On This Day

Friday, August 3, 1906

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	58	34	.630	--
Highlanders	55	36	.604	2.5
Naps	52	40	.565	6.0
White Sox	52	43	.547	7.5
Tigers	48	45	.516	10.5
Browns	47	46	.505	11.5
Senators	34	58	.370	24.0
Americans	26	70	.271	34.0

Games

White Sox 4, Americans 0

Athletics 10, Naps 7

Tigers 3, Highlanders 2

Senators 1, Browns 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	68	29	.701	--
Giants	60	32	.652	5.5
Pirates	59	33	.641	6.5
Phillies	43	53	.448	24.5
Reds	42	55	.433	26.0
Superbas	39	54	.419	27.0
Cardinals	36	62	.367	32.5
Beaneaters	33	62	.347	34.0

Games

Superbas 2, Pirates 1

Beaneaters 2, Reds 1

Giants 2, Cardinals 1

Cubs 1, Phillies 0

Cubs 7, Phillies 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Johnny Evers	4
1	Joe Tinker	4
3	Patsy Dougherty	3
3	Kid Elberfeld	3
3	5 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Johnny Bates	1
1	Tom Hughes	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Johnny Evers	3
1	Terry Turner	3
3	Johnny Bates	2
3	Pat Moran	2
3	2 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Harry Armbruster	2
1	Danny Murphy	2
1	Pete O'Brien	2
1	Bobby Wallace	2
5	21 tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Ed Walsh	1.25
2	Red Ames	1.22
3	Bob Wicker	1.00
4	Mordecai Brown	0.62
5	2 tied	0.60

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Ames	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Bill Donovan	1
1	Tom Hughes	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Red Ames	11
2	Fred Glade	6
2	Vive Lindaman	6
4	Mordecai Brown	5
4	3 others tied	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.372
2	Nap Lajoie	.354
3	Hal Chase	.347
4	Harry Steinfeldt	.338
5	Socks Seybold	.332

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	10
2	Charlie Hickman	7
2	Tim Jordan	7
2	Harry Lumley	7
5	3 tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	57
1	Jimmy Williams	57
3	Harry Steinfeldt	55
4	Hal Chase	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	2 tied	29

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.99
2	Doc White	2.04
3	Lefty Leifield	2.29
4	Rube Waddell	2.34
5	Jack Pfiester	2.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	19
2	Mordecai Brown	16
2	Al Orth	16
4	Carl Lundgren	15
4	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	Roy Thomas	.405
2	Miller Huggins	.404
3	Jack McCarthy	.395
4	Willie Keeler	.392
5	Del Howard	.389

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ginger Beaumont	2
1	Tim Jordan	2
3	Johnny Bates	1
3	Pug Bennett	1
3	9 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ginger Beaumont	10
2	Frank Chance	9
3	Johnny Bates	8
3	Hal Chase	8
3	3 others tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Harry Lumley	7
1	Sam Mertes	7
3	Frank Chance	6
4	Billy Maloney	5
4	Danny Murphy	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Lefty Leifield	0.87
2	Ed Karger	1.00
3	Bill Dinneen	1.04
4	Casey Patten	1.38
5	2 tied	1.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	4
2	Chief Bender	3
2	Jack Chesbro	3
2	Lefty Leifield	3
2	Jack Taylor	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Fred Beebe	26
2	Mordecai Brown	22
2	Jack Powell	22
4	Red Ames	21
5	Harry McIntire	19

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	George Stone	.389
2	Miller Huggins	.374
3	Kitty Bransfield	.368
4	Hal Chase	.356
5	Willie Keeler	.347

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	3
2	Ginger Beaumont	2
2	Frank Chance	2
2	Chick Stahl	2
5	32 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Frank Chance	19
2	Hal Chase	18
2	Admiral Schlei	18
4	George Davis	17
5	Harry Steinfeldt	16

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	Mordecai Brown	1.29
1	Barney Pelty	1.29
3	Lefty Leifield	1.61
4	Doc White	1.67
5	Jimmy Dygert	1.74

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Al Orth	6
1	Eddie Plank	6
1	Jake Weimer	6
5	7 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Fred Beebe	54
2	Mordecai Brown	42
3	Cy Falkenberg	38
4	Vive Lindaman	37
4	Jack Powell	37

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	.346
2	George Stone	.329
3	Harry Steinfeldt	.326
4	Cy Seymour	.323
5	Elmer Flick	.320

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Lumley	12
2	Harry Davis	11
3	Charlie Hickman	9
3	Cy Seymour	9
5	3 tied	7

Runs Batted In

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

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Art Devlin	66
2	Honus Wagner	61
3	Sam Mertes	54
4	Frank Chance	52
5	Sherry Magee	47

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	2.22
2	Doc White	2.24
3	Ed Reulbach	2.37
4	Jack Pfiester	2.40
5	Carl Lundgren	2.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Eddie Plank	31
2	Mordecai Brown	25
2	Christy Mathewson	25
4	Al Orth	24
5	Nick Altrock	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	222
2	Chief Bender	213
3	Eddie Plank	187
4	Cy Young	172
5	Harry Howell	169

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