On This Day

Wednesday, May 22, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 21 10 .677 --
Naps 19 12 .613 2.0
Tigers 16 12 .571 3.5
Highlanders 15 13 .536 4.5
Athletics 14 14 .500 5.5
Browns 11 19 .367 9.5
Americans 10 18 .357 9.5
Senators 9 17 .346 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 5 .833 --
Cubs 24 6 .800 1.0
Phillies 16 11 .593 7.5
Pirates 14 11 .560 8.5
Doves 12 17 .414 12.5
Reds 9 19 .321 15.0
Cardinals 8 23 .258 17.5
Superbas 6 22 .214 18.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Davy Jones 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Miller Huggins 3
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 4
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Ernie Courtney 2
2 Bill Dahlen 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Rube Oldring 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
4 Bill Bradley 1
4 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Irv Young 0.50
2 Tom Hughes 0.40
2 Orval Overall 0.40
4 Chief Bender 0.31
5 2 tied 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Stoney McGlynn 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Orval Overall 4
4 Bob Rhoads 3
5 6 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bob Rhoads 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .380
2 Ollie Pickering .367
3 Nig Clarke .342
4 Nap Lajoie .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 Tommy Corcoran 19
1 Sherry Magee 19
1 Socks Seybold 19
1 Cy Seymour 19
5 Jiggs Donahue 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 15
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 Joe McGinnity 7
2 George Mullin 7
2 Al Orth 7
5 6 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 46
2 Christy Mathewson 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 11 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tommy Corcoran .441
2 Dan McGann .438
3 Nap Lajoie .432
4 Ty Cobb .425
5 Ed Hahn .421

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 12
2 Elmer Flick 10
3 Bobby Wallace 9
4 Wid Conroy 8
4 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 8
2 Ginger Beaumont 6
3 Wid Conroy 5
3 Johnny Evers 5
3 7 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 0.87
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 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 23
2 Joe McGinnity 17
3 Harry Howell 16
3 Tom Hughes 16
3 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .362
2 Honus Wagner .337
3 Hal Chase .324
4 Harry Steinfeldt .324
5 Harry Lumley .318

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 78
2 Harry Davis 74
3 Cy Seymour 73
4 George Davis 72
5 Tim Jordan 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Frank Chance 55
3 Johnny Evers 51
3 Sherry Magee 51
5 Art Devlin 49

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.64
2 Ed Reulbach 1.94
3 Jack Pfiester 2.03
4 Doc White 2.05
5 Addie Joss 2.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Orth 29
2 Joe McGinnity 28
3 Addie Joss 27
3 Christy Mathewson 27
5 Mordecai Brown 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 198
2 Fred Beebe 176
3 Cy Falkenberg 172
4 Bob Ewing 163
5 Christy Mathewson 161

Saves

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