On This Day

Thursday, May 9, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 15 7 .682 --
Highlanders 11 7 .611 2.0
Athletics 10 8 .556 3.0
Tigers 10 9 .526 3.5
Naps 11 10 .524 3.5
Americans 9 10 .474 4.5
Senators 6 11 .353 6.5
Browns 5 15 .250 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 3 .850 --
Cubs 16 3 .842 0.5
Pirates 9 6 .600 5.5
Phillies 10 7 .588 5.5
Doves 9 10 .474 7.5
Reds 7 12 .368 9.5
Cardinals 4 16 .200 13.0
Superbas 1 16 .059 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rabbit Nill 4
1 Bobby Wallace 4
3 Ty Cobb 3
3 Jimmy Collins 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Larry Schlafly 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Patsy Dougherty 2
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 Nig Clarke 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 15 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Nap Lajoie 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Elmer Flick 1
2 Bob Ganley 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Roy Patterson 0.60
2 Cy Young 0.40
3 Addie Joss 0.33
4 George Mullin 0.31
5 Al Orth 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Oscar Graham 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Roy Patterson 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 George Mullin 4
1 Cy Young 4
4 Jimmy Dygert 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Tom Hughes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ollie Pickering .368
2 Danny Hoffman .356
3 Sherry Magee .353
4 Bobby Wallace .346
5 Nig Clarke .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tommy Corcoran 14
1 Danny Hoffman 14
3 Hal Chase 13
3 Harry Davis 13
3 Sherry Magee 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Slagle 10
2 Elmer Flick 9
3 Dave Altizer 7
3 Frank Chance 7
3 2 others tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.28
2 Ralph Glaze 1.00
3 Christy Mathewson 1.03
4 Ed Karger 1.33
4 Vive Lindaman 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 6
2 Al Orth 5
2 Orval Overall 5
2 Cy Young 5
5 7 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 35
2 Cy Young 28
3 Christy Mathewson 27
4 Red Ames 26
5 Fred Beebe 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Walter Clarkson 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .349
2 Nap Lajoie .348
3 Hal Chase .330
4 Harry Steinfeldt .328
5 George Stone .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Harry Davis 10
3 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Frank Schulte 7
3 2 others tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 82
2 Harry Davis 77
3 George Davis 75
4 Cy Seymour 71
4 Jimmy Williams 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 58
2 Honus Wagner 52
3 Johnny Evers 51
4 Sherry Magee 49
5 Art Devlin 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.70
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 1.98
4 Jack Pfiester 2.17
5 Addie Joss 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 28
2 Addie Joss 26
2 Christy Mathewson 26
2 Joe McGinnity 26
5 Mordecai Brown 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 184
2 Fred Beebe 183
3 Cy Falkenberg 175
4 Bob Ewing 165
5 Rube Waddell 160

Saves

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