On This Day

Thursday, April 26, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 6 4 .600 --
Athletics 6 4 .600 0.0
White Sox 5 4 .556 0.5
Tigers 5 4 .556 0.5
Browns 4 5 .444 1.5
Naps 3 4 .429 1.5
Americans 4 6 .400 2.0
Highlanders 4 6 .400 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 9 3 .750 --
Pirates 7 3 .700 1.0
Phillies 7 5 .583 2.0
Cubs 7 6 .538 2.5
Cardinals 5 5 .500 3.0
Beaneaters 6 6 .500 3.0
Reds 5 10 .333 5.5
Superbas 2 10 .167 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Moose Grimshaw 4
2 Jim Delahanty 3
2 Frank Kitson 3
2 George Rohe 3
5 19 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sherry Magee 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Emil Batch 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 Moose Grimshaw 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Chick Stahl 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Casey 2
1 Dan McGann 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
4 Emil Batch 1
4 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dummy Taylor 2.00
2 George Winter 1.60
3 Elmer Stricklett 1.50
4 Jack Chesbro 0.50
5 Carl Lundgren 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Frank Kitson 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Ed Siever 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dummy Taylor 8
1 George Winter 8
3 Elmer Stricklett 6
4 Carl Lundgren 5
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .424
2 Jimmy Williams .395
3 Johnny Kling .387
4 Jack Himes .385
5 Socks Seybold .378

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

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

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 7
2 Elmer Flick 5
2 Sherry Magee 5
2 Billy Maloney 5
5 9 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.78
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 Nick Altrock 3
2 Red Ames 3
2 Bill Duggleby 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 35
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 25
3 Orval Overall 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 .369
2 Honus Wagner .360
3 Mike Donlin .349
4 Frank Chance .321
5 John Titus .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
2 Fred Odwell 9
2 Cy Seymour 9
5 6 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 102
2 Sam Mertes 99
3 Honus Wagner 91
4 Cy Seymour 86
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 61
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 Nick Altrock 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Red Ames 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 313
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 4 others tied 2