On This Day

Thursday, August 2, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 57 34 .626 --
Highlanders 55 35 .611 1.5
Naps 52 39 .571 5.0
White Sox 51 43 .543 7.5
Tigers 47 45 .511 10.5
Browns 47 45 .511 10.5
Senators 33 58 .363 24.0
Americans 26 69 .274 33.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 66 29 .695 --
Giants 59 32 .648 5.0
Pirates 59 32 .648 5.0
Phillies 43 51 .457 22.5
Reds 42 54 .438 24.5
Superbas 38 54 .413 26.5
Cardinals 36 61 .371 31.0
Beaneaters 32 62 .340 33.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tom Jones 4
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Jim Delahanty 3
4 Dave Brain 2
4 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 4
2 Del Howard 2
2 Frank Isbell 2
4 Dave Altizer 1
4 11 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete O'Brien 2
2 Lave Cross 1
2 Frank Delahanty 1
2 Frank LaPorte 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Bernhard 1.00
2 Harry Howell 0.70
3 Jack Chesbro 0.62
3 Jack Coombs 0.62
5 Doc White 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Jake Weimer 1
1 Doc White 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Howell 7
2 Charlie Smith 6
3 Bill Bernhard 5
3 Jack Chesbro 5
3 Jack Coombs 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clark Griffith 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .374
2 Nap Lajoie .356
3 Hal Chase .346
4 Harry Steinfeldt .338
5 Socks Seybold .333

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 57
1 Jimmy Williams 57
3 Hal Chase 54
3 Harry Steinfeldt 54
5 Joe Nealon 49

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 39
2 Frank Chance 37
3 Honus Wagner 36
4 Sherry Magee 31
5 Johnny Evers 29

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.04
2 Mordecai Brown 2.09
3 Lefty Leifield 2.29
4 Rube Waddell 2.34
5 Jack Pfiester 2.40

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 141
2 Rube Waddell 129
3 Big Jeff Pfeffer 115
4 Cy Falkenberg 110
5 Fred Beebe 109

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Charlie Chech 3
1 Cecil Ferguson 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 Elmer Stricklett 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Keeler .444
2 Frank Chance .441
3 Del Howard .421
4 Jack McCarthy .413
5 Fred Tenney .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
3 Pug Bennett 1
3 Frank Chance 1
3 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 11
2 Frank Chance 10
3 Hal Chase 8
3 Danny Murphy 8
3 Jimmy Williams 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 8
2 Harry Lumley 7
2 Sam Mertes 7
4 Johnny Evers 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Leifield 0.87
2 Bill Dinneen 1.04
3 Mike Lynch 1.38
4 Barney Pelty 1.42
5 Jack Powell 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Jack Chesbro 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Eddie Plank 3
1 Jack Taylor 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 26
2 Jack Powell 22
3 Cy Young 20
4 Harry McIntire 19
5 Ed Karger 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Clark Griffith 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kitty Bransfield .387
2 George Stone .381
3 Miller Huggins .369
4 Willie Keeler .363
5 Hal Chase .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Frank Chance 2
2 Chick Stahl 2
5 31 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 19
2 Hal Chase 18
2 George Davis 18
2 Admiral Schlei 18
5 4 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 17
2 Danny Hoffman 14
3 Harry Lumley 12
4 Sherry Magee 11
5 Frank Isbell 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Barney Pelty 1.29
2 Doc White 1.38
3 Mordecai Brown 1.50
4 Lefty Leifield 1.61
5 Jimmy Dygert 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 6
1 Jake Weimer 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Jack Chesbro 5
3 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 54
2 Cy Falkenberg 38
3 Mordecai Brown 37
3 Jack Powell 37
5 2 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Charlie Chech 2
1 Elmer Stricklett 2
4 Cecil Ferguson 1
4 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .348
2 George Stone .334
3 Cy Seymour .327
4 Harry Steinfeldt .324
5 Elmer Flick .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 12
2 Harry Davis 11
3 Cy Seymour 10
4 Charlie Hickman 9
5 Socks Seybold 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 92
2 Honus Wagner 82
3 Sam Crawford 81
4 Jimmy Williams 79
5 2 tied 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 66
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Sam Mertes 53
4 Frank Chance 52
5 Sherry Magee 47

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 2.24
2 Mordecai Brown 2.30
3 Jack Pfiester 2.40
4 Carl Lundgren 2.42
5 Ed Reulbach 2.50

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 236
2 Chief Bender 213
3 Eddie Plank 184
4 Cy Young 177
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 5 others tied 3