On This Day

Friday, July 27, 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 47 42 .528 8.5
Tigers 45 42 .517 9.5
Browns 42 44 .488 12.0
Senators 33 53 .384 21.0
Americans 24 65 .270 31.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 63 28 .692 --
Pirates 57 31 .648 4.5
Giants 55 32 .632 6.0
Phillies 42 49 .462 21.0
Reds 41 50 .451 22.0
Superbas 36 52 .409 25.5
Cardinals 35 58 .376 29.0
Beaneaters 30 59 .337 32.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Johnny Evers 3
1 Bob Ganley 3
1 Pat Moran 3
5 13 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 4
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Johnny Evers 2
2 Frank Isbell 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Burch 2
2 Doc Casey 1
2 Bill Dinneen 1
2 Frank Jude 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Powell 1.33
2 Jack Pfiester 1.00
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.60
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.57
5 Roy Patterson 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Roy Patterson 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 8
2 Cy Falkenberg 6
3 Buster Brown 4
3 Lefty Leifield 4
3 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .367
2 Nap Lajoie .359
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Socks Seybold .337
5 2 tied .333

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 Honus Wagner 36
2 Art Devlin 35
3 Frank Chance 33
4 Sherry Magee 31
5 Sam Mertes 27

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.19
2 Mordecai Brown 2.20
3 Jack Pfiester 2.28
4 Rube Waddell 2.34
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 Cy Falkenberg 106
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 104
5 Johnny Lush 103

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 Davy Jones .396
2 Fred Tenney .390
2 Roy Thomas .390
4 Willie Keeler .383
5 Tommy Leach .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Monte Cross 1
1 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 9
1 Bris Lord 9
3 George Davis 8
3 Matty McIntyre 8
3 Jimmy Williams 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lumley 10
2 Frank Chance 8
3 Frank Isbell 6
3 Sam Mertes 6
3 Honus Wagner 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Dinneen 1.00
1 Lefty Leifield 1.00
3 Harry Howell 1.04
4 Jimmy Dygert 1.13
5 Chief Bender 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dinneen 3
1 Chick Fraser 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 26
2 Fred Beebe 19
3 Jack Pfiester 18
3 Cy Young 18
5 Buster Brown 17

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 .378
3 Miller Huggins .370
4 George Stone .363
5 Harry Lumley .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Chick Stahl 2
3 Whitey Alpermann 1
3 Harry Armbruster 1
3 32 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 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 13
1 Danny Hoffman 13
1 Harry Lumley 13
4 Sherry Magee 11
4 Honus Wagner 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Dygert 1.65
2 Doc White 1.69
3 Barney Pelty 1.74
4 Mordecai Brown 1.83
5 Eddie Plank 1.86

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 43
2 Fred Beebe 41
3 Jack Powell 37
4 Vive Lindaman 36
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 .350
2 George Stone .332
3 Cy Seymour .322
4 Harry Steinfeldt .322
5 Hal Chase .314

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 91
2 Honus Wagner 84
3 Sherry Magee 79
4 Sam Crawford 78
5 Jimmy Williams 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 62
1 Honus Wagner 62
3 Sam Mertes 54
4 Sherry Magee 50
5 Frank Chance 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 2.28
2 Mordecai Brown 2.38
3 Doc White 2.41
4 Carl Lundgren 2.43
5 Ed Reulbach 2.52

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 171

Saves

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