On This Day

Sunday, August 5, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 59 35 .628 --
Highlanders 56 37 .602 2.5
Naps 52 41 .559 6.5
White Sox 54 43 .557 6.5
Tigers 48 46 .511 11.0
Browns 48 47 .505 11.5
Senators 35 58 .376 23.5
Americans 26 71 .268 34.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 68 30 .694 --
Giants 61 32 .656 4.5
Pirates 59 34 .634 6.5
Phillies 44 53 .454 23.5
Reds 43 56 .434 25.5
Superbas 40 55 .421 26.5
Cardinals 36 63 .364 32.5
Beaneaters 34 62 .354 33.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Patsy Dougherty 3
2 Ed Hahn 2
2 Fielder Jones 2
2 Tom Jones 2
2 2 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Stone 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Hahn 2
1 Frank Isbell 2
1 Fielder Jones 2
4 Bris Lord 1
4 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Hahn 2
2 George Davis 1
2 Frank Isbell 1
2 Tom Jones 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Barney Pelty 0.80
2 Doc White 0.40
3 Chief Bender 0.25
4 Doc Newton 0.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Barney Pelty 1
1 Doc White 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 4
1 Barney Pelty 4
1 Doc White 4
4 Doc Newton 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .372
2 Nap Lajoie .351
3 Hal Chase .342
4 Harry Steinfeldt .337
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 56
4 Hal Chase 55
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 145
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 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Willie Keeler .408
2 Frank Chance .400
3 Jack Hoey .392
4 George Stone .391
5 Fred Tenney .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
3 Johnny Bates 1
3 Pug Bennett 1
3 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 9
1 Frank Chance 9
1 Hal Chase 9
4 Johnny Bates 8
4 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lumley 7
1 Sam Mertes 7
3 Frank Chance 6
4 Doc Casey 5
4 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.00
2 Dummy Taylor 0.50
3 Red Ames 0.82
4 Lefty Leifield 0.87
5 Bill Dinneen 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Chesbro 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 Roy Patterson 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 27
2 Fred Beebe 26
3 Red Ames 19
3 Harry McIntire 19
5 Irv Young 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 George Stone .396
2 Miller Huggins .368
3 Harry Steinfeldt .358
4 Willie Keeler .352
5 Roy Thomas .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
1 George Stone 2
5 26 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Chance 19
2 Hal Chase 17
2 Harry Steinfeldt 17
4 George Davis 16
4 Frank Isbell 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 16
2 Harry Lumley 12
3 Danny Hoffman 11
3 Sherry Magee 11
5 3 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.50
1 Barney Pelty 1.50
3 Jimmy Dygert 1.58
4 Lefty Leifield 1.71
5 Doc White 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Jack Chesbro 5
2 Chick Fraser 5
2 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 45
2 Jack Powell 42
3 Mordecai Brown 37
4 Cy Falkenberg 35
5 Vive Lindaman 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Elmer Stricklett 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
4 Charlie Chech 1
4 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .344
2 George Stone .325
3 Harry Steinfeldt .324
4 Cy Seymour .321
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 George Stone 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 92
2 Sam Crawford 80
2 Honus Wagner 80
4 Jimmy Williams 78
5 Sherry Magee 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 65
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 2.23
3 Ed Reulbach 2.37
4 Jack Pfiester 2.40
5 Carl Lundgren 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Christy Mathewson 26
3 Mordecai Brown 25
4 Al Orth 24
5 Nick Altrock 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 222
2 Chief Bender 217
3 Eddie Plank 185
4 Cy Young 172
5 Christy Mathewson 170

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Elmer Stricklett 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Charlie Chech 3
3 6 others tied 3