On This Day

Wednesday, April 25, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 6 3 .667 --
Senators 5 4 .556 1.0
Naps 3 3 .500 1.5
White Sox 4 4 .500 1.5
Tigers 4 4 .500 1.5
Browns 4 4 .500 1.5
Highlanders 4 5 .444 2.0
Americans 3 6 .333 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 8 3 .727 --
Pirates 7 3 .700 0.5
Phillies 7 4 .636 1.0
Beaneaters 6 5 .545 2.0
Cardinals 5 5 .500 2.5
Cubs 6 6 .500 2.5
Reds 5 9 .357 4.5
Superbas 1 10 .091 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jack Himes 4
2 Davy Jones 3
2 Frank LaPorte 3
2 Socks Seybold 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 Charlie Hickman 1
1 Harry Lumley 1
1 Sherry Magee 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 3
2 Shad Barry 2
2 Frank Bowerman 2
2 Mike Donlin 2
2 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 2
1 Jake Stahl 2
3 Shad Barry 1
3 Harry Bay 1
3 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 2.17
2 Vic Willis 0.86
3 Harry Howell 0.43
3 Cy Young 0.43
5 3 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Casey Patten 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 13
2 Vic Willis 6
3 Bob Ewing 4
3 Harry McIntire 4
5 7 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jake Weimer 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .448
2 Johnny Kling .429
3 Jimmy Williams .395
4 Socks Seybold .394
5 Jack Himes .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Charlie Hickman 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Sherry Magee 2
5 12 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 11
2 Socks Seybold 8
3 Mike Donlin 7
3 Danny Murphy 7
3 2 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 7
2 Elmer Flick 5
2 Sherry Magee 5
4 John Anderson 4
4 9 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.64
2 Jesse Tannehill 0.90
3 Addie Joss 1.06
4 Jack Taylor 1.23
5 Bill Donovan 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Irv Young 4
2 Red Ames 3
2 Bill Duggleby 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Rube Waddell 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 35
2 Orval Overall 20
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 20
4 Johnny Lush 19
4 Harry McIntire 19

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .373
2 Honus Wagner .360
3 Mike Donlin .350
4 Frank Chance .319
5 John Titus .314

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 100
2 Sam Mertes 99
3 Honus Wagner 91
4 Cy Seymour 86
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 2.25
3 Bob Wicker 2.32
4 Ed Reulbach 2.36
5 Rube Waddell 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Rube Waddell 28
3 Nick Altrock 24
3 Red Ames 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 315
2 Cy Young 216
3 Red Ames 209
4 Harry Howell 208
5 Eddie Plank 204

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 6
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
4 Jim Buchanan 2
4 5 others tied 2