On This Day

Monday, August 20, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 66 43 .606 --
Athletics 62 47 .569 4.0
Naps 59 45 .567 4.5
Highlanders 58 45 .563 5.0
Browns 57 51 .528 8.5
Tigers 53 55 .491 12.5
Senators 41 65 .387 23.5
Americans 32 77 .294 34.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 80 31 .721 --
Giants 70 37 .654 8.0
Pirates 69 40 .633 10.0
Phillies 52 58 .473 27.5
Reds 49 63 .438 31.5
Superbas 41 65 .387 36.5
Cardinals 40 72 .357 40.5
Beaneaters 39 74 .345 42.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Carrigan 2
1 Doc Casey 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Patsy Dougherty 1
1 George Stone 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Lowe 3
1 Charley O'Leary 3
3 Buck Freeman 2
3 Jack Hayden 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Doc Casey 1
1 Fred Clarke 1
1 Bill Coughlin 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Fred Glade 0.83
2 Al Orth 0.80
3 Ralph Glaze 0.55
4 Mike Lynch 0.38
4 Doc White 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Mike Lynch 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ralph Glaze 6
2 Fred Glade 5
2 Rube Waddell 5
4 Al Orth 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .362
2 Harry Steinfeldt .347
3 Nap Lajoie .344
4 Honus Wagner .339
5 Socks Seybold .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Tim Jordan 8
3 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Harry Lumley 7
5 Frank Schulte 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 62
2 Harry Steinfeldt 61
3 Joe Nealon 58
4 Jimmy Williams 57
5 Hal Chase 56

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 41
2 Art Devlin 40
3 Frank Chance 39
4 Sherry Magee 36
5 Johnny Evers 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Doc White 1.84
3 Jack Pfiester 2.18
4 Lefty Leifield 2.33
5 Sam Leever 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 20
2 Eddie Plank 19
3 Joe McGinnity 17
3 Al Orth 17
5 3 tied 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 156
2 Rube Waddell 146
3 Fred Beebe 130
4 Cy Falkenberg 122
5 Mordecai Brown 120

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
2 Cecil Ferguson 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Charlie Chech 3
3 4 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Steinfeldt .444
2 Bunk Congalton .425
3 Honus Wagner .422
4 Dave Brain .382
5 Art Devlin .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 2
2 Dave Brain 1
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Bunk Congalton 1
2 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Tinker 10
2 Bill Coughlin 9
2 Joe Nealon 9
4 Ginger Beaumont 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 8
1 Davy Jones 8
3 John Anderson 7
4 Terry Turner 6
5 7 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.20
2 Jack Pfiester 0.43
3 Mordecai Brown 0.77
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.83
5 Doc White 1.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Mordecai Brown 4
2 Fred Glade 4
4 Bob Ewing 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 27
2 Fred Beebe 21
3 Mordecai Brown 20
4 Jack Powell 19
4 Doc White 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 John Eubank 1
2 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Steinfeldt .388
2 Frank Chance .366
3 Bunk Congalton .353
4 Willie Keeler .351
5 Fred Tenney .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
1 Branch Rickey 3
3 Ginger Beaumont 2
3 George Stone 2
5 25 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 18
2 Frank Chance 15
3 Socks Seybold 14
4 Johnny Evers 13
4 3 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 12
2 John Anderson 11
2 Davy Jones 11
4 Frank Chance 8
4 8 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.56
2 Mordecai Brown 1.31
3 Bill Dinneen 1.54
4 Doc Newton 1.55
5 Lefty Leifield 1.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Bob Ewing 5
3 Sam Leever 5
3 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 47
2 Jack Powell 46
3 Mordecai Brown 42
4 Irv Young 35
5 Ed Walsh 34

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .352
2 Nap Lajoie .337
3 Harry Steinfeldt .336
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 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 95
2 Honus Wagner 81
3 Sam Crawford 79
4 Sherry Magee 75
5 Jimmy Williams 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 63
2 Honus Wagner 61
3 Frank Chance 49
3 Sam Mertes 49
5 Sherry Magee 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.05
2 Doc White 2.08
3 Jack Pfiester 2.18
4 Tully Sparks 2.42
5 Ed Reulbach 2.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 29
2 Eddie Plank 28
3 Christy Mathewson 26
4 Nick Altrock 23
4 2 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 221
2 Rube Waddell 203
3 Eddie Plank 168
4 Cy Young 167
5 Christy Mathewson 163

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
2 Cecil Ferguson 4
2 Ed Reulbach 4
2 Tully Sparks 4
2 Elmer Stricklett 4