On This Day

Saturday, October 6, 1906

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 93 57 .620 --
Highlanders 90 61 .596 3.5
Naps 88 64 .579 6.0
Athletics 78 67 .538 12.5
Browns 76 72 .514 16.0
Tigers 70 78 .473 22.0
Senators 55 95 .367 38.0
Americans 49 105 .318 46.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 116 36 .763 --
Giants 96 56 .632 20.0
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 49 102 .325 66.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jiggs Donahue 3
1 Gus Dundon 3
1 Otto Hess 3
1 Harry Niles 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Peterson 1
1 Chick Stahl 1
1 George Stone 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Patsy Dougherty 2
1 Bob Peterson 2
1 Chick Stahl 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete O'Brien 4
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Ben Caffyn 1
2 Bunk Congalton 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tom Hughes 0.83
2 Beany Jacobson 0.50
2 Ed Willett 0.50
4 Len Swormstedt 0.36
5 Jack Powell 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Beany Jacobson 1
1 Jack Powell 1
1 Bob Rhoads 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Willett 7
2 Tom Hughes 5
3 Len Swormstedt 4
4 Beany Jacobson 3
5 2 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .356
2 Nap Lajoie .355
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 77
4 Hal Chase 74
4 2 others tied 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 Mordecai Brown 1.78
2 Doc White 1.89
3 Ed Reulbach 2.11
4 Jack Pfiester 2.26
5 Vic Willis 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 27
1 Al Orth 27
3 Mordecai Brown 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 Sammy Strang .448
2 Nap Lajoie .442
3 Cozy Dolan .435
4 Bunk Congalton .418
5 George Browne .381

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
2 Ty Cobb 10
2 Harry Davis 10
4 Whitey Alpermann 8
4 4 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 9
2 Johnny Evers 7
2 Charlie Jones 7
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Howell 0.50
2 Nick Altrock 0.56
3 Vic Willis 0.69
4 Barney Pelty 1.23
5 Jack Powell 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
2 Nick Altrock 3
2 Frank Owen 3
2 Jack Powell 3
2 Ed Reulbach 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 22
2 Otto Hess 21
2 Casey Patten 21
4 Bob Ewing 19
4 Big Jeff Pfeffer 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 2
2 Jack Chesbro 1
2 Bill Duggleby 1
2 Carl Lundgren 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bunk Congalton .386
2 Nig Clarke .385
3 Nap Lajoie .369
4 Sammy Strang .365
5 Sherry Magee .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Whitey Alpermann 2
2 Dave Brain 2
2 Harry Davis 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sammy Strang 21
2 Art Devlin 16
3 Whitey Alpermann 15
4 Kitty Bransfield 14
4 4 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Maloney 16
2 Art Devlin 11
2 Jiggs Donahue 11
4 Charlie Jones 10
4 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Otto Hess 1.23
2 Barney Pelty 1.42
3 Nick Altrock 1.64
4 Jack Pfiester 1.76
5 Jack Powell 1.99

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 7
1 Otto Hess 7
3 Al Orth 6
3 Ed Reulbach 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 61
2 Otto Hess 44
2 Christy Mathewson 44
4 Bob Ewing 42
5 Rube Waddell 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Jack Chesbro 1
2 12 others tied 1