On This Day

Monday, July 30, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 56 32 .636 --
Highlanders 54 33 .621 1.5
Naps 50 38 .568 6.0
White Sox 49 42 .538 8.5
Tigers 45 44 .506 11.5
Browns 44 45 .494 12.5
Senators 33 55 .375 23.0
Americans 25 67 .272 33.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 65 28 .699 --
Pirates 58 31 .652 5.0
Giants 57 32 .640 6.0
Phillies 42 50 .457 22.5
Reds 41 52 .441 24.0
Superbas 37 53 .411 26.5
Cardinals 36 59 .379 30.0
Beaneaters 30 61 .330 34.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Billy Sullivan 4
2 Pug Bennett 3
2 Al Bridwell 3
2 Frank Chance 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Chance 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doc Marshall 3
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Forrest Crawford 2
2 Billy Gilbert 2
2 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Danny Hoffman 2
3 Frank Chance 1
3 Tommy Corcoran 1
3 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Karger 0.86
2 Christy Mathewson 0.50
3 Eddie Plank 0.45
4 Joe Harris 0.40
5 Otto Hess 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Harris 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Karger 6
2 Otto Hess 5
2 Eddie Plank 5
2 Ed Siever 5
5 3 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Cy Young 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .372
2 Nap Lajoie .360
3 Hal Chase .350
4 Harry Steinfeldt .339
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 Jimmy Williams 56
2 Harry Davis 54
2 Harry Steinfeldt 54
4 Hal Chase 50
5 Joe Nealon 48

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 37
2 Honus Wagner 36
3 Frank Chance 35
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 18
2 Al Orth 16
3 Mordecai Brown 15
3 Carl Lundgren 15
3 Vic Willis 15

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 Cecil Ferguson 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3
5 9 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Tenney .450
2 Willie Keeler .417
3 Tommy Leach .412
4 Miller Huggins .404
5 George Stone .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Pug Bennett 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 10
2 Frank Chance 9
2 Danny Murphy 9
4 George Davis 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 9
2 Harry Lumley 8
3 Sam Mertes 7
4 Frank Isbell 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Dinneen 1.00
2 Jimmy Dygert 1.13
3 Mike Lynch 1.29
4 Chief Bender 1.41
5 Chick Fraser 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Bill Dinneen 3
1 Sam Leever 3
1 Al Orth 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 26
1 Jack Powell 26
3 Mordecai Brown 22
4 Ed Karger 18
4 Jack Pfiester 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 Tully Sparks 1
2 Elmer Stricklett 1
2 Cy Young 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Miller Huggins .387
2 Nap Lajoie .384
3 Hal Chase .380
4 George Stone .366
5 Kitty Bransfield .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 4
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Chick Stahl 2
4 Whitey Alpermann 1
4 33 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 18
1 George Davis 18
3 Frank Isbell 17
3 Admiral Schlei 17
5 Joe Nealon 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 15
2 Danny Hoffman 14
3 Harry Lumley 12
4 Sherry Magee 11
5 3 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.50
2 Barney Pelty 1.58
3 Vic Willis 1.84
4 Doc White 1.96
5 Jack Pfiester 1.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 7
2 Chick Fraser 6
2 Sam Leever 6
2 Eddie Plank 6
5 3 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 48
2 Cy Falkenberg 40
2 Vive Lindaman 40
4 Mordecai Brown 37
5 Cy Young 34

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .350
2 George Stone .333
3 Cy Seymour .327
4 Harry Steinfeldt .325
5 Elmer Flick .317

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 82
3 Sam Crawford 79
3 Jimmy Williams 79
5 Sherry Magee 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 64
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Sam Mertes 54
4 Frank Chance 51
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 2.42
5 Ed Reulbach 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 31
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Al Orth 25
4 Mordecai Brown 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 236
2 Chief Bender 216
3 Eddie Plank 190
4 Cy Young 174
5 Christy Mathewson 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