On This Day

Thursday, May 2, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 10 4 .714 --
Athletics 10 5 .667 0.5
Highlanders 9 6 .600 1.5
Tigers 8 6 .571 2.0
Naps 8 7 .533 2.5
Americans 6 10 .375 5.0
Senators 5 9 .357 5.0
Browns 4 13 .235 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 13 3 .813 --
Cubs 13 3 .813 0.0
Pirates 9 3 .750 2.0
Phillies 9 5 .643 3.0
Doves 6 9 .400 6.5
Reds 5 10 .333 7.5
Cardinals 3 14 .176 10.5
Superbas 1 12 .077 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bobby Wallace 4
2 Harry Arndt 3
2 Bill Dahlen 3
2 Bob Ganley 3
5 27 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Gibson 1
1 Denny Sullivan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ed Holly 3
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Tommy Corcoran 2
2 George Davis 2
2 Honus Wagner 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
4 Joe Birmingham 1
4 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tully Sparks 1.00
2 Nick Altrock 0.43
3 Joe Harris 0.40
4 Del Mason 0.38
5 Harry Howell 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Bill Hogg 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Del Mason 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tully Sparks 6
2 Joe Harris 4
3 Nick Altrock 3
3 Harry Howell 3
3 Del Mason 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Walter Clarkson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Hoffman .387
2 Honus Wagner .372
3 Ollie Pickering .371
4 Sherry Magee .370
5 Frank LaPorte .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Davis 13
1 Danny Hoffman 13
3 Tommy Corcoran 11
4 Hal Chase 10
4 3 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 9
2 Elmer Flick 8
3 Dave Altizer 7
3 Honus Wagner 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.39
2 Mordecai Brown 0.53
3 Lefty Leifield 0.81
4 Addie Joss 1.00
4 Vive Lindaman 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Lefty Leifield 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 George Mullin 4
1 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 27
2 Fred Beebe 23
3 Harry Howell 21
4 Orval Overall 20
4 Ed Walsh 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Bobby Keefe 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Walter Clarkson 1
3 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .351
2 Honus Wagner .347
3 Hal Chase .332
4 Harry Steinfeldt .326
5 George Stone .324

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 80
1 Harry Davis 80
3 Tim Jordan 76
4 George Davis 74
4 Joe Nealon 74

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.06
4 Jack Pfiester 2.15
5 Vic Willis 2.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 30
2 Joe McGinnity 27
3 Mordecai Brown 25
3 George Mullin 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 185
2 Fred Beebe 181
3 Cy Falkenberg 172
4 Rube Waddell 167
5 Jack Pfiester 162

Saves

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