On This Day

Tuesday, May 21, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 21 10 .677 --
Naps 18 12 .600 2.5
Tigers 15 12 .556 4.0
Highlanders 15 13 .536 4.5
Athletics 14 13 .519 5.0
Browns 11 19 .367 9.5
Senators 9 16 .360 9.0
Americans 10 18 .357 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 24 5 .828 --
Cubs 24 5 .828 0.0
Pirates 14 10 .583 7.5
Phillies 15 11 .577 7.5
Doves 12 16 .429 11.5
Reds 9 18 .333 14.0
Cardinals 7 23 .233 17.5
Superbas 5 22 .185 18.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Spike Shannon 3
3 Dave Brain 2
3 Sam Brown 2
3 19 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jiggs Donahue 2
1 Tim Jordan 2
1 Harry Lumley 2
1 Terry Turner 2
5 16 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Bates 1
1 Dave Brain 1
1 Doc Casey 1
1 Lefty Davis 1
1 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 1.17
2 Addie Joss 0.80
3 Harry Howell 0.67
4 Cy Falkenberg 0.60
4 Lefty Leifield 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 7
2 Cy Falkenberg 6
2 Lefty Leifield 6
4 Roy Hitt 4
4 5 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .378
2 Ollie Pickering .367
3 Nig Clarke .342
4 Solly Hofman .330
5 Bobby Wallace .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Bresnahan 2
1 Danny Hoffman 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Cy Seymour 2
5 29 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 19
1 Socks Seybold 19
3 Tommy Corcoran 18
3 Cy Seymour 18
5 Jiggs Donahue 17

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 1.37
3 Jack Pfiester 1.44
4 Addie Joss 1.57
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 9
2 Al Orth 7
3 Carl Lundgren 6
3 Christy Mathewson 6
3 5 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 44
1 George Mullin 44
3 Ed Walsh 39
4 Fred Beebe 37
4 Harry Howell 37

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 .452
2 Sherry Magee .425
3 Tommy Corcoran .424
4 Ty Cobb .410
5 Nap Lajoie .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Socks Seybold 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 10
1 Elmer Flick 10
3 Sherry Magee 9
3 Bobby Wallace 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 7
2 Ginger Beaumont 6
3 Wid Conroy 5
3 Johnny Evers 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.45
2 Jack Pfiester 0.53
3 Jim Pastorius 0.60
4 Joe McGinnity 0.82
5 Sam Leever 0.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Fred Glade 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Frank Smith 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 23
2 Frank Corridon 17
3 Harry Howell 16
3 Eddie Plank 16
3 Rube Waddell 16

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 .360
2 Honus Wagner .336
3 Hal Chase .326
4 Harry Steinfeldt .323
5 George Stone .319

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 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Frank Chance 55
3 Johnny Evers 51
4 Art Devlin 49
4 Sherry Magee 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.64
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 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 181
3 Cy Falkenberg 180
4 Bob Ewing 163
4 Christy Mathewson 163

Saves

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