On This Day

Sunday, June 24, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Naps 34 21 .618 --
Athletics 33 23 .589 1.5
Highlanders 33 24 .579 2.0
White Sox 29 26 .527 5.0
Tigers 30 27 .526 5.0
Browns 30 27 .526 5.0
Senators 20 36 .357 14.5
Americans 16 41 .281 19.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 43 19 .694 --
Giants 39 20 .661 2.5
Pirates 37 19 .661 3.0
Phillies 31 31 .500 12.0
Reds 25 37 .403 18.0
Cardinals 24 39 .381 19.5
Superbas 21 37 .362 20.0
Beaneaters 21 39 .350 21.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Steinfeldt 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Al Burch 2
2 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Germany Schaefer 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 2
1 Germany Schaefer 2
3 Tommy Corcoran 1
3 Miller Huggins 1
3 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Hahn 1
1 Miller Huggins 1
1 Joe Nealon 1
1 John O'Neill 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 0.50
2 Doc White 0.44
3 Jake Weimer 0.29
4 Chappie McFarland 0.10
5 Carl Druhot 0.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Ed Siever 1
1 Bob Wicker 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Pfiester 5
2 Mordecai Brown 4
2 Doc White 4
4 Jake Weimer 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .361
2 Nap Lajoie .348
3 Ty Cobb .348
4 Harry Steinfeldt .344
5 Frank Schulte .340

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 9
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 39
1 Harry Steinfeldt 39
3 Jimmy Williams 38
4 Hal Chase 34
5 Honus Wagner 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 25
2 Honus Wagner 24
3 Frank Chance 20
3 Sherry Magee 20
5 Elmer Flick 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.89
2 Bill Duggleby 2.19
3 Sam Leever 2.32
4 Harry Eells 2.33
5 Mordecai Brown 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Lundgren 11
1 Eddie Plank 11
3 Mordecai Brown 10
3 Joe McGinnity 10
3 Vic Willis 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 104
2 Rube Waddell 89
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 76
4 Johnny Lush 74
5 Jack Pfiester 72

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
1 Otto Hess 2
1 Harry McIntire 2
4 Bill Bartley 1
4 23 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .451
2 Del Howard .385
3 Joe Nealon .368
3 Jimmy Sheckard .368
5 Claude Rossman .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Anderson 2
1 Bill Bradley 2
1 Harry Davis 2
4 Harry Armbruster 1
4 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Knight 10
2 Harry Steinfeldt 9
3 George Davis 8
3 Moose Grimshaw 8
3 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Gilbert 6
1 Honus Wagner 6
3 Dave Altizer 5
3 Miller Huggins 5
3 Harry Niles 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.31
2 Christy Mathewson 0.39
3 Carl Lundgren 0.50
4 Charlie Smith 0.63
5 Mordecai Brown 0.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 20
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 20
3 Chief Bender 17
3 Jimmy Dygert 17
3 Jack Pfiester 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Addie Joss 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .397
2 Nap Lajoie .394
3 Harry Bay .391
4 Honus Wagner .388
5 Tommy Leach .382

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 23
2 Hal Chase 21
3 Jimmy Williams 19
4 Wid Conroy 16
4 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 15
2 Harry Niles 12
2 Honus Wagner 12
4 Billy Gilbert 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Ewing 1.54
2 Nick Altrock 1.65
3 Fred Glade 1.70
4 Harry McIntire 1.98
5 Doc White 2.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Jack Chesbro 5
2 Addie Joss 5
2 Christy Mathewson 5
2 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Pfiester 47
2 Chief Bender 44
3 Addie Joss 36
4 Jake Weimer 35
5 Eddie Plank 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Otto Hess 2
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 Joe Harris 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .369
2 Honus Wagner .358
3 Cy Seymour .339
4 Jimmy Sheckard .325
5 Elmer Flick .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 15
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 94
2 Sherry Magee 91
3 Sam Mertes 90
4 Honus Wagner 89
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 60
1 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sam Mertes 55
4 Sherry Magee 47
5 Frank Chance 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.27
2 Carl Lundgren 2.35
3 Mordecai Brown 2.42
4 Ed Reulbach 2.42
5 Christy Mathewson 2.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 27
1 Eddie Plank 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Mordecai Brown 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 268
2 Eddie Plank 200
3 Chief Bender 198
4 Harry Howell 184
5 Cy Young 181

Saves

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