On This Day

Saturday, May 19, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 20 7 .741 --
Naps 15 9 .625 3.5
Highlanders 14 12 .538 5.5
Tigers 13 13 .500 6.5
Browns 14 14 .500 6.5
White Sox 12 13 .480 7.0
Senators 12 15 .444 8.0
Americans 6 23 .207 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 24 10 .706 --
Giants 20 10 .667 2.0
Pirates 16 13 .552 5.5
Phillies 17 15 .531 6.0
Cardinals 14 16 .467 8.0
Reds 13 20 .394 10.5
Beaneaters 12 19 .387 10.5
Superbas 9 22 .290 13.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jiggs Donahue 4
2 Shad Barry 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Tommy Corcoran 3
2 8 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 Harry Lumley 1
1 Socks Seybold 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Homer Smoot 3
2 Emil Batch 2
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Frank Bowerman 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 2
2 Harry Arndt 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Al Bridwell 1
2 19 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dummy Taylor 0.62
2 Bill Donovan 0.58
3 Andy Coakley 0.50
3 Doc Newton 0.50
5 Mal Eason 0.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Andy Coakley 1
1 Carl Druhot 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 7
2 Mal Eason 6
3 Dummy Taylor 5
4 Frank Kitson 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .400
2 George Stone .391
3 Socks Seybold .376
4 Frank Chance .371
5 John Anderson .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 5
2 Harry Davis 4
2 Sherry Magee 4
2 Socks Seybold 4
5 2 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 20
2 John Anderson 16
2 George Browne 16
2 Joe Nealon 16
2 4 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 12
1 Sherry Magee 12
1 Joe Tinker 12
4 John Anderson 11
4 3 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.50
2 Rube Waddell 1.74
3 Bill Donovan 1.87
4 Bill Duggleby 2.04
5 Addie Joss 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 7
2 Red Ames 6
2 Chief Bender 6
2 Joe McGinnity 6
2 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 67
2 Chief Bender 50
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 46
4 Johnny Lush 44
5 Red Ames 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 10 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Murphy .514
2 Kid Elberfeld .417
3 Bobby Wallace .400
4 Shad Barry .396
5 Charlie Hemphill .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
4 Jimmy Collins 1
4 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Billy Sullivan 11
2 Frank Bowerman 10
2 Tim Jordan 10
4 Joe Nealon 9
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 7
2 Sherry Magee 6
2 Honus Wagner 6
4 Pug Bennett 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Carl Lundgren 0.64
3 Bill Duggleby 0.99
4 Ed Reulbach 1.00
5 Sam Leever 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 Eddie Plank 3
1 Rube Waddell 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 25
2 Chief Bender 22
3 Bill Donovan 17
4 Jack Pfiester 15
5 8 tied 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 Roy Patterson 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .370
2 Honus Wagner .360
3 Mike Donlin .357
4 Frank Chance .329
5 Shad Barry .319

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 99
2 Sam Mertes 92
2 Cy Seymour 92
4 Honus Wagner 87
5 Harry Davis 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 59
2 Billy Maloney 56
2 Honus Wagner 56
4 Sam Mertes 55
5 Sherry Magee 53

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.18
2 Ed Reulbach 2.22
3 Carl Lundgren 2.31
4 Christy Mathewson 2.39
5 Nick Altrock 2.51

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Eddie Plank 26
4 Nick Altrock 24
5 Frank Owen 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 319
2 Red Ames 208
3 Eddie Plank 203
4 Cy Young 202
5 Harry Howell 197

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 5
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 Harry McIntire 3
5 4 tied 2