On This Day

Thursday, July 12, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 45 28 .616 --
Highlanders 45 28 .616 0.0
Naps 44 29 .603 1.0
White Sox 42 33 .560 4.0
Tigers 39 35 .527 6.5
Browns 37 38 .493 9.0
Senators 25 48 .342 20.0
Americans 19 57 .250 27.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 55 24 .696 --
Giants 47 27 .635 5.5
Pirates 48 28 .632 5.5
Phillies 40 38 .513 14.5
Reds 32 46 .410 22.5
Cardinals 31 48 .392 24.0
Superbas 28 46 .378 24.5
Beaneaters 27 51 .346 27.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Chance 4
2 Hal Chase 3
2 Ernie Courtney 3
2 Bill Dahlen 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Frank Jude 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 3
1 Hal Chase 3
1 Harry Steinfeldt 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 4
2 Frank Chance 3
3 Kid Gleason 2
3 Pete O'Brien 2
3 2 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Plank 2.50
2 Otto Hess 1.25
3 Bill Donovan 1.00
4 Mordecai Brown 0.88
5 Jack Pfiester 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 8
2 Fred Beebe 7
2 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Jack Pfiester 7
5 3 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .371
2 Nap Lajoie .361
3 Hal Chase .356
4 Harry Steinfeldt .346
5 Honus Wagner .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Harry Lumley 6
4 Tim Jordan 5
4 Sherry Magee 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 48
2 Harry Steinfeldt 46
2 Jimmy Williams 46
4 Hal Chase 44
5 2 tied 41

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 34
2 Honus Wagner 30
3 Sherry Magee 26
4 Frank Chance 25
5 Johnny Evers 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.98
2 Bill Duggleby 2.01
3 Doc White 2.01
4 Rube Waddell 2.04
5 Ed Reulbach 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 15
2 Vic Willis 14
3 Mordecai Brown 13
3 Addie Joss 13
3 2 others tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 127
2 Chief Bender 125
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 98
4 Johnny Lush 96
5 Cy Falkenberg 90

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Chech 3
2 Fred Beebe 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 2
2 Otto Hess 2
2 4 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Hickman .490
2 Hal Chase .483
3 Nap Lajoie .403
4 Charlie Jones .395
5 Miller Huggins .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 2
2 Whitey Alpermann 1
2 Harry Armbruster 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Admiral Schlei 15
2 Joe Nealon 12
3 Mickey Doolin 11
4 Hal Chase 10
4 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 9
2 John O'Neill 7
3 Lave Cross 6
3 George Davis 6
3 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Big Jeff Pfeffer 0.34
2 Mordecai Brown 0.75
3 Doc White 1.20
4 Bill Duggleby 1.24
5 Vic Willis 1.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Jack Chesbro 3
2 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 27
1 Rube Waddell 27
3 Vive Lindaman 24
4 Charlie Smith 23
5 Fred Beebe 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Chech 2
1 Elmer Stricklett 2
3 Chief Bender 1
3 Cy Falkenberg 1
3 Ed Reulbach 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .424
2 George Stone .404
3 Hal Chase .404
4 Charlie Hickman .367
5 Bobby Wallace .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Armbruster 2
1 Johnny Bates 2
1 Bill Bradley 2
1 Harry Davis 2
1 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Nealon 18
1 Admiral Schlei 18
3 George Davis 17
4 Frank Isbell 16
5 Hal Chase 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 13
2 Billy Gilbert 12
2 John O'Neill 12
4 Danny Hoffman 10
4 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.77
2 Carl Lundgren 0.98
3 Doc White 1.09
4 Bill Duggleby 1.35
5 Vic Willis 1.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 7
1 Eddie Plank 7
3 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Jack Chesbro 6
3 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 46
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 42
3 Jack Chesbro 39
3 Cy Falkenberg 39
5 Chief Bender 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Chech 2
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
1 Elmer Stricklett 2
4 Chief Bender 1
4 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .359
2 George Stone .334
3 Harry Steinfeldt .329
4 Cy Seymour .324
5 Hal Chase .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 93
2 Honus Wagner 89
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 Sam Mertes 80
5 Sherry Magee 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 66
2 Honus Wagner 59
3 Sam Mertes 54
4 Sherry Magee 46
5 Frank Chance 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.20
2 Ed Reulbach 2.22
3 Carl Lundgren 2.23
4 Doc White 2.30
5 Tully Sparks 2.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Mordecai Brown 24
4 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 270
2 Chief Bender 205
3 Eddie Plank 198
4 Christy Mathewson 184
5 Harry Howell 175

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Charlie Chech 3
2 Claude Elliott 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 3 others tied 3