On This Day

Tuesday, April 16, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 3 1 .750 --
Tigers 2 1 .667 0.5
Naps 1 1 .500 1.0
Americans 2 2 .500 1.0
White Sox 2 2 .500 1.0
Senators 1 2 .333 1.5
Browns 1 2 .333 1.5
Highlanders 1 2 .333 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 2 0 1.000 --
Giants 2 1 .667 0.5
Reds 2 1 .667 0.5
Phillies 2 1 .667 0.5
Doves 2 1 .667 0.5
Cardinals 1 3 .250 2.0
Pirates 0 1 .000 1.5
Superbas 0 3 .000 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 John Anderson 3
1 Jake Beckley 3
1 Pug Bennett 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Admiral Schlei 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Hoffman 3
1 Socks Seybold 3
3 Jimmy Dygert 2
3 Fred Jacklitsch 2
3 Sherry Magee 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tim Jordan 2
1 Larry Schlafly 2
3 Kitty Bransfield 1
3 Lave Cross 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 0.67
2 Jimmy Dygert 0.60
3 Joe McGinnity 0.43
4 Frank Corridon 0.27
4 Ed Karger 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 6
1 Cy Young 6
3 Frank Corridon 3
3 Cy Falkenberg 3
3 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stovall .778
2 Sherry Magee .667
3 Fielder Jones .563
4 Danny Hoffman .500
4 2 others tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Topsy Hartsel 1
1 George Stone 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Unglaub 6
2 Tommy Corcoran 4
2 Topsy Hartsel 4
2 Nig Perrine 4
2 Socks Seybold 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Larry Schlafly 4
2 Solly Hofman 3
3 Dave Altizer 2
3 Joe Birmingham 2
3 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Howell 0.00
1 Ed Karger 0.00
1 Carl Lundgren 0.00
1 George Mullin 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Corridon 2
1 Cy Young 2
3 Jimmy Dygert 1
3 Bob Ewing 1
3 18 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Young 11
2 Bob Ewing 8
2 Carl Lundgren 8
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 8
5 Jack Coombs 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Jesse Tannehill 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .354
2 Nap Lajoie .351
3 Honus Wagner .338
4 Harry Steinfeldt .327
5 Harry Lumley .326

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 12
1 Tim Jordan 12
3 Charlie Hickman 9
4 Harry Lumley 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Nealon 80
2 Harry Davis 79
3 Jimmy Williams 77
4 Tim Jordan 76
5 Hal Chase 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 57
2 Art Devlin 54
2 Honus Wagner 54
4 Sherry Magee 53
5 Johnny Evers 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.80
2 Doc White 1.90
3 Ed Reulbach 2.01
4 Jack Pfiester 2.26
5 Addie Joss 2.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 28
1 Al Orth 28
3 Mordecai Brown 26
4 Jack Chesbro 22
4 6 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 206
2 Cy Falkenberg 181
3 Fred Beebe 178
4 Ed Walsh 177
5 Otto Hess 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
3 Chief Bender 5
4 Elmer Stricklett 4
5 6 tied 3