On This Day

Monday, May 20, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 20 10 .667 --
Naps 17 12 .586 2.5
Tigers 15 11 .577 3.0
Highlanders 15 12 .556 3.5
Athletics 13 13 .500 5.0
Senators 9 15 .375 8.0
Americans 10 17 .370 8.5
Browns 10 19 .345 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 24 4 .857 --
Cubs 23 5 .821 1.0
Pirates 14 9 .609 7.5
Phillies 14 11 .560 8.5
Doves 11 16 .407 12.5
Reds 9 17 .346 14.0
Cardinals 7 22 .241 17.5
Superbas 4 22 .154 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Altizer 3
1 Art Devlin 3
1 Red Murray 3
4 Ed Abbaticchio 2
4 20 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dave Brain 4
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Lefty Davis 2
2 Mickey Doolin 2
2 John Kelly 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 John Anderson 2
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Charlie Jones 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 15 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tom Hughes 3.00
2 Eddie Plank 1.14
3 Togie Pittinger 0.86
4 Dummy Taylor 0.75
5 Bob Ewing 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Fred Glade 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 8
2 Bob Ewing 6
2 Tom Hughes 6
2 Togie Pittinger 6
2 Dummy Taylor 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ollie Pickering .372
2 Sherry Magee .368
3 Nig Clarke .342
4 Solly Hofman .330
4 Harry Steinfeldt .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Bresnahan 2
1 Danny Hoffman 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Cy Seymour 2
5 28 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 19
2 Tommy Corcoran 18
2 Sherry Magee 18
2 Cy Seymour 18
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 14
2 Elmer Flick 13
3 Ginger Beaumont 11
3 Wid Conroy 11
3 Jimmy Slagle 11

ERA

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

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 8
2 Al Orth 7
3 Carl Lundgren 6
3 Christy Mathewson 6
3 5 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 44
2 Christy Mathewson 40
3 Ed Walsh 39
4 Fred Beebe 37
5 Cy Young 35

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 Ed Hahn .465
2 Ty Cobb .429
3 Sherry Magee .405
4 Jimmy Collins .400
5 Harry Steinfeldt .395

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 Wid Conroy 8
3 Sherry Magee 8
3 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 7
2 Ginger Beaumont 6
3 Wid Conroy 5
3 Johnny Evers 5
3 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.50
2 Jack Pfiester 0.53
3 Christy Mathewson 0.75
4 Joe McGinnity 0.82
5 Sam Leever 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Smith 4
2 Fred Glade 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
5 17 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 19
2 Frank Corridon 17
3 Eddie Plank 16
4 Red Ames 15
4 2 others tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Addie Joss 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .359
2 Honus Wagner .339
3 Harry Steinfeldt .329
4 Hal Chase .326
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 79
2 Harry Davis 74
3 George Davis 72
3 Cy Seymour 72
5 Tim Jordan 68

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Frank Chance 55
3 Johnny Evers 52
4 Art Devlin 49
5 Sherry Magee 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.62
2 Jack Pfiester 2.03
3 Ed Reulbach 2.04
4 Doc White 2.21
5 Vic Willis 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Christy Mathewson 27
2 Joe McGinnity 27
4 Addie Joss 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 198
2 Fred Beebe 181
3 Cy Falkenberg 174
4 Bob Ewing 163
5 Christy Mathewson 159

Saves

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