On This Day

Monday, August 27, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 70 45 .609 --
Highlanders 62 47 .569 5.0
Athletics 64 49 .566 5.0
Naps 61 50 .550 7.0
Browns 59 54 .522 10.0
Tigers 54 59 .478 15.0
Senators 46 67 .407 23.0
Americans 35 80 .304 35.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 88 31 .739 --
Giants 73 41 .640 12.5
Pirates 73 41 .640 12.5
Phillies 52 63 .452 34.0
Reds 51 67 .432 36.5
Superbas 44 69 .389 41.0
Cardinals 45 73 .381 42.5
Beaneaters 39 80 .328 49.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Shad Barry 4
1 Lave Cross 4
1 Jack McCarthy 4
4 Charlie Hickman 3
4 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pete Noonan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Grady 4
2 Art Hoelskoetter 3
3 Doc Casey 2
3 Cozy Dolan 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pug Bennett 1
1 Al Burch 1
1 Elmer Flick 1
1 Mike Grady 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 4.50
2 Cy Falkenberg 0.90
3 Jack Coombs 0.80
4 Jack Powell 0.62
5 Orval Overall 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Mal Eason 1
1 Cy Falkenberg 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Falkenberg 9
1 Ed Walsh 9
3 Gus Dorner 6
4 Red Donahue 5
4 4 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .356
2 Nap Lajoie .344
3 Honus Wagner .343
4 Harry Steinfeldt .338
5 Hal Chase .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Tim Jordan 8
4 Charlie Hickman 7
5 Frank Schulte 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 64
2 Joe Nealon 62
2 Harry Steinfeldt 62
4 Jimmy Williams 60
5 Honus Wagner 58

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 45
2 Frank Chance 42
3 Art Devlin 40
4 Johnny Evers 38
5 Sherry Magee 37

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.78
2 Doc White 1.91
3 Jack Pfiester 2.24
4 Ed Reulbach 2.26
5 Sam Leever 2.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 21
2 Joe McGinnity 19
2 Eddie Plank 19
4 Al Orth 18
4 Jake Weimer 18

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 162
2 Rube Waddell 155
3 Fred Beebe 139
4 Cy Falkenberg 136
5 Mordecai Brown 124

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .463
2 Moose Grimshaw .390
3 Charlie Hickman .380
4 Dave Brain .379
5 Spike Shannon .370

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 2
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Bunk Congalton 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Lumley 12
1 Joe Nealon 12
1 Chick Stahl 12
4 George Davis 10
4 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 8
2 Dave Altizer 7
2 Johnny Evers 7
4 Davy Jones 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
1 Walter Clarkson 0.00
3 Jake Weimer 0.57
4 Ed Walsh 1.03
5 Chief Bender 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
1 Jake Weimer 4
4 Bill Bernhard 3
4 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 24
2 Jack Coombs 21
2 Rube Waddell 21
4 Cy Falkenberg 20
4 2 others tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Orval Overall 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .373
2 Harry Steinfeldt .356
3 Spike Shannon .352
4 Dave Brain .342
5 Bunk Congalton .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Branch Rickey 3
2 Charlie Hemphill 2
2 Tim Jordan 2
2 Harry Lumley 2
2 George Stone 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Davis 20
2 Johnny Evers 17
3 Joe Nealon 16
4 Harry Lumley 15
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 12
2 Davy Jones 11
3 Dave Altizer 10
4 John Anderson 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.70
2 Ed Reulbach 0.74
3 Ed Walsh 0.89
4 Roy Patterson 1.16
5 Jake Weimer 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 9
2 Mordecai Brown 7
3 Sam Leever 5
3 Christy Mathewson 5
3 8 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 45
2 Fred Beebe 43
3 Jack Powell 39
4 Mordecai Brown 37
5 Bob Ewing 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 3
2 Mordecai Brown 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 2
4 Bill Duggleby 1
4 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .356
2 Nap Lajoie .338
3 Harry Steinfeldt .335
4 Harry Lumley .322
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 88
2 Sam Crawford 80
2 Honus Wagner 80
4 George Davis 75
5 Jimmy Williams 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 61
2 Art Devlin 60
3 Frank Chance 50
4 Sherry Magee 46
4 Sam Mertes 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 2.01
2 Jack Pfiester 2.24
3 Doc White 2.28
4 Ed Reulbach 2.53
5 Carl Lundgren 2.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 28
1 Eddie Plank 28
3 Christy Mathewson 25
4 Joe McGinnity 23
4 4 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 221
2 Rube Waddell 200
3 Cy Young 164
4 Cy Falkenberg 161
4 Eddie Plank 161

Saves

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