On This Day

Saturday, July 28, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 55 32 .632 --
Highlanders 53 33 .616 1.5
Naps 50 37 .575 5.0
White Sox 47 42 .528 9.0
Tigers 45 43 .511 10.5
Browns 43 44 .494 12.0
Senators 33 53 .384 21.5
Americans 24 66 .267 32.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 64 28 .696 --
Pirates 58 31 .652 4.5
Giants 56 32 .636 6.0
Phillies 42 50 .457 22.0
Reds 41 51 .446 23.0
Superbas 37 52 .416 25.5
Cardinals 35 59 .372 30.0
Beaneaters 30 60 .333 33.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Steinfeldt 4
2 Kid Gleason 3
2 Art Hoelskoetter 3
2 Jack Hoey 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Sheckard 3
2 Frank Bowerman 2
2 Bunk Congalton 2
2 Kid Elberfeld 2
2 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 2
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 Bob Ganley 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 1.20
2 Mordecai Brown 0.89
3 Bob Ewing 0.83
4 Barney Pelty 0.62
5 Fred Beebe 0.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Fred Beebe 7
3 Red Ames 6
4 Gus Dorner 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .372
2 Nap Lajoie .358
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Harry Steinfeldt .341
5 Honus Wagner .336

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 54
1 Jimmy Williams 54
3 Harry Steinfeldt 53
4 Hal Chase 50
5 Joe Nealon 48

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 36
2 Art Devlin 35
3 Frank Chance 34
4 Sherry Magee 31
5 2 tied 28

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.09
2 Doc White 2.19
3 Jack Pfiester 2.28
4 Rube Waddell 2.34
5 Vic Willis 2.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 17
2 Mordecai Brown 15
2 Al Orth 15
2 Vic Willis 15
5 3 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 138
2 Rube Waddell 129
3 Cy Falkenberg 106
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 104
5 2 tied 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 Willie Keeler .426
2 George Stone .409
3 Fred Tenney .400
4 Tommy Leach .395
5 Davy Jones .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Pug Bennett 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 10
2 Bris Lord 9
3 George Davis 8
3 Matty McIntyre 8
3 Jimmy Williams 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 9
1 Harry Lumley 9
3 Sam Mertes 7
4 Frank Isbell 6
5 6 tied 5

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 Mike Lynch 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Bill Dinneen 3
1 Chick Fraser 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 26
1 Jack Powell 26
3 Mordecai Brown 22
4 Red Ames 18
4 2 others tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Tully Sparks 1
2 Elmer Stricklett 1
2 Hooks Wiltse 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .407
2 Miller Huggins .377
3 Nap Lajoie .375
4 George Stone .373
5 Harry Steinfeldt .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 4
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 19
2 Admiral Schlei 17
3 Frank Chance 16
3 Hal Chase 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 14
2 Danny Hoffman 13
3 Harry Lumley 12
4 Sherry Magee 11
4 Honus Wagner 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.57
2 Barney Pelty 1.58
3 Jimmy Dygert 1.65
4 Vic Willis 1.87
5 Doc White 1.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chick Fraser 6
1 Sam Leever 6
1 Al Orth 6
1 Jake Weimer 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 48
2 Cy Falkenberg 43
3 Mordecai Brown 42
4 Jack Powell 37
5 Vive Lindaman 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3
3 Charlie Chech 2
4 Cy Falkenberg 1
4 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .353
2 George Stone .334
3 Harry Steinfeldt .326
4 Cy Seymour .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 Sam Crawford 79
4 Sherry Magee 78
5 Jimmy Williams 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 62
1 Honus Wagner 62
3 Sam Mertes 55
4 Frank Chance 50
5 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 2.28
2 Mordecai Brown 2.30
3 Doc White 2.42
4 Carl Lundgren 2.43
5 Ed Reulbach 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Mordecai Brown 24
3 Al Orth 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 243
2 Chief Bender 216
3 Eddie Plank 185
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