On This Day

Saturday, July 21, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 50 31 .617 --
Naps 48 33 .593 2.0
Highlanders 48 33 .593 2.0
White Sox 45 38 .542 6.0
Tigers 44 38 .537 6.5
Browns 42 40 .512 8.5
Senators 30 51 .370 20.0
Americans 20 63 .241 31.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 60 26 .698 --
Pirates 53 30 .639 5.5
Giants 52 30 .634 6.0
Phillies 42 44 .488 18.0
Reds 38 48 .442 22.0
Superbas 33 50 .398 25.5
Cardinals 33 55 .375 28.0
Beaneaters 28 56 .333 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Monte Cross 3
1 Johnny Evers 3
1 Bob Ganley 3
1 Phil Lewis 3
1 Admiral Schlei 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Ganley 3
1 Phil Lewis 3
3 Jiggs Donahue 2
4 Harry Armbruster 1
4 21 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sammy Strang 2
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Mordecai Brown 1.12
2 Buster Brown 1.00
3 Red Donahue 0.83
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 0.50
5 Mike Lynch 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Red Donahue 1
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 9
2 Buster Brown 6
3 Red Donahue 5
4 Mike Lynch 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .369
2 Nap Lajoie .360
3 Hal Chase .352
4 Honus Wagner .345
5 Harry Steinfeldt .334

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 34
3 Frank Chance 31
4 Sherry Magee 29
5 Johnny Evers 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.95
2 Mordecai Brown 2.20
3 Jack Pfiester 2.32
4 Rube Waddell 2.35
5 Carl Lundgren 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 16
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 Big Jeff Pfeffer 102
4 Johnny Lush 99
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 Honus Wagner .404
2 Kitty Bransfield .400
2 George Stone .400
4 Claude Rossman .389
5 George Davis .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 11
1 Admiral Schlei 11
1 Harry Steinfeldt 11
4 Joe Nealon 9
4 Frank Schulte 9

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roy Patterson 0.60
2 Doc White 1.04
3 Tully Sparks 1.29
4 Harry Howell 1.38
5 Addie Joss 1.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chick Fraser 5
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Sam Leever 3
2 Joe McGinnity 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 24
2 Fred Beebe 19
3 Vive Lindaman 18
4 Buster Brown 17
4 2 others tied 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 .430
2 George Stone .396
3 Nap Lajoie .392
4 Tim Jordan .371
5 Miller Huggins .359

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 George Davis 20
2 Admiral Schlei 18
3 Joe Nealon 17
4 Harry Davis 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 14
2 Art Devlin 12
2 Honus Wagner 12
4 Frank Chance 11
5 Miller Huggins 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.22
2 Barney Pelty 1.64
3 Mordecai Brown 1.70
4 Eddie Plank 1.71
5 Vic Willis 1.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chick Fraser 6
1 Al Orth 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
1 Doc White 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 43
2 Mordecai Brown 38
2 Cy Falkenberg 38
4 Vive Lindaman 37
5 2 tied 34

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 .315

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 84
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 Sherry Magee 77
5 Harry Steinfeldt 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 66
2 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sam Mertes 53
4 Sherry Magee 49
5 Frank Chance 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.28
2 Ed Reulbach 2.30
3 Carl Lundgren 2.32
4 Mordecai Brown 2.38
5 Eddie Plank 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 27
3 Nick Altrock 25
4 Joe McGinnity 24
4 Al Orth 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 257
2 Chief Bender 211
3 Eddie Plank 197
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