On This Day

Thursday, August 23, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 69 43 .616 --
Athletics 63 48 .568 5.5
Highlanders 59 47 .557 7.0
Naps 60 48 .556 7.0
Browns 58 52 .527 10.0
Tigers 54 57 .486 14.5
Senators 43 67 .391 25.0
Americans 34 78 .304 35.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 83 31 .728 --
Pirates 72 40 .643 10.0
Giants 70 40 .636 11.0
Phillies 52 60 .464 30.0
Reds 49 64 .434 33.5
Superbas 42 66 .389 38.0
Cardinals 42 72 .368 41.0
Beaneaters 39 76 .339 44.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bris Lord 4
2 Charlie Hickman 3
2 Frank Isbell 3
2 Johnny Lush 3
2 Honus Wagner 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bris Lord 1
1 Jack Powell 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Bowerman 3
1 Bris Lord 3
1 Jack Powell 3
4 Sam Crawford 2
4 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Stovall 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
3 Bill Coughlin 1
3 Monte Cross 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Powell 1.00
2 Buster Brown 0.62
3 Roy Patterson 0.57
4 Cy Falkenberg 0.42
5 Al Orth 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 6
2 Buster Brown 5
2 Cy Falkenberg 5
4 Gus Dorner 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .359
2 Nap Lajoie .343
3 Harry Steinfeldt .343
4 Honus Wagner .342
5 Hal Chase .330

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 63
2 Joe Nealon 61
2 Harry Steinfeldt 61
4 Jimmy Williams 60
5 Hal Chase 57

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 44
2 Frank Chance 40
2 Art Devlin 40
4 Sherry Magee 36
5 Johnny Evers 35

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.80
2 Doc White 1.84
3 Jack Pfiester 2.18
4 Ed Reulbach 2.41
5 Sam Leever 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 21
2 Eddie Plank 19
3 Al Orth 18
4 Sam Leever 17
4 2 others tied 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 162
2 Rube Waddell 148
3 Fred Beebe 130
4 Cy Falkenberg 127
5 Mordecai Brown 124

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 Honus Wagner .397
2 Dave Brain .375
3 Moose Grimshaw .372
3 Dutch Meier .372
5 Bunk Congalton .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Bunk Congalton 1
1 Wid Conroy 1
1 Bill Coughlin 1
1 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Nealon 12
2 Socks Seybold 10
2 Joe Tinker 10
4 George Davis 9
4 2 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 7
1 Davy Jones 7
1 Honus Wagner 7
4 Johnny Evers 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.40
2 Jack Pfiester 0.43
3 Lew Richie 0.95
4 Bob Rhoads 1.00
5 Doc White 1.03

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Mordecai Brown 4
2 George Mullin 4
4 Bob Ewing 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 25
2 Ed Walsh 24
3 Irv Young 20
4 Jack Chesbro 19
4 Doc White 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 John Eubank 1
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Steinfeldt .369
2 Honus Wagner .345
3 George Stone .339
4 Jack McCarthy .338
5 Frank Chance .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
1 Branch Rickey 3
3 Ginger Beaumont 2
3 George Stone 2
5 28 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 17
2 Ginger Beaumont 16
2 Socks Seybold 16
4 Frank Chance 15
4 Joe Nealon 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 12
1 Davy Jones 12
3 John Anderson 11
4 Frank Chance 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 0.62
2 Dummy Taylor 0.67
3 Mordecai Brown 0.73
4 Jack Pfiester 1.46
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 8
2 Mordecai Brown 7
3 Sam Leever 6
4 Christy Mathewson 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 42
2 Mordecai Brown 37
3 Ed Walsh 36
4 Cy Young 35
5 2 tied 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
2 Cecil Ferguson 2
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 Bill Duggleby 1
3 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .357
2 Nap Lajoie .337
3 Harry Steinfeldt .331
4 Harry Lumley .324
5 George Stone .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 13
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 94
2 Sam Crawford 83
3 Honus Wagner 82
4 Jimmy Williams 75
5 Sherry Magee 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Art Devlin 61
3 Sam Mertes 49
4 Frank Chance 48
5 Sherry Magee 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.96
2 Doc White 2.14
3 Jack Pfiester 2.18
4 Ed Reulbach 2.44
5 Tully Sparks 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 29
2 Eddie Plank 28
3 Christy Mathewson 25
4 Al Orth 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 227
2 Rube Waddell 196
3 Cy Young 175
4 Harry Howell 163
4 Eddie Plank 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