On This Day

Wednesday, April 24, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 6 3 .667 --
Naps 5 3 .625 0.5
Highlanders 5 3 .625 0.5
White Sox 6 4 .600 0.5
Tigers 6 4 .600 0.5
Senators 3 5 .375 2.5
Americans 3 6 .333 3.0
Browns 2 8 .200 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 7 2 .778 --
Phillies 6 2 .750 0.5
Giants 7 3 .700 0.5
Pirates 5 3 .625 1.5
Reds 4 6 .400 3.5
Doves 3 6 .333 4.0
Cardinals 3 8 .273 5.0
Superbas 1 6 .143 5.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 John Kelly 3
1 Phil Lewis 3
1 Claude Ritchey 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Casey Patten 3
3 Kitty Bransfield 2
3 Miller Huggins 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Al Bridwell 1
1 Bobby Byrne 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Slow Joe Doyle 0.89
2 Cy Young 0.70
3 Lefty Leifield 0.60
3 Casey Patten 0.60
5 Jack Coombs 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Slow Joe Doyle 8
2 Cy Young 7
3 Lefty Leifield 6
4 Bob Ewing 5
4 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .467
2 Fielder Jones .452
3 Harry Steinfeldt .429
4 Bob Unglaub .424
5 Danny Hoffman .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 Hobe Ferris 1
2 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 9
1 Danny Hoffman 9
3 John Anderson 8
3 Sherry Magee 8
5 4 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 6
2 Larry Schlafly 5
3 Frank Chance 4
3 Jiggs Donahue 4
3 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 0.00
1 Jim Pastorius 0.00
1 Tully Sparks 0.00
4 Carl Lundgren 0.39
5 3 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Carl Lundgren 3
1 George Mullin 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Young 18
2 Fred Beebe 17
3 Bob Ewing 16
3 Lefty Leifield 16
5 3 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
2 Jimmy Dygert 1
2 Bobby Keefe 1
2 Jesse Tannehill 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .351
2 Honus Wagner .341
3 George Stone .336
4 Harry Steinfeldt .335
5 Hal Chase .328

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Harry Davis 10
3 Charlie Hickman 8
3 Harry Lumley 8
3 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 78
1 Tim Jordan 78
3 Hal Chase 76
3 Joe Nealon 76
5 Jimmy Williams 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 58
2 Honus Wagner 56
3 Art Devlin 55
4 Sherry Magee 51
5 Johnny Evers 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.80
2 Ed Reulbach 1.94
3 Doc White 2.02
4 Jack Pfiester 2.14
5 Vic Willis 2.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 28
2 Joe McGinnity 27
3 Mordecai Brown 25
4 George Mullin 24
5 3 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 185
2 Fred Beebe 183
3 Ed Walsh 174
4 Cy Falkenberg 170
5 Otto Hess 165

Saves

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