On This Day

Tuesday, July 17, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 47 29 .618 --
Highlanders 46 30 .605 1.0
Naps 46 31 .597 1.5
White Sox 44 34 .564 4.0
Tigers 41 37 .526 7.0
Browns 40 38 .513 8.0
Senators 27 50 .351 20.5
Americans 19 61 .238 30.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 59 24 .711 --
Giants 51 28 .646 6.0
Pirates 50 29 .633 7.0
Phillies 41 41 .500 17.5
Reds 36 47 .434 23.0
Cardinals 32 52 .381 27.5
Superbas 29 50 .367 28.0
Beaneaters 27 54 .333 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pug Bennett 3
1 Al Burch 3
1 Miller Huggins 3
1 Sam Mertes 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charley O'Leary 1
1 Germany Schaefer 1
1 Joe Tinker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Hayden 2
1 Chris Lindsay 2
1 Germany Schaefer 2
1 Joe Tinker 2
5 12 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 3
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Snake Deal 1
2 Jack Hoey 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Beebe 1.50
2 Tully Sparks 0.50
3 Ed Killian 0.44
3 Jesse Tannehill 0.44
5 Mordecai Brown 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Tully Sparks 1
1 Jake Weimer 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Irv Young 5
4 Ed Killian 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .369
2 Nap Lajoie .358
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Honus Wagner .341
5 Harry Steinfeldt .339

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 49
2 Harry Steinfeldt 48
2 Jimmy Williams 48
4 Hal Chase 45
5 Joe Nealon 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 35
2 Honus Wagner 32
3 Frank Chance 29
4 Sherry Magee 27
5 Johnny Evers 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.88
2 Mordecai Brown 1.98
3 Ed Reulbach 2.15
4 Bill Duggleby 2.22
5 Rube Waddell 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 15
2 Mordecai Brown 14
2 Carl Lundgren 14
2 Vic Willis 14
5 3 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 129
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 6 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sammy Strang .404
2 Harry Lumley .385
3 Miller Huggins .383
4 Hal Chase .382
5 Kitty Bransfield .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Whitey Alpermann 1
1 Frank Bowerman 1
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Admiral Schlei 15
2 Mickey Doolin 10
3 Frank Chance 9
3 Hal Chase 9
3 5 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 9
1 Danny Hoffman 9
3 Sherry Magee 7
3 John O'Neill 7
5 8 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.00
2 Mordecai Brown 0.75
3 Tully Sparks 0.79
4 Eddie Plank 1.00
5 Roy Patterson 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 4
1 Jake Weimer 4
3 Fred Beebe 3
3 Chick Fraser 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 28
2 Rube Waddell 24
3 Mordecai Brown 20
4 Cy Falkenberg 18
4 Charlie Smith 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Chech 2
2 Ed Killian 1
2 Ed Reulbach 1
2 Elmer Stricklett 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .414
2 George Stone .394
3 Charlie Hickman .390
4 Nap Lajoie .388
5 Miller Huggins .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Armbruster 2
1 Johnny Bates 2
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
1 Germany Schaefer 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Nealon 20
2 Admiral Schlei 18
3 George Davis 16
3 Frank Isbell 16
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 12
2 Danny Hoffman 11
2 Honus Wagner 11
4 Frank Chance 10
5 3 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.93
2 Doc White 0.99
3 Eddie Plank 1.33
4 Carl Lundgren 1.57
5 Ed Reulbach 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 7
2 Nick Altrock 6
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Eddie Plank 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 48
2 Mordecai Brown 37
2 Cy Falkenberg 37
4 Jack Chesbro 35
5 2 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Chech 2
1 Elmer Stricklett 2
3 Chief Bender 1
3 John Eubank 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .358
2 George Stone .332
3 Cy Seymour .324
4 Harry Steinfeldt .324
5 Jimmy Sheckard .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 13
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 92
2 Honus Wagner 86
3 Sam Crawford 84
4 Sherry Magee 78
4 Sam Mertes 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 67
2 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sam Mertes 54
4 Sherry Magee 47
5 Frank Chance 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 2.16
2 Mordecai Brown 2.24
3 Doc White 2.25
4 Carl Lundgren 2.28
5 Tully Sparks 2.50

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 266
2 Chief Bender 205
3 Eddie Plank 193
4 Christy Mathewson 182
5 Harry Howell 172

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