling 6
2 6 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 7
2 Elmer Flick 5
2 Sherry Magee 5
4 George Browne 4
4 7 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 0.00
2 Nick Altrock 0.64
3 Jesse Tannehill 0.90
4 Bill Bernhard 1.00
5 Jack Taylor 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Duggleby 3
1 Joe McGinnity 3
1 Irv Young 3
4 Nick Altrock 2
4 9 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 22
2 Orval Overall 20
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 20
4 Johnny Lush 19
5 Chief Bender 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Art Hoelskoetter 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Chappie McFarland 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .379
2 Honus Wagner .361
3 Mike Donlin .351
4 Frank Chance .321
5 John Titus .312

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Fred Odwell 9
2 Cy Seymour 9
4 Harry Lumley 8
5 4 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 101
2 Sherry Magee 98
3 Honus Wagner 91
4 Cy Seymour 85
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 60
2 Art Devlin 58
3 Honus Wagner 56
4 Sam Mertes 55
5 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.23
2 Christy Mathewson 2.29
3 Bob Wicker 2.32
4 Ed Reulbach 2.36
5 Nick Altrock 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 30
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 24
3 Jesse Tannehill 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 302
2 Cy Young 213
3 Christy Mathewson 209
3 Eddie Plank 209
5 Red Ames 208

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 6
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
4 Jim Buchanan 2
4 4 others tied 2