On This Day

Wednesday, June 27, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 36 23 .610 --
Naps 35 23 .603 0.5
Highlanders 35 24 .593 1.0
White Sox 31 27 .534 4.5
Tigers 32 28 .533 4.5
Browns 31 29 .517 5.5
Senators 20 38 .345 15.5
Americans 16 44 .267 20.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 45 19 .703 --
Pirates 40 19 .678 2.5
Giants 41 21 .661 3.0
Phillies 32 33 .492 13.5
Superbas 24 37 .393 19.5
Reds 25 40 .385 20.5
Cardinals 24 41 .369 21.5
Beaneaters 21 42 .333 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank LaPorte 4
2 Whitey Alpermann 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Roger Bresnahan 3
1 Cozy Dolan 3
1 Red Morgan 3
4 Ty Cobb 2
4 Tim Jordan 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Hoey 2
2 John Anderson 1
2 Al Bridwell 1
2 Bill Coughlin 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Christy Mathewson 0.67
1 Doc White 0.67
3 Deacon Phillippe 0.57
3 Eddie Plank 0.57
5 Tom Hughes 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 6
1 Christy Mathewson 6
1 Doc White 6
4 Harry Eells 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John Eubank 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .371
2 Ty Cobb .352
3 Nap Lajoie .349
4 Honus Wagner .344
5 Harry Steinfeldt .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
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 42
2 Harry Steinfeldt 39
2 Jimmy Williams 39
4 Tim Jordan 35
5 Hal Chase 34

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 28
2 Honus Wagner 25
3 Frank Chance 20
3 Elmer Flick 20
3 2 others tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.72
2 Bill Duggleby 2.19
3 Ed Reulbach 2.31
4 Doc White 2.37
5 Mordecai Brown 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 12
2 Carl Lundgren 11
2 Vic Willis 11
4 Mordecai Brown 10
4 2 others tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 110
2 Rube Waddell 100
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 80
4 Johnny Lush 77
5 Jack Pfiester 72

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 2
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
1 Otto Hess 2
1 Harry McIntire 2
1 Barney Pelty 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .431
2 George Stone .400
2 Bobby Wallace .400
4 Elmer Flick .397
5 Bris Lord .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Bradley 2
1 Harry Davis 2
3 John Anderson 1
3 Harry Armbruster 1
3 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Mertes 10
2 Bill Coughlin 9
2 George Davis 9
4 Art Devlin 8
4 Fred Odwell 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Gilbert 8
2 Art Devlin 7
3 Miller Huggins 5
3 Danny Murphy 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.00
2 Carl Lundgren 0.50
2 Deacon Phillippe 0.50
4 Charlie Smith 0.63
5 Ed Walsh 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Eddie Plank 4
1 Dummy Taylor 4
5 5 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 24
2 Eddie Plank 20
3 Rube Waddell 19
3 Doc White 19
5 Jack Chesbro 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
2 John Eubank 1
2 Otto Hess 1
2 Addie Joss 1
2 Barney Pelty 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Leach .413
2 Nap Lajoie .402
3 Ty Cobb .397
4 Honus Wagner .393
5 Harry Lumley .357

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 21
2 Jimmy Williams 19
3 Bill Coughlin 18
3 Tim Jordan 18
5 Honus Wagner 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 17
2 Honus Wagner 13
3 Billy Gilbert 12
4 Harry Niles 11
5 Wid Conroy 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.89
2 Frank Owen 1.48
3 Doc White 1.49
4 Harry McIntire 1.73
5 Bill Duggleby 1.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
1 Dummy Taylor 6
4 Jack Chesbro 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 44
2 Jack Pfiester 41
3 Addie Joss 38
4 Eddie Plank 37
5 Doc White 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 John Eubank 1
2 Joe Harris 1
2 7 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .373
2 Honus Wagner .358
3 Cy Seymour .339
4 Jimmy Sheckard .323
5 Elmer Flick .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 16
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 97
2 Sam Mertes 90
3 Honus Wagner 89
4 Sherry Magee 85
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 63
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Sam Mertes 57
4 Sherry Magee 45
5 Bill Dahlen 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.23
2 Carl Lundgren 2.35
3 Mordecai Brown 2.42
4 Ed Reulbach 2.51
5 Christy Mathewson 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 28
2 Christy Mathewson 27
3 Nick Altrock 24
3 Jack Chesbro 24
5 5 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 279
2 Chief Bender 204
2 Eddie Plank 204
4 Harry Howell 184
5 Christy Mathewson 183

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Claude Elliott 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Joe McGinnity 3
3 Harry McIntire 3
5 9 tied 2