On This Day

Friday, April 27, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 7 4 .636 --
Athletics 7 4 .636 0.0
Naps 4 4 .500 1.5
White Sox 5 5 .500 1.5
Tigers 5 5 .500 1.5
Browns 5 5 .500 1.5
Americans 4 7 .364 3.0
Highlanders 4 7 .364 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 10 3 .769 --
Pirates 7 4 .636 2.0
Cubs 8 6 .571 2.5
Cardinals 6 5 .545 3.0
Phillies 7 6 .538 3.0
Beaneaters 6 7 .462 4.0
Reds 5 11 .313 6.5
Superbas 3 10 .231 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Billy Maloney 4
1 Cy Seymour 4
1 Jimmy Sheckard 4
1 Joe Ward 4
5 10 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hemphill 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Bernhard 4
2 Del Howard 3
2 Homer Smoot 3
2 Harry Steinfeldt 3
5 15 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Spike Shannon 2
2 John Anderson 1
2 Shad Barry 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 14 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Lush 0.50
2 Fred Glade 0.33
2 Al Orth 0.33
2 Roy Patterson 0.33
2 Hooks Wiltse 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Lush 5
2 Jack Harper 4
2 Al Orth 4
2 Doc Scanlan 4
2 Ed Smith 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .432
2 Nap Lajoie .406
3 Frank Chance .405
4 Jimmy Williams .383
5 2 tied .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
3 Charlie Hickman 2
3 Harry Lumley 2
5 13 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 11
2 Mike Donlin 9
3 Socks Seybold 8
3 Harry Steinfeldt 8
5 10 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 7
2 John Anderson 5
2 Mike Donlin 5
2 Elmer Flick 5
2 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.78
2 Jesse Tannehill 0.90
3 Addie Joss 1.06
4 Jack Taylor 1.45
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 Johnny Lush 24
4 Orval Overall 20
5 Harry McIntire 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Art Hoelskoetter 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Chappie McFarland 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .372
2 Honus Wagner .360
3 Mike Donlin .351
4 Frank Chance .324
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 88
5 Harry Davis 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 61
2 Art Devlin 59
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 Ed Reulbach 2.36
4 Nick Altrock 2.43
5 Rube Waddell 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Red Ames 24
4 Eddie Plank 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 313
2 Red Ames 209
3 Harry Howell 208
3 Cy Young 208
5 Eddie Plank 205

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