On This Day

Saturday, May 4, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 5 .706 --
Highlanders 11 6 .647 1.0
Athletics 10 7 .588 2.0
Tigers 9 8 .529 3.0
Naps 8 8 .500 3.5
Americans 8 10 .444 4.5
Senators 5 11 .313 6.5
Browns 5 13 .278 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 15 3 .833 --
Cubs 14 3 .824 0.5
Pirates 9 4 .692 3.5
Phillies 9 6 .600 4.5
Doves 7 9 .438 7.0
Reds 6 10 .375 8.0
Cardinals 3 15 .167 12.0
Superbas 1 14 .067 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Bowerman 5
2 Jimmy Collins 3
2 Bob Ganley 3
2 Freddy Parent 3
2 Ossee Schrecongost 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Davis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Bowerman 3
1 Hal Chase 3
3 Roger Bresnahan 2
3 Jimmy Collins 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Bowerman 3
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Hal Chase 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Ewing 1.50
2 Hooks Wiltse 1.00
3 Ralph Glaze 0.75
4 George Mullin 0.57
5 Ed Walsh 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Ralph Glaze 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Al Orth 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Ewing 6
1 Ralph Glaze 6
3 Bobby Keefe 4
3 George Mullin 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 1
1 Henry Mathewson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ollie Pickering .373
2 Danny Hoffman .362
3 Fielder Jones .353
4 Honus Wagner .348
5 Sherry Magee .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Hoffman 14
2 Hal Chase 13
2 Tommy Corcoran 13
2 Harry Davis 13
5 2 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 9
2 Elmer Flick 8
3 Dave Altizer 7
3 Frank Chance 7
3 Honus Wagner 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.28
2 Mordecai Brown 0.53
2 Hooks Wiltse 0.53
4 Lefty Leifield 0.81
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 5
2 Bob Ewing 4
2 Addie Joss 4
2 Lefty Leifield 4
2 5 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 31
2 Fred Beebe 25
3 Ed Walsh 24
3 Cy Young 24
5 Jack Coombs 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Walter Clarkson 1
3 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .354
2 Honus Wagner .347
3 Hal Chase .333
4 George Stone .327
5 Harry Steinfeldt .326

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 83
2 Harry Davis 78
3 George Davis 76
4 Tim Jordan 75
5 2 tied 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 59
2 Honus Wagner 55
3 Sherry Magee 52
4 Johnny Evers 51
5 Art Devlin 50

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.02
4 Jack Pfiester 2.15
5 Vic Willis 2.39

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 189
2 Fred Beebe 183
3 Cy Falkenberg 175
4 Rube Waddell 168
5 Bob Ewing 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
3 Chief Bender 5
4 Elmer Stricklett 4
5 8 tied 3