On This Day

Tuesday, May 29, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 24 10 .706 --
Naps 21 10 .677 1.5
Highlanders 20 13 .606 3.5
Tigers 16 16 .500 7.0
Browns 17 18 .486 7.5
White Sox 14 17 .452 8.5
Senators 13 21 .382 11.0
Americans 8 28 .222 17.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 28 13 .683 --
Giants 25 13 .658 1.5
Pirates 21 15 .583 4.5
Phillies 23 18 .561 5.0
Cardinals 18 21 .462 9.0
Reds 17 24 .415 11.0
Beaneaters 12 26 .316 14.5
Superbas 12 26 .316 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Emil Batch 2
1 Harry Bay 2
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Hobe Ferris 2
1 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tim Jordan 4
2 Honus Wagner 3
3 Tommy Sheehan 2
4 Hal Chase 1
4 12 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Harry Armbruster 1
2 Harry Bay 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Otto Hess 1.00
2 Eddie Plank 0.88
3 Joe Harris 0.80
4 Al Orth 0.50
4 Jack Powell 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 Eddie Plank 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Harris 8
2 Eddie Plank 7
3 Otto Hess 6
4 Homer Hillebrand 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .393
2 Harry Davis .375
3 Danny Murphy .367
4 Harry Steinfeldt .360
5 Johnny Kling .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
1 Harry Lumley 6
3 Sherry Magee 4
3 Socks Seybold 4
5 3 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 28
2 George Browne 22
3 Tim Jordan 21
3 Frank LaPorte 21
5 2 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 14
1 Sam Mertes 14
3 Frank Chance 13
3 Elmer Flick 13
3 Honus Wagner 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Eells 1.30
2 Rube Waddell 1.65
3 Tully Sparks 2.00
4 Sam Leever 2.15
5 Carl Lundgren 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 8
1 Joe McGinnity 8
3 Chief Bender 7
3 Al Orth 7
3 Eddie Plank 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 80
2 Chief Bender 66
3 Johnny Lush 54
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 47
5 Red Ames 45

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 16 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Davis .477
2 Hal Chase .467
3 Harry Arndt .449
4 Kid Elberfeld .444
5 2 tied .429

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
4 Harry Arndt 1
4 26 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 15
2 Frank LaPorte 12
3 Nap Lajoie 11
3 Tommy Sheehan 11
3 Honus Wagner 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kid Elberfeld 7
1 Elmer Flick 7
3 George Browne 6
3 Johnny Evers 6
3 Sam Mertes 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vic Willis 0.00
2 Harry Eells 0.41
3 Rube Waddell 0.50
4 Togie Pittinger 1.08
5 Sam Leever 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 4
2 Addie Joss 3
2 Doc Newton 3
2 Al Orth 3
2 Vic Willis 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Hooks Wiltse 25
2 Chief Bender 24
2 Eddie Plank 24
4 Rube Waddell 21
5 Fred Beebe 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Louis LeRoy 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Davis .425
2 Harry Steinfeldt .398
3 Danny Murphy .395
4 Kid Elberfeld .392
5 Shad Barry .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Harry Davis 3
4 Kid Elberfeld 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tim Jordan 18
2 Frank LaPorte 17
3 Hal Chase 16
3 Nap Lajoie 16
5 4 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 11
1 Honus Wagner 11
3 George Browne 9
3 Frank Isbell 9
3 Harry Steinfeldt 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.25
2 Harry Eells 1.08
3 Tully Sparks 1.40
4 Sam Leever 1.50
5 Buster Brown 1.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
3 Chief Bender 5
3 Carl Lundgren 5
5 11 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 50
2 Rube Waddell 38
3 Eddie Plank 36
4 Red Ames 33
5 Fred Beebe 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Bartley 1
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .368
2 Mike Donlin .366
3 Honus Wagner .364
4 Shad Barry .323
5 George Stone .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Harry Lumley 12
3 Cy Seymour 11
4 Socks Seybold 10
5 Fred Odwell 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 95
2 Sam Mertes 92
3 Cy Seymour 90
3 Honus Wagner 90
5 Harry Davis 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sam Mertes 58
2 Art Devlin 57
3 Billy Maloney 56
4 Honus Wagner 55
5 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 2.30
2 Rube Waddell 2.40
3 Carl Lundgren 2.40
4 Doc White 2.42
5 Christy Mathewson 2.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Eddie Plank 27
3 Rube Waddell 26
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 Joe McGinnity 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 319
2 Red Ames 204
3 Eddie Plank 202
4 Cy Young 195
5 Harry Howell 192

Saves

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