On This Day

Monday, May 14, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 15 7 .682 --
Tigers 13 8 .619 1.5
Naps 11 8 .579 2.5
Browns 13 10 .565 2.5
Senators 11 11 .500 4.0
Highlanders 9 12 .429 5.5
White Sox 8 12 .400 6.0
Americans 6 18 .250 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 18 7 .720 --
Cubs 20 9 .690 0.0
Phillies 16 11 .593 3.0
Pirates 12 12 .500 5.5
Cardinals 11 14 .440 7.0
Beaneaters 11 15 .423 7.5
Reds 10 18 .357 9.5
Superbas 7 19 .269 11.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shad Barry 3
1 Kitty Bransfield 3
1 Frank Chance 3
1 Johnny Evers 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Stone 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Evers 4
2 Frank Bowerman 3
2 Pete O'Brien 3
4 Kitty Bransfield 2
4 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Jimmy Sheckard 2
4 Pug Bennett 1
4 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Donovan 1.00
2 Roy Witherup 0.44
3 Harry Howell 0.40
4 Homer Hillebrand 0.38
5 2 tied 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 8
2 Christy Mathewson 6
3 Homer Hillebrand 5
3 Cy Young 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .429
2 Frank Chance .419
3 Danny Murphy .405
4 John Anderson .375
5 Socks Seybold .365

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 18
2 Harry Steinfeldt 16
3 George Browne 15
3 Freddy Parent 15
3 Socks Seybold 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 12
2 Frank Chance 11
3 John Anderson 10
3 Matty McIntyre 10
3 Joe Tinker 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.74
2 Bill Bernhard 1.75
3 Bill Donovan 1.80
4 Ed Smith 1.87
5 Tully Sparks 1.95

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 59
2 Johnny Lush 43
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 43
4 Chief Bender 42
5 Red Ames 38

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 .514
2 Frank Chance .429
3 George Stone .417
4 John Anderson .395
5 Charlie Hemphill .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
2 Kid Elberfeld 2
3 Jimmy Collins 1
3 Wid Conroy 1
3 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 9
1 Sam Crawford 9
3 John Anderson 8
3 George Browne 8
3 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 7
2 Frank Chance 6
2 Art Devlin 6
2 Sherry Magee 6
2 Matty McIntyre 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Tully Sparks 0.47
3 Red Donahue 0.50
4 Vive Lindaman 0.86
5 3 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 3
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Bill Donovan 3
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 26
1 Chief Bender 26
3 Johnny Lush 19
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 George Winter 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .377
2 Honus Wagner .353
3 Mike Donlin .349
4 Frank Chance .335
5 George Stone .315

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 99
2 Sam Mertes 95
3 Cy Seymour 89
4 Honus Wagner 84
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 61
2 Billy Maloney 56
3 Sherry Magee 54
3 Sam Mertes 54
3 Honus Wagner 54

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.15
2 Ed Reulbach 2.32
3 Christy Mathewson 2.38
4 Rube Waddell 2.52
5 Carl Lundgren 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
3 Eddie Plank 25
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 320
2 Red Ames 214
3 Eddie Plank 201
4 Cy Young 200
5 Harry Howell 199

Saves

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