On This Day

Tuesday, August 14, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 61 43 .587 --
Athletics 60 43 .583 0.5
Highlanders 57 41 .582 1.0
Naps 56 43 .566 2.5
Browns 53 49 .520 7.0
Tigers 50 53 .485 10.5
Senators 39 62 .386 20.5
Americans 31 73 .298 30.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 75 30 .714 --
Giants 66 35 .653 7.0
Pirates 64 39 .621 10.0
Phillies 49 55 .471 25.5
Reds 45 60 .429 30.0
Superbas 41 60 .406 32.0
Cardinals 39 67 .368 36.5
Beaneaters 36 69 .343 39.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 4
1 Fred Clarke 4
3 Bunk Congalton 3
3 Nap Lajoie 3
3 Tommy Sheehan 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Clarke 2
2 Bob Ganley 1
2 Tommy Sheehan 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Schlafly 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 John Anderson 1
2 Del Howard 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sam Leever 0.43
2 Addie Joss 0.12
3 Cy Falkenberg 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Sam Leever 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Bernhard 3
1 Sam Leever 3
3 Cy Falkenberg 1
3 Addie Joss 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .362
2 Nap Lajoie .349
3 Harry Steinfeldt .349
4 Hal Chase .338
5 Socks Seybold .330

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 38
3 Honus Wagner 37
4 Sherry Magee 34
5 Johnny Evers 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.84
2 Doc White 1.91
3 Lefty Leifield 2.36
4 Jack Pfiester 2.36
5 Sam Leever 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 19
2 Mordecai Brown 18
3 Al Orth 17
4 Vic Willis 16
5 7 tied 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 152
2 Rube Waddell 138
3 Fred Beebe 122
4 Cy Falkenberg 119
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 Harry Steinfeldt .441
2 Whitey Alpermann .400
3 Bill Coughlin .392
4 Spike Shannon .385
5 Dave Brain .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 3
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Evers 8
1 Del Howard 8
1 Pat Moran 8
1 Spike Shannon 8
5 4 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Germany Schaefer 7
2 John Anderson 6
2 Davy Jones 6
2 Danny Murphy 6
5 8 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.24
2 Mordecai Brown 0.32
3 Dummy Taylor 0.50
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.78
5 Roy Patterson 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tully Sparks 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Christy Mathewson 3
3 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 23
2 Irv Young 21
3 Fred Beebe 19
3 Mordecai Brown 19
5 2 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 John Eubank 1
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Tenney .400
2 Harry Steinfeldt .368
3 Roy Thomas .346
4 George Stone .344
5 Cy Seymour .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Tim Jordan 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 27 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 17
2 George Davis 15
3 Bris Lord 14
3 Danny Murphy 14
3 Harry Steinfeldt 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 12
2 Johnny Evers 10
3 Dave Altizer 9
3 John Anderson 9
3 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 1.31
2 Mordecai Brown 1.47
3 Dummy Taylor 1.54
4 Bill Dinneen 1.62
5 Lefty Leifield 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Sam Leever 5
2 Christy Mathewson 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 45
2 Jack Powell 43
3 Mordecai Brown 41
4 Irv Young 33
5 Red Ames 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 2
4 Mordecai Brown 1
4 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .347
2 Nap Lajoie .342
3 Harry Steinfeldt .333
4 Elmer Flick .321
5 Harry Lumley .319

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 92
2 Honus Wagner 81
3 Sam Crawford 77
4 Jimmy Williams 76
5 2 tied 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 64
2 Honus Wagner 60
3 Sherry Magee 49
3 Sam Mertes 49
5 Frank Chance 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.10
2 Doc White 2.13
3 Jack Pfiester 2.36
4 Carl Lundgren 2.43
5 Sam Leever 2.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Plank 29
2 Mordecai Brown 27
2 Christy Mathewson 27
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 Al Orth 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 221
2 Rube Waddell 216
3 Eddie Plank 176
4 Christy Mathewson 168
5 Cy Young 164

Saves

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