On This Day

Wednesday, July 25, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 54 32 .628 --
Highlanders 52 33 .612 1.5
Naps 49 36 .576 4.5
White Sox 46 42 .523 9.0
Tigers 44 42 .512 10.0
Browns 42 43 .494 11.5
Senators 33 51 .393 20.0
Americans 23 64 .264 31.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 61 28 .685 --
Pirates 55 31 .640 4.5
Giants 53 32 .624 6.0
Phillies 42 47 .472 19.0
Reds 41 48 .461 20.0
Superbas 35 51 .407 24.5
Cardinals 34 57 .374 28.0
Beaneaters 30 57 .345 30.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Moriarty 5
2 Wid Conroy 4
2 Willie Keeler 4
2 Jimmy Williams 4
5 5 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Monte Cross 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Monte Cross 4
1 Jimmy Williams 4
3 Hal Chase 2
3 Ed Hahn 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 2
2 John Anderson 1
2 Bunk Congalton 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Bernhard 1.00
2 Jack Chesbro 0.75
3 Casey Patten 0.71
4 Christy Mathewson 0.60
5 Fred Glade 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Chesbro 6
1 Christy Mathewson 6
3 Bill Bernhard 5
3 Joe Harris 5
3 Casey Patten 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .369
2 Nap Lajoie .353
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Socks Seybold .337
5 Honus Wagner .336

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 54
1 Jimmy Williams 54
3 Hal Chase 50
3 Harry Steinfeldt 50
5 Joe Nealon 46

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.19
2 Mordecai Brown 2.20
3 Rube Waddell 2.34
4 Jack Pfiester 2.36
5 Tully Sparks 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 17
2 Al Orth 15
3 Mordecai Brown 14
3 Addie Joss 14
3 3 others tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 134
2 Rube Waddell 129
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 102
4 Cy Falkenberg 100
5 Johnny Lush 99

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Charlie Chech 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3
4 Fred Beebe 2
4 8 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Tenney .409
2 Tommy Leach .400
2 Roy Thomas .400
4 George Stone .385
5 Hans Lobert .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Monte Cross 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 10
1 Bris Lord 10
3 Hal Chase 9
3 Frank Schulte 9
5 5 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 9
1 Sherry Magee 9
3 Harry Lumley 8
4 Danny Hoffman 7
4 Frank Isbell 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Dygert 1.13
2 Chief Bender 1.17
3 Mike Lynch 1.29
4 Lefty Leifield 1.33
5 Tully Sparks 1.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chick Fraser 4
2 Fred Beebe 3
2 Sam Leever 3
2 Al Orth 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 26
2 Mordecai Brown 21
2 Jack Pfiester 21
4 Jack Powell 20
5 Cy Falkenberg 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Ed Killian 1
2 Tully Sparks 1
2 Elmer Stricklett 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .405
2 George Stone .387
3 Miller Huggins .370
4 Nap Lajoie .361
5 Harry Lumley .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Chick Stahl 2
3 Whitey Alpermann 1
3 Harry Armbruster 1
3 33 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 17
1 Joe Nealon 17
1 Admiral Schlei 17
4 Hal Chase 16
4 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Danny Hoffman 13
2 Frank Chance 11
2 Frank Isbell 11
2 Sherry Magee 11
2 Honus Wagner 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Barney Pelty 1.64
2 Jimmy Dygert 1.65
3 Doc White 1.69
4 Orval Overall 1.80
5 Mordecai Brown 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 7
2 Chick Fraser 6
2 Eddie Plank 6
2 Jake Weimer 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 44
2 Fred Beebe 41
3 Rube Waddell 40
4 Vive Lindaman 38
5 Jack Chesbro 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3
3 Charlie Chech 2
4 John Eubank 1
4 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .355
2 George Stone .333
3 Cy Seymour .322
4 Harry Steinfeldt .322
5 Hal Chase .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 13
2 Harry Lumley 12
3 Cy Seymour 10
4 Charlie Hickman 9
5 Socks Seybold 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 93
2 Honus Wagner 83
3 Sherry Magee 79
3 Jimmy Williams 79
5 Sam Crawford 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 63
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Sam Mertes 51
4 Sherry Magee 50
5 Frank Chance 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.38
2 Carl Lundgren 2.43
3 Doc White 2.46
4 Ed Reulbach 2.54
5 Tully Sparks 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 27
3 Al Orth 25
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 251
2 Chief Bender 212
3 Eddie Plank 191
4 Christy Mathewson 185
5 Cy Young 169

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Elmer Stricklett 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Charlie Chech 3
3 4 others tied 3