On This Day

Friday, July 20, 1906

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	49	31	.613	--
Highlanders	48	32	.600	1.0
Naps	48	33	.593	1.5
White Sox	45	37	.549	5.0
Tigers	43	38	.531	6.5
Browns	42	40	.512	8.0
Senators	30	51	.370	19.5
Americans	20	63	.241	30.5

Games

Tigers 4, Americans 3

Highlanders 5, Naps 4

Athletics 5, Browns 2

Senators 1, White Sox 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	60	25	.706	--
Giants	52	29	.642	6.0
Pirates	52	30	.634	6.5
Phillies	42	43	.494	18.0
Reds	37	48	.435	23.0
Superbas	32	50	.390	26.5
Cardinals	32	55	.368	29.0
Beaneaters	28	55	.337	31.0

Games

Cubs 6, Giants 3

Phillies 3, Pirates 1

Superbas 2, Cardinals 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Roy Thomas	4
2	Fred Clarke	3
2	Freddy Parent	3
4	Kitty Bransfield	2
4	16 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Freddy Parent	3
2	Bill Coughlin	2
2	Art Devlin	2
2	Willie Keeler	2
2	Harry Steinfeldt	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Elmer Flick	2
1	Sherry Magee	2
3	Red Dooin	1
3	Johnny Evers	1
3	3 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Mal Eason	1.67
2	Chief Bender	0.86
3	Doc Newton	0.44
4	Ed Siever	0.38
5	Chappie McFarland	0.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mal Eason	1
1	Clark Griffith	1
1	Johnny Lush	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	6
1	Ed Siever	6
3	Mal Eason	5
4	Chappie McFarland	4
4	Doc Newton	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tully Sparks	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.369
2	Nap Lajoie	.360
3	Hal Chase	.352
4	Honus Wagner	.346
5	Harry Steinfeldt	.336

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	53
2	Harry Steinfeldt	50
2	Jimmy Williams	50
4	Hal Chase	46
5	Joe Nealon	45

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	35
2	Honus Wagner	33
3	Frank Chance	31
4	Sherry Magee	29
5	Johnny Evers	26

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Doc White	1.84
2	Mordecai Brown	1.98
3	Jack Pfiester	2.32
4	Rube Waddell	2.35
5	Carl Lundgren	2.38

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	15
2	Mordecai Brown	14
2	Addie Joss	14
2	Carl Lundgren	14
2	3 others tied	14

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	131
2	Rube Waddell	129
3	Johnny Lush	99
4	Big Jeff Pfeffer	98
5	Cy Falkenberg	94

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Charlie Chech	3
1	Elmer Stricklett	3
3	Fred Beebe	2
3	Chief Bender	2
3	8 others tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Kitty Bransfield	.415
2	George Stone	.400
3	Claude Rossman	.389
4	Honus Wagner	.385
5	George Davis	.377

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Frank Chance	1
1	Wid Conroy	1
1	Art Devlin	1
1	Bill Duggleby	1
1	14 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	George Davis	11
1	Admiral Schlei	11
1	Harry Steinfeldt	11
4	Frank Chance	10
5	3 tied	9

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	10
2	Danny Hoffman	9
2	Sherry Magee	9
4	Monte Cross	6
5	5 tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Doc White	0.00
2	Roy Patterson	0.60
3	Mordecai Brown	1.00
4	Tully Sparks	1.07
5	Harry Howell	1.38

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chick Fraser	4
2	Mordecai Brown	3
2	Sam Leever	3
2	Joe McGinnity	3
2	8 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Fred Beebe	19
1	Cy Falkenberg	19
3	Vive Lindaman	18
4	Jack Pfiester	17
4	Rube Waddell	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Elmer Stricklett	2
2	Chief Bender	1
2	Charlie Chech	1
2	Ed Killian	1
2	4 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Hal Chase	.421
2	Tim Jordan	.400
3	George Stone	.396
4	Nap Lajoie	.395
5	Miller Huggins	.340

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Armbruster	2
1	Harry Davis	2
1	Tim Jordan	2
1	Germany Schaefer	2
1	Chick Stahl	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Joe Nealon	21
2	George Davis	20
3	Admiral Schlei	19
4	Harry Davis	16
4	Harry Steinfeldt	16

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Danny Hoffman	14
2	Art Devlin	12
2	Honus Wagner	12
4	Frank Chance	11
5	5 tied	9

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	0.93
2	Doc White	0.95
3	Barney Pelty	1.64
4	Eddie Plank	1.67
5	Big Jeff Pfeffer	1.88

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Al Orth	6
1	Doc White	6
4	Nick Altrock	5
4	10 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	43
2	Cy Falkenberg	38
3	Mordecai Brown	37
3	Vive Lindaman	37
5	Jack Chesbro	36

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Elmer Stricklett	3
2	Chief Bender	2
2	Charlie Chech	2
4	John Eubank	1
4	9 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.362
2	George Stone	.333
3	Cy Seymour	.326
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.322
5	Hal Chase	.314

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	13
2	Harry Lumley	11
3	Cy Seymour	10
4	Charlie Hickman	9
5	Socks Seybold	8

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	95
2	Honus Wagner	83
3	Sam Crawford	81
4	Sherry Magee	78
5	Sam Mertes	77

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	67
2	Honus Wagner	59
3	Sam Mertes	55
4	Sherry Magee	49
5	Frank Chance	48

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Doc White	2.24
2	Mordecai Brown	2.25
3	Ed Reulbach	2.25
4	Carl Lundgren	2.34
5	Tully Sparks	2.55

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	29
2	Christy Mathewson	27
3	Nick Altrock	25
3	Joe McGinnity	25
5	Al Orth	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	257
2	Chief Bender	211
3	Eddie Plank	194
4	Christy Mathewson	182
5	Harry Howell	173

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Christy Mathewson	4
1	Elmer Stricklett	4
3	Charlie Chech	3
3	Claude Elliott	3
3	4 others tied	3