On This Day

Thursday, June 28, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 36 24 .600 --
Naps 36 24 .600 0.0
Highlanders 36 24 .600 0.0
White Sox 32 28 .533 4.0
Tigers 32 29 .525 4.5
Browns 32 29 .525 4.5
Senators 21 38 .356 14.5
Americans 16 45 .262 20.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 45 20 .692 --
Pirates 40 20 .667 2.5
Giants 42 21 .667 2.0
Phillies 33 33 .500 12.5
Reds 26 40 .394 19.5
Superbas 24 38 .387 19.5
Cardinals 25 41 .379 20.5
Beaneaters 21 43 .328 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Davis 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 3
2 Hal Chase 3
2 Mickey Doolin 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 3
1 Bill Duggleby 3
3 John Anderson 2
3 Pug Bennett 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Gilbert 2
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 George Davis 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mordecai Brown 0.71
2 Dummy Taylor 0.67
3 Addie Joss 0.60
4 Beany Jacobson 0.44
5 2 tied 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Bill Hogg 1
1 Beany Jacobson 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Smith 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Joe Harris 4
3 Bill Hogg 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .372
2 Ty Cobb .347
3 Nap Lajoie .346
4 Honus Wagner .344
5 Harry Steinfeldt .342

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 Jimmy Williams 41
3 Harry Steinfeldt 39
4 Hal Chase 35
4 Tim Jordan 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 28
2 Honus Wagner 26
3 Frank Chance 20
3 Elmer Flick 20
3 3 others tied 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 1.93
2 Bill Duggleby 2.11
3 Ed Reulbach 2.31
4 Mordecai Brown 2.36
5 Doc White 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 12
2 Addie Joss 11
2 Carl Lundgren 11
2 Vic Willis 11
5 4 tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 110
2 Rube Waddell 101
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 Bobby Wallace .421
2 Nap Lajoie .418
3 George Stone .415
4 Elmer Flick .403
5 Tim Jordan .395

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 Bill Coughlin 10
1 George Davis 10
3 Sam Mertes 9
3 Fred Odwell 9
5 Art Devlin 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Gilbert 10
2 Art Devlin 7
3 George Stone 6
3 Honus Wagner 6
5 Miller Huggins 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.50
1 Deacon Phillippe 0.50
3 Eddie Plank 0.67
4 Ed Walsh 0.75
5 Bill Duggleby 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 5
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Dummy Taylor 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 20
1 Addie Joss 20
1 Rube Waddell 20
4 Doc White 19
5 Chief Bender 17

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 .415
2 Nap Lajoie .391
2 Honus Wagner .391
4 Ty Cobb .383
5 Elmer Flick .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
1 Charlie Hickman 4
3 John Anderson 2
3 Johnny Bates 2
3 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Williams 21
2 Harry Steinfeldt 20
3 Bill Coughlin 19
4 Tim Jordan 18
5 2 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 17
2 Honus Wagner 14
3 Billy Gilbert 13
4 Wid Conroy 11
4 Harry Niles 11

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 1.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dummy Taylor 7
2 Addie Joss 6
2 Eddie Plank 6
4 Nick Altrock 5
4 8 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 44
2 Addie Joss 41
2 Jack Pfiester 41
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 .353
3 Cy Seymour .341
4 Elmer Flick .323
5 Jimmy Sheckard .322

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 88
4 Sherry Magee 85
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 63
2 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sam Mertes 57
4 Sherry Magee 44
5 2 tied 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.23
2 Carl Lundgren 2.35
3 Mordecai Brown 2.40
4 Ed Reulbach 2.51
5 Christy Mathewson 2.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 27
1 Eddie Plank 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Jack Chesbro 24
5 4 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 280
2 Chief Bender 204
3 Eddie Plank 194
4 Harry Howell 184
5 2 tied 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