On This Day

Sunday, August 12, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 61 43 .587 --
Athletics 59 42 .584 0.5
Highlanders 57 41 .582 1.0
Naps 54 43 .557 3.5
Browns 52 48 .520 7.0
Tigers 50 52 .490 10.0
Senators 39 60 .394 19.5
Americans 30 73 .291 30.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 74 30 .712 --
Giants 64 35 .646 7.5
Pirates 63 37 .630 9.0
Phillies 48 55 .466 25.5
Reds 45 59 .433 29.0
Superbas 41 59 .410 31.0
Cardinals 39 67 .368 36.0
Beaneaters 36 68 .346 38.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Danny Hoffman 3
2 Harry Davis 2
2 Fielder Jones 2
2 Ben Koehler 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ben Koehler 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
3 George Davis 1
3 Harry Davis 1
3 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Davis 1
1 Fielder Jones 1
1 Ben Koehler 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 0.70
2 Fred Glade 0.50
3 Al Orth 0.38
4 Chief Bender 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 7
2 Chief Bender 5
3 Fred Glade 4
4 Al Orth 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .369
2 Nap Lajoie .350
3 Harry Steinfeldt .349
4 Hal Chase .340
5 Socks Seybold .334

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Charlie Hickman 7
2 Tim Jordan 7
2 Harry Lumley 7
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 60
2 Harry Davis 59
3 Jimmy Williams 57
4 Hal Chase 55
5 Joe Nealon 50

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 40
2 Frank Chance 37
2 Honus Wagner 37
4 Sherry Magee 34
5 Johnny Evers 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.84
2 Doc White 2.02
3 Jack Pfiester 2.36
4 Lefty Leifield 2.37
5 Vic Willis 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 19
2 Mordecai Brown 18
3 Al Orth 17
4 Vic Willis 16
5 5 tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 152
2 Rube Waddell 134
3 Fred Beebe 122
4 Cy Falkenberg 116
5 Big Jeff Pfeffer 115

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 4
1 Hooks Wiltse 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Charlie Chech 3
3 3 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Seymour .438
2 Elmer Flick .415
3 Harry Steinfeldt .410
4 Fred Tenney .400
5 Bill Coughlin .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 3
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 10
2 Del Howard 8
2 Spike Shannon 8
4 Patsy Dougherty 7
4 3 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 6
1 George Davis 6
1 Tom Jones 6
1 Danny Murphy 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.32
2 Dummy Taylor 0.50
3 Hooks Wiltse 0.64
4 Ed Walsh 0.78
5 Roy Patterson 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Frank Owen 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 25
2 Irv Young 21
3 Fred Beebe 19
3 Mordecai Brown 19
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 John Eubank 1
3 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Tenney .382
2 George Stone .365
3 Cy Seymour .363
4 Harry Steinfeldt .355
5 Socks Seybold .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Tim Jordan 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 28 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 18
2 Ginger Beaumont 16
3 Bris Lord 15
4 Harry Steinfeldt 14
5 Danny Murphy 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 12
2 John Anderson 10
2 Harry Lumley 10
4 Frank Isbell 9
4 Davy Jones 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Leifield 1.26
2 Jack Powell 1.41
3 Mordecai Brown 1.47
4 Dummy Taylor 1.54
5 Bill Dinneen 1.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Sam Leever 5
2 Lefty Leifield 5
2 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 45
2 Mordecai Brown 41
2 Jack Powell 41
4 Irv Young 33
5 3 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 2
4 Mordecai Brown 1
4 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .348
2 Harry Steinfeldt .333
3 Elmer Flick .324
4 George Stone .320
5 Harry Lumley .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 12
2 Harry Davis 11
3 Cy Seymour 10
4 Charlie Hickman 9
5 2 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 93
2 Honus Wagner 82
3 Sam Crawford 77
4 Jimmy Williams 76
5 2 tied 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 65
2 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sam Mertes 52
4 Frank Chance 49
4 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.10
2 Doc White 2.21
3 Jack Pfiester 2.36
4 Rube Waddell 2.42
5 Ed Reulbach 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 30
2 Mordecai Brown 27
3 Christy Mathewson 26
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 221
2 Rube Waddell 212
3 Eddie Plank 186
4 Christy Mathewson 162
4 Cy Young 162

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 4
1 Ed Reulbach 4
1 Elmer Stricklett 4
1 Hooks Wiltse 4
5 6 tied 3