On This Day

Tuesday, May 8, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 12 7 .632 --
Senators 11 8 .579 1.0
Tigers 10 8 .556 1.5
Naps 8 8 .500 2.5
Browns 9 10 .474 3.0
Highlanders 9 10 .474 3.0
White Sox 8 9 .471 3.0
Americans 6 13 .316 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 16 6 .727 --
Cubs 16 7 .696 0.5
Phillies 13 10 .565 3.5
Pirates 11 10 .524 4.5
Beaneaters 10 12 .455 6.0
Cardinals 8 11 .421 6.5
Reds 9 16 .360 8.5
Superbas 6 17 .261 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Art Brouthers 5
2 Andy Coakley 4
3 Dave Brain 3
3 Lave Cross 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Frank Kitson 1
2 Danny Murphy 1
2 Jimmy Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lave Cross 3
1 Moose Grimshaw 3
3 Fred Clarke 2
3 Art Devlin 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Brain 1
1 George Browne 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vive Lindaman 0.60
2 Andy Coakley 0.56
3 Togie Pittinger 0.40
4 Mordecai Brown 0.33
4 Sam Leever 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Andy Coakley 1
1 Frank Kitson 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 Vive Lindaman 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Louis LeRoy 6
2 Andy Coakley 5
2 Lew Richie 5
4 Frank Kitson 3
4 Vive Lindaman 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .419
2 Frank Chance .391
3 Socks Seybold .384
4 John Anderson .368
5 Spike Shannon .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 4
1 Sherry Magee 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Harry Davis 3
5 4 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 16
2 Socks Seybold 14
3 John Anderson 13
3 George Browne 13
3 Sherry Magee 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 9
1 Art Devlin 9
1 Sherry Magee 9
1 Matty McIntyre 9
5 4 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Smith 1.46
2 Johnny Lush 2.00
2 Bill Bernhard 2.00
4 Carl Lundgren 2.04
5 Bill Donovan 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 6
1 Irv Young 6
3 Carl Lundgren 5
3 Joe McGinnity 5
5 6 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 50
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 43
3 Johnny Lush 37
4 Chief Bender 36
5 Red Ames 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Art Hoelskoetter 1
1 7 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .435
2 Kid Elberfeld .407
3 John Anderson .400
3 Socks Seybold .400
3 Spike Shannon .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Harry Lumley 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
4 Kid Elberfeld 2
5 23 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 11
2 Doc Casey 10
2 Del Howard 10
2 Tim Jordan 10
2 Germany Schaefer 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 8
2 John Anderson 7
2 Art Devlin 7
2 Matty McIntyre 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.95
2 Elmer Stricklett 1.42
3 Ed Smith 1.46
4 Carl Lundgren 1.67
5 Jim Pastorius 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 4
2 Frank Kitson 3
2 Carl Lundgren 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 28
2 Chief Bender 24
3 Red Ames 23
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 23
5 Irv Young 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .367
2 Honus Wagner .356
3 Mike Donlin .347
4 Frank Chance .328
5 George Stone .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 11
2 Harry Davis 10
2 Cy Seymour 10
4 Fred Odwell 9
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 103
2 Sam Mertes 96
3 Cy Seymour 90
4 Honus Wagner 89
5 2 tied 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 64
2 Billy Maloney 60
3 Honus Wagner 55
4 Sam Mertes 54
5 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.20
2 Christy Mathewson 2.30
3 Ed Reulbach 2.36
4 Bob Wicker 2.41
5 Nick Altrock 2.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Red Ames 24
4 Eddie Plank 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 323
2 Red Ames 215
3 Harry Howell 198
3 Cy Young 198
5 Eddie Plank 196

Saves

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