On This Day

Monday, June 4, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 26 14 .650 --
Athletics 25 16 .610 1.5
Naps 23 15 .605 2.0
Browns 22 20 .524 5.0
Tigers 20 19 .513 5.5
White Sox 17 21 .447 8.0
Senators 15 26 .366 11.5
Americans 13 30 .302 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 31 15 .674 --
Giants 29 15 .659 1.0
Pirates 26 16 .619 3.0
Phillies 26 21 .553 5.5
Cardinals 21 25 .457 10.0
Superbas 17 27 .386 13.0
Reds 18 29 .383 13.5
Beaneaters 12 32 .273 18.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 John Anderson 4
1 Buck Freeman 4
3 Frank Bowerman 3
3 Sam Crawford 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charley O'Leary 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Matty McIntyre 4
2 Charley O'Leary 3
3 Frank Bowerman 2
3 Bill Bradley 2
3 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Coughlin 3
2 Art Devlin 2
3 John Anderson 1
3 Bill Bradley 1
3 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Noodles Hahn 1.00
2 Roy Patterson 0.75
3 Eddie Plank 0.44
4 Johnny Lush 0.36
5 Fred Glade 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Noodles Hahn 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Roy Patterson 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Roy Patterson 6
2 Cy Falkenberg 4
2 Noodles Hahn 4
2 Johnny Lush 4
2 Eddie Plank 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .381
2 Kid Elberfeld .371
3 Harry Davis .358
4 Socks Seybold .355
5 Hal Chase .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 6
1 Harry Lumley 6
3 Charlie Hickman 4
3 Sherry Magee 4
3 Socks Seybold 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 31
2 Frank LaPorte 28
2 Jimmy Williams 28
4 Hal Chase 27
5 Tim Jordan 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 18
2 Frank Chance 17
3 George Browne 16
3 Art Devlin 16
5 2 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.65
2 Sam Leever 1.80
3 Tully Sparks 2.00
4 Jack Pfiester 2.35
5 Bill Duggleby 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 9
2 Chief Bender 8
2 Joe McGinnity 8
2 Al Orth 8
5 4 tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 83
2 Rube Waddell 80
3 Johnny Lush 65
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 56
5 Jack Pfiester 53

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry McIntire 2
2 Bill Bartley 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 18 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .574
2 Dave Altizer .455
2 Kid Elberfeld .455
4 Pug Bennett .417
5 Harry Lumley .410

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Charlie Hickman 2
3 Dave Altizer 1
3 Harry Arndt 1
3 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank LaPorte 19
2 Hal Chase 18
3 Jimmy Williams 13
4 Wid Conroy 12
4 Nap Lajoie 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 7
1 Charlie Hemphill 7
1 Honus Wagner 7
4 Art Devlin 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mal Eason 1.06
2 Tully Sparks 1.22
3 Togie Pittinger 1.29
4 Sam Leever 1.33
5 Carl Druhot 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Druhot 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 33
2 Jack Pfiester 32
3 Hooks Wiltse 23
4 Cy Falkenberg 22
5 Eddie Plank 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Louis LeRoy 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .457
2 Kid Elberfeld .438
3 Harry Lumley .378
4 Charlie Hemphill .377
5 Shad Barry .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Harry Lumley 3
4 Charlie Hickman 2
4 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 22
1 Frank LaPorte 22
3 Jimmy Williams 21
4 Tim Jordan 20
5 Nap Lajoie 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Frank Chance 12
3 George Browne 10
3 Harry Steinfeldt 10
5 5 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.25
2 Sam Leever 1.29
3 Tully Sparks 1.57
4 Dummy Taylor 2.02
5 Buster Brown 2.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 5
1 Addie Joss 5
1 Sam Leever 5
1 Carl Lundgren 5
1 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 55
2 Jack Pfiester 47
3 Rube Waddell 38
3 Jake Weimer 38
5 Hooks Wiltse 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .371
2 Honus Wagner .363
3 Cy Seymour .361
4 Shad Barry .324
5 Frank Chance .320

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 Honus Wagner 93
2 Sherry Magee 92
3 Sam Mertes 91
4 Harry Davis 90
4 Cy Seymour 90

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 58
2 Honus Wagner 57
3 Sam Mertes 56
4 Billy Maloney 53
5 Frank Chance 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.34
2 Ed Reulbach 2.43
3 Rube Waddell 2.47
4 Mordecai Brown 2.55
5 Tully Sparks 2.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Eddie Plank 27
3 Rube Waddell 24
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 Al Orth 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 313
2 Eddie Plank 200
3 Christy Mathewson 192
4 Chief Bender 190
5 Harry Howell 189

Saves

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