On This Day

Thursday, June 21, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 33 20 .623 --
Athletics 32 22 .593 1.5
Highlanders 32 23 .582 2.0
Tigers 29 25 .537 4.5
Browns 29 26 .527 5.0
White Sox 27 25 .519 5.5
Senators 19 35 .352 14.5
Americans 15 40 .273 19.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 41 19 .683 --
Pirates 35 18 .660 2.5
Giants 37 20 .649 2.5
Phillies 31 29 .517 10.0
Reds 24 36 .400 17.0
Cardinals 24 36 .400 17.0
Superbas 21 35 .375 18.0
Beaneaters 19 39 .328 21.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Bemis 5
2 Jim Jackson 4
3 Bill Bradley 3
3 Fred Clarke 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Bridwell 2
1 Sam Brown 2
1 Doc Marshall 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Fred Tenney 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Al Burch 1
1 Elmer Flick 1
1 Charlie Jones 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Chief Bender 1.20
2 Carl Druhot 0.88
3 Vive Lindaman 0.71
4 Charlie Smith 0.57
5 Togie Pittinger 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Eells 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Vive Lindaman 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Carl Druhot 7
2 Chief Bender 6
3 Ed Killian 5
3 Vive Lindaman 5
3 Togie Pittinger 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .355
2 Honus Wagner .350
3 Nap Lajoie .343
4 Harry Davis .340
5 Charlie Hemphill .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 8
2 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Harry Lumley 6
4 Sherry Magee 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 37
1 Harry Steinfeldt 37
1 Jimmy Williams 37
4 Hal Chase 34
5 2 tied 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 23
1 Honus Wagner 23
3 Frank Chance 20
3 Sherry Magee 20
5 Elmer Flick 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.93
2 Rube Waddell 1.94
3 Bill Duggleby 2.28
4 Sam Leever 2.32
5 Harry Eells 2.33

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 104
2 Rube Waddell 86
3 Johnny Lush 74
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 74
5 Jack Pfiester 67

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
1 Harry McIntire 2
3 Bill Bartley 1
3 Charlie Chech 1
3 23 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .436
2 Ty Cobb .412
3 Del Howard .410
4 Fred Clarke .395
5 3 tied .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Hickman 3
2 John Anderson 2
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 14
2 Bill Coughlin 11
3 Jimmy Williams 9
4 Charlie Hickman 8
4 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 5
1 Roger Bresnahan 5
1 Johnny Evers 5
1 Billy Gilbert 5
1 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 0.38
2 Nick Altrock 0.87
3 Ed Reulbach 0.93
4 Bob Ewing 0.96
5 Ed Walsh 1.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 3
1 Jack Chesbro 3
1 Red Donahue 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 23
2 Bob Ewing 19
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 18
4 Chief Bender 17
4 Doc Scanlan 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Ed Reulbach 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .400
2 Nap Lajoie .391
3 Hal Chase .377
4 Ty Cobb .372
5 Harry Bay .361

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 24
2 Harry Steinfeldt 21
2 Jimmy Williams 21
4 Frank LaPorte 20
5 Bill Coughlin 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 13
1 Harry Niles 13
3 Charlie Hemphill 12
3 Honus Wagner 12
5 Wid Conroy 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.33
2 Bob Ewing 1.54
3 Ed Walsh 1.81
4 Frank Owen 2.09
5 Lefty Leifield 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Jack Chesbro 5
2 Ed Killian 5
2 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 49
2 Jack Pfiester 46
3 Addie Joss 40
4 Eddie Plank 35
5 Jake Weimer 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .367
2 Honus Wagner .363
3 Cy Seymour .346
4 Jimmy Sheckard .321
5 Elmer Flick .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 14
2 Charlie Hickman 11
2 Harry Lumley 11
4 Socks Seybold 10
5 Cy Seymour 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 93
2 Sherry Magee 91
3 Sam Mertes 89
3 Honus Wagner 89
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 59
1 Honus Wagner 59
3 Sam Mertes 56
4 Sherry Magee 48
5 Frank Chance 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.34
2 Carl Lundgren 2.41
3 Ed Reulbach 2.42
4 Mordecai Brown 2.53
5 Tully Sparks 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 27
1 Eddie Plank 27
3 Nick Altrock 24
3 Jack Chesbro 24
3 Joe McGinnity 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 272
2 Chief Bender 198
3 Eddie Plank 197
4 Cy Young 189
5 Harry Howell 181

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Joe McGinnity 3
3 Harry McIntire 3
5 6 tied 2