On This Day

Thursday, June 14, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 31 19 .620 --
Naps 28 18 .609 1.0
Athletics 29 20 .592 1.5
Tigers 26 21 .553 3.5
Browns 26 24 .520 5.0
White Sox 23 24 .489 6.5
Senators 17 32 .347 13.5
Americans 14 36 .280 17.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 38 17 .691 --
Pirates 33 17 .660 2.5
Giants 34 19 .642 3.0
Phillies 29 27 .518 9.5
Cardinals 23 32 .418 15.0
Superbas 21 32 .396 16.0
Reds 21 35 .375 17.5
Beaneaters 16 36 .308 20.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Bill Bergen 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
1 Sam Mertes 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Bill Coughlin 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Bill Coughlin 1
1 Jiggs Donahue 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 1.00
2 Vic Willis 0.64
3 Bob Wicker 0.50
4 Red Donahue 0.33
5 Mordecai Brown 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Red Donahue 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Vic Willis 7
2 Ed Walsh 5
3 Red Donahue 4
3 Johnny Lush 4
3 Bob Wicker 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Addie Joss 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kid Elberfeld .371
2 George Stone .363
3 Honus Wagner .353
4 Harry Davis .349
5 Frank Schulte .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 8
2 Charlie Hickman 6
2 Harry Lumley 6
4 Sherry Magee 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 37
2 Jimmy Williams 35
3 Harry Steinfeldt 34
4 Hal Chase 30
4 Tim Jordan 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 21
1 Honus Wagner 21
3 Sherry Magee 20
4 Frank Chance 19
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 2.10
2 Sam Leever 2.12
3 Rube Waddell 2.16
4 Bill Duggleby 2.30
5 Tully Sparks 2.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 10
2 Carl Lundgren 9
2 Eddie Plank 9
2 Vic Willis 9
5 6 tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 93
2 Rube Waddell 81
3 Johnny Lush 69
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 66
5 2 tied 59

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
1 Harry McIntire 2
3 Bill Bartley 1
3 Charlie Chech 1
3 22 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .477
2 Frank Schulte .431
3 Nap Lajoie .423
4 Tommy Leach .404
5 Ty Cobb .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hickman 3
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Frank Schulte 2
4 Dave Altizer 1
4 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 15
2 Jimmy Williams 13
3 Bill Coughlin 11
4 Wid Conroy 10
4 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 9
1 Art Devlin 9
3 Harry Niles 8
4 Sherry Magee 7
5 4 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chappie McFarland 0.00
2 Jack Pfiester 0.75
2 Walter Clarkson 0.75
4 Fred Glade 1.04
5 Bob Rhoads 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 4
1 Frank Owen 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Jack Chesbro 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 20
2 Jake Weimer 19
2 Hooks Wiltse 19
4 Chief Bender 18
4 3 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kid Elberfeld .460
2 Honus Wagner .447
3 Hal Chase .397
4 Ty Cobb .372
5 Harry Davis .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 5
2 Charlie Hickman 4
3 Frank Schulte 3
4 Tim Jordan 2
4 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 25
2 Jimmy Williams 24
3 Frank LaPorte 20
3 Honus Wagner 20
5 3 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 13
2 Art Devlin 12
2 Johnny Evers 12
2 Elmer Flick 12
2 Honus Wagner 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vic Willis 1.47
2 Frank Owen 1.56
2 Jack Pfiester 1.56
4 Sam Leever 1.69
5 Ed Walsh 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 6
1 Frank Owen 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
1 Vic Willis 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 51
2 Hooks Wiltse 44
3 Eddie Plank 40
4 Jake Weimer 39
5 Jack Pfiester 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
2 Charlie Chech 1
2 Joe Harris 1
2 Otto Hess 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .374
2 Honus Wagner .363
3 Cy Seymour .346
4 Jimmy Sheckard .322
5 Frank Chance .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 14
2 Harry Lumley 11
3 Charlie Hickman 10
3 Socks Seybold 10
3 Cy Seymour 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 95
2 Sam Mertes 93
3 Sherry Magee 91
3 Honus Wagner 91
5 Cy Seymour 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Art Devlin 58
3 Sam Mertes 57
4 Sherry Magee 51
5 Frank Chance 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 2.42
2 Doc White 2.45
3 Carl Lundgren 2.52
4 Mordecai Brown 2.53
5 Tully Sparks 2.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 28
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Joe McGinnity 24
3 Frank Owen 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 289
2 Eddie Plank 202
3 Harry Howell 189
4 Chief Bender 188
5 Cy Young 184

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Joe McGinnity 3
3 Harry McIntire 3
5 7 tied 2