On This Day

Wednesday, May 16, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 17 7 .708 --
Naps 12 9 .571 3.5
Tigers 13 10 .565 3.5
Browns 14 11 .560 3.5
Senators 12 12 .500 5.0
Highlanders 11 12 .478 5.5
White Sox 9 13 .409 7.0
Americans 6 20 .231 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 22 9 .710 --
Giants 19 8 .704 1.0
Phillies 16 13 .552 5.0
Pirates 14 12 .538 5.5
Cardinals 12 15 .444 8.0
Beaneaters 12 16 .429 8.5
Reds 10 20 .333 11.5
Superbas 8 20 .286 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Leach 4
2 Harry Arndt 3
2 Harry Davis 3
2 Bob Ganley 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Graham 1
1 Tom Needham 1
1 Socks Seybold 1
1 Cy Seymour 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Elmer Flick 3
1 Joe Nealon 3
1 Cy Seymour 3
1 Tommy Sheehan 3
5 4 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kid Elberfeld 2
1 Elmer Flick 2
3 Harry Armbruster 1
3 Hal Chase 1
3 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Carl Lundgren 1.20
2 Chief Bender 1.00
3 Ed Smith 0.44
3 Vic Willis 0.44
5 Doc Scanlan 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 8
2 Carl Lundgren 6
3 Tom Hughes 4
3 Ed Smith 4
3 Vic Willis 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Patterson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .410
2 Frank Chance .394
3 Danny Murphy .389
4 John Anderson .375
5 Socks Seybold .374

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 18
2 John Anderson 16
2 Joe Nealon 16
2 Freddy Parent 16
2 Harry Steinfeldt 16

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.50
2 Bill Donovan 1.80
3 Rube Waddell 2.01
4 Mordecai Brown 2.20
5 Bill Duggleby 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 7
2 Red Ames 6
2 Chief Bender 6
2 Joe McGinnity 6
2 Irv Young 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 59
2 Chief Bender 50
3 Johnny Lush 43
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 43
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 8 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .412
2 John Anderson .395
3 Charlie Hemphill .392
4 Frank Chance .383
4 Bobby Wallace .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
2 Cy Seymour 2
3 Jimmy Collins 1
3 Bill Dahlen 1
3 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 9
1 Sam Crawford 9
1 Tim Jordan 9
1 Joe Nealon 9
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 7
2 Sherry Magee 6
3 Frank Isbell 5
3 Harry Steinfeldt 5
3 Honus Wagner 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Red Donahue 0.50
3 Carl Lundgren 0.73
4 Vive Lindaman 0.86
5 Buster Brown 1.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 Al Orth 3
5 23 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 26
2 Red Ames 18
2 Vic Willis 18
2 George Winter 18
5 Rube Waddell 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Roy Patterson 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .375
2 Honus Wagner .357
3 Mike Donlin .353
4 Frank Chance .332
5 George Stone .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Cy Seymour 11
2 Harry Davis 10
2 Harry Lumley 10
4 Fred Odwell 9
4 Socks Seybold 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 99
2 Sam Mertes 95
3 Cy Seymour 92
4 Honus Wagner 89
5 Harry Davis 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 61
2 Billy Maloney 56
3 Honus Wagner 54
4 Sherry Magee 53
4 Sam Mertes 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.18
2 Ed Reulbach 2.32
3 Christy Mathewson 2.38
4 Carl Lundgren 2.40
5 Nick Altrock 2.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Eddie Plank 25
4 Nick Altrock 24
5 Red Ames 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 320
2 Red Ames 214
3 Cy Young 200
4 Harry Howell 199
5 Eddie Plank 197

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