On This Day

Sunday, April 28, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 9 4 .692 --
Athletics 8 4 .667 0.5
Highlanders 7 4 .636 1.0
Tigers 8 5 .615 1.0
Naps 5 7 .417 3.5
Senators 4 7 .364 4.0
Americans 4 8 .333 4.5
Browns 4 10 .286 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 11 2 .846 --
Giants 10 3 .769 1.0
Pirates 7 3 .700 2.5
Phillies 6 5 .545 4.0
Doves 6 6 .500 4.5
Reds 4 8 .333 6.5
Cardinals 3 12 .200 9.0
Superbas 1 9 .100 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jake Beckley 3
1 Ollie Pickering 3
3 Al Burch 2
3 Bobby Byrne 2
3 10 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Doc Marshall 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Abbaticchio 2
2 Bobby Byrne 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Otis Clymer 1
2 6 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 2
1 Jimmy Slagle 2
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 Fred Clarke 1
3 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Chick Fraser 1.50
2 Fred Beebe 0.75
3 Art Fromme 0.71
4 Jack Powell 0.60
5 Vic Willis 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Frank Owen 1
1 Jack Powell 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 6
2 Art Fromme 5
3 Chick Fraser 3
3 Jack Powell 3
3 Jake Thielman 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fielder Jones .452
2 Frank LaPorte .390
3 Danny Hoffman .378
4 Sherry Magee .372
5 Ollie Pickering .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Hoffman 12
2 Harry Davis 11
3 Kitty Bransfield 9
4 John Anderson 8
4 5 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 8
2 Larry Schlafly 6
3 Dave Altizer 5
3 Ginger Beaumont 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.39
2 Nick Altrock 0.82
3 Vive Lindaman 1.00
4 Lefty Leifield 1.11
5 George Bell 1.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
2 Bob Ewing 3
2 Harry Howell 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 23
2 George Mullin 19
3 Harry Howell 18
3 Cy Young 18
5 Ed Walsh 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Bobby Keefe 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Jimmy Dygert 1
3 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .350
2 Honus Wagner .341
3 Hal Chase .334
4 George Stone .332
5 Harry Steinfeldt .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Harry Davis 10
3 Frank Schulte 8
3 Cy Seymour 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 80
2 Hal Chase 79
3 Tim Jordan 75
4 Joe Nealon 73
5 2 tied 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 58
2 Honus Wagner 56
3 Art Devlin 54
4 Johnny Evers 52
5 Sherry Magee 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.02
4 Jack Pfiester 2.10
5 Vic Willis 2.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Joe McGinnity 27
3 Mordecai Brown 25
3 George Mullin 25
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 186
2 Ed Walsh 184
3 Rube Waddell 172
4 Cy Falkenberg 169
5 Jack Pfiester 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