On This Day

Thursday, October 4, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 92 56 .622 --
Highlanders 88 61 .591 4.5
Naps 87 63 .580 6.0
Athletics 78 67 .538 12.5
Browns 74 72 .507 17.0
Tigers 70 76 .479 21.0
Senators 55 95 .367 38.0
Americans 49 103 .322 45.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 116 36 .763 --
Giants 96 55 .636 19.5
Pirates 92 60 .605 24.0
Phillies 71 82 .464 45.5
Superbas 66 86 .434 50.0
Reds 64 86 .427 51.0
Cardinals 52 98 .347 63.0
Beaneaters 48 102 .320 67.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Cozy Dolan 4
1 Sammy Strang 4
3 Kitty Bransfield 3
3 Doc Casey 3
3 Fred Tenney 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Whitey Alpermann 1
1 Jiggs Donahue 1
1 Sammy Strang 1
1 John Titus 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 4
1 Sammy Strang 4
3 Dave Brain 2
3 Jack McCarthy 2
3 John Titus 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Elmer Flick 1
1 Johnny Kling 1
1 Billy Maloney 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lou Fiene 1.25
2 Mal Eason 1.00
3 Addie Joss 0.67
4 Jack Pfiester 0.50
5 Irv Young 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mal Eason 1
1 Lou Fiene 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Elmer Stricklett 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lou Fiene 5
1 Jack Pfiester 5
3 Addie Joss 4
4 Mal Eason 3
4 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .355
2 Nap Lajoie .353
3 Honus Wagner .340
4 Harry Steinfeldt .326
5 Harry Lumley .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Tim Jordan 12
3 Charlie Hickman 9
3 Harry Lumley 9
5 Cy Seymour 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 80
2 Joe Nealon 79
3 Jimmy Williams 76
4 Tim Jordan 74
4 Harry Steinfeldt 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 55
2 Frank Chance 54
2 Art Devlin 54
4 Honus Wagner 53
5 Johnny Evers 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.74
2 Mordecai Brown 1.78
3 Ed Reulbach 2.11
4 Jack Pfiester 2.26
5 Vic Willis 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 27
2 Mordecai Brown 26
2 Al Orth 26
4 Jack Chesbro 23
4 Vic Willis 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 205
2 Cy Falkenberg 178
3 Otto Hess 173
4 Fred Beebe 172
4 Ed Walsh 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
3 Elmer Stricklett 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 6 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Kling .429
2 Cozy Dolan .420
3 Bunk Congalton .410
4 Nig Clarke .400
5 Sam Crawford .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Whitey Alpermann 2
1 Dave Brain 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Brain 11
1 Harry Davis 11
3 Dan McGann 10
4 Whitey Alpermann 9
4 Nap Lajoie 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 9
2 Johnny Evers 7
2 Charlie Jones 7
2 Sherry Magee 7
5 4 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Powell 0.50
2 Nick Altrock 0.64
3 Len Swormstedt 0.75
4 Barney Pelty 1.24
5 Otto Hess 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Otto Hess 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 29
2 Otto Hess 27
3 Bill Hogg 23
3 Casey Patten 23
5 Lefty Leifield 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 2
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 Carl Lundgren 1
2 Henry Mathewson 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bunk Congalton .380
2 Cozy Dolan .366
3 Nap Lajoie .357
4 Sherry Magee .353
5 Elmer Flick .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
1 Sammy Strang 3
3 Whitey Alpermann 2
3 Dave Brain 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sammy Strang 24
2 Art Devlin 18
2 Cy Seymour 18
4 Whitey Alpermann 17
5 Joe Nealon 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 17
2 Sherry Magee 12
3 Art Devlin 11
3 Jiggs Donahue 11
3 2 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Otto Hess 1.23
2 Barney Pelty 1.38
3 Nick Altrock 1.73
4 Jack Pfiester 1.76
5 Bill Bernhard 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 7
1 Otto Hess 7
3 Addie Joss 6
3 Joe McGinnity 6
3 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 61
2 Red Ames 48
3 Bob Ewing 44
3 Otto Hess 44
3 Christy Mathewson 44

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 2
1 Ed Walsh 2
3 Red Ames 1
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 10 others tied 1