On This Day

Saturday, May 18, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 19 9 .679 --
Naps 17 11 .607 2.0
Tigers 15 10 .600 2.5
Highlanders 14 11 .560 3.5
Athletics 12 13 .480 5.5
Americans 9 16 .360 8.5
Senators 8 15 .348 8.5
Browns 9 18 .333 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 24 3 .889 --
Cubs 23 4 .852 1.0
Pirates 13 9 .591 8.5
Phillies 13 11 .542 9.5
Doves 10 16 .385 13.5
Reds 9 16 .360 14.0
Cardinals 6 22 .214 18.5
Superbas 4 21 .160 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 3
2 Bill Coughlin 3
2 Johnny Evers 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Ed Holly 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 5
2 Elmer Flick 4
3 Charlie Hickman 3
3 George Mullin 3
3 Joe Yeager 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Tinker 3
2 Del Howard 2
2 Miller Huggins 2
2 Claude Rossman 2
2 Fred Tenney 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Willis 1.50
2 Frank Corridon 0.78
3 Carl Lundgren 0.60
4 Harry McIntire 0.56
5 Charlie Smith 0.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Bobby Keefe 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Corridon 7
2 Harry McIntire 5
2 George Mullin 5
2 Big Jeff Pfeffer 5
2 Charlie Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .363
2 Ollie Pickering .356
3 Nig Clarke .346
4 Harry Steinfeldt .341
5 Bobby Wallace .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Bresnahan 2
1 Danny Hoffman 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Cy Seymour 2
5 27 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 19
2 Tommy Corcoran 18
2 Sherry Magee 18
4 Cy Seymour 17
5 4 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 14
2 Elmer Flick 13
3 Jimmy Slagle 11
4 Dave Altizer 10
4 Frank Chance 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 0.72
2 Chick Fraser 1.01
3 Christy Mathewson 1.08
4 Jack Pfiester 1.44
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 8
2 Al Orth 7
3 Carl Lundgren 6
3 Christy Mathewson 6
3 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 44
2 Christy Mathewson 40
3 Ed Walsh 39
4 Fred Beebe 37
5 2 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Walter Clarkson 1
3 10 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Corcoran .455
2 Ed Hahn .432
3 Harry Niles .417
4 Bobby Wallace .412
5 Ty Cobb .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 10
1 Elmer Flick 10
3 Sherry Magee 8
3 Socks Seybold 8
5 5 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 7
1 Honus Wagner 7
3 Frank Bowerman 5
3 Elmer Flick 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chick Fraser 0.00
2 Ed Killian 0.50
2 Orval Overall 0.50
4 Jack Pfiester 0.53
5 Christy Mathewson 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
2 Carl Lundgren 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Al Orth 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 19
1 Ed Walsh 19
3 Frank Corridon 17
3 George Mullin 17
5 Joe McGinnity 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .359
2 Honus Wagner .342
3 Harry Steinfeldt .330
4 Hal Chase .330
5 George Stone .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Harry Davis 9
3 Charlie Hickman 7
3 Frank Schulte 7
3 Cy Seymour 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 82
2 George Davis 74
2 Harry Davis 74
4 Cy Seymour 72
5 Tim Jordan 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Frank Chance 55
3 Johnny Evers 52
4 Art Devlin 49
5 Sherry Magee 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.71
2 Jack Pfiester 2.03
3 Ed Reulbach 2.04
4 Doc White 2.15
5 Vic Willis 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 30
2 Addie Joss 27
2 Christy Mathewson 27
2 Joe McGinnity 27
5 Mordecai Brown 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 198
2 Fred Beebe 186
3 Cy Falkenberg 174
4 Christy Mathewson 160
5 2 tied 157

Saves

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