On This Day

Thursday, July 26, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 54 32 .628 --
Highlanders 52 33 .612 1.5
Naps 50 36 .581 4.0
White Sox 46 42 .523 9.0
Tigers 45 42 .517 9.5
Browns 42 43 .494 11.5
Senators 33 52 .388 20.5
Americans 23 65 .261 32.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 62 28 .689 --
Pirates 56 31 .644 4.5
Giants 54 32 .628 6.0
Phillies 42 48 .467 20.0
Reds 41 49 .456 21.0
Superbas 35 52 .402 25.5
Cardinals 35 57 .380 28.0
Beaneaters 30 58 .341 31.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Otto Hess 4
1 Nap Lajoie 4
3 George Browne 3
3 Lave Cross 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jake Beckley 3
1 Matty McIntyre 3
3 Shad Barry 2
3 Jerry Donovan 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lumley 3
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Tommy Corcoran 2
2 Hobe Ferris 2
2 3 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 0.50
2 Dummy Taylor 0.40
3 Charlie Rhodes 0.36
4 Otto Hess 0.31
5 Big Jeff Pfeffer 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Charlie Rhodes 1
1 Dummy Taylor 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Otto Hess 4
1 Charlie Rhodes 4
1 Dummy Taylor 4
1 Cy Young 4
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .369
2 Nap Lajoie .359
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Socks Seybold .337
5 Honus Wagner .335

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 Harry Steinfeldt 51
4 Hal Chase 50
5 Joe Nealon 46

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 35
1 Honus Wagner 35
3 Frank Chance 33
4 Sherry Magee 31
5 2 tied 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 Vic Willis 2.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 17
2 Al Orth 15
2 Vic Willis 15
4 Mordecai Brown 14
4 3 others tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 134
2 Rube Waddell 129
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 104
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 .400
2 Roy Thomas .390
3 Willie Keeler .385
4 Tommy Leach .383
5 Miller Huggins .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Monte Cross 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bris Lord 10
2 Hal Chase 9
2 Frank Schulte 9
4 Frank Chance 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 11
2 Harry Lumley 10
3 Sherry Magee 9
4 Frank Isbell 6
4 Sam Mertes 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Leifield 0.50
2 Harry Howell 1.04
3 Jimmy Dygert 1.13
4 Chief Bender 1.17
5 Mike Lynch 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 3
1 Chick Fraser 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 26
2 Mordecai Brown 21
2 Jack Pfiester 21
4 Jack Powell 20
5 2 tied 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 .407
2 Nap Lajoie .377
3 Miller Huggins .374
4 George Stone .369
5 Harry Lumley .361

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 Joe Nealon 17
1 Admiral Schlei 17
3 Hal Chase 16
3 George Davis 16
3 Jimmy Williams 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 13
1 Danny Hoffman 13
1 Harry Lumley 13
4 Sherry Magee 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Dygert 1.65
2 Doc White 1.69
3 Barney Pelty 1.74
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 4 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 41
2 Vive Lindaman 38
3 Cy Falkenberg 37
3 Cy Young 37
5 3 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3
3 Charlie Chech 2
4 John Eubank 1
4 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .353
2 George Stone .333
3 Cy Seymour .322
4 Harry Steinfeldt .322
5 Harry Lumley .315

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
4 Sam Crawford 78
5 Jimmy Williams 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 62
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Sam Mertes 53
4 Frank Chance 50
4 Sherry Magee 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.38
2 Doc White 2.41
3 Carl Lundgren 2.43
4 Ed Reulbach 2.54
5 Eddie Plank 2.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Al Orth 24
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 243
2 Chief Bender 212
3 Eddie Plank 191
4 Christy Mathewson 177
5 Cy Young 173

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