On This Day

Thursday, June 6, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 29 13 .690 --
Naps 27 16 .628 2.5
Tigers 22 16 .579 5.0
Athletics 21 20 .512 7.5
Highlanders 19 19 .500 8.0
Browns 18 25 .419 11.5
Americans 14 27 .341 14.5
Senators 12 26 .316 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 33 9 .786 --
Giants 28 13 .683 4.5
Phillies 25 15 .625 7.0
Pirates 20 17 .541 10.5
Reds 16 25 .390 16.5
Doves 16 25 .390 16.5
Superbas 13 27 .325 19.0
Cardinals 12 32 .273 22.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hans Lobert 4
2 Doc Casey 3
2 Lefty Davis 3
2 Tom Jones 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Courtney 1
1 George Gibson 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tom Jones 3
1 Claude Rossman 3
3 Elmer Flick 2
3 George Gibson 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Hallman 2
2 Goat Anderson 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Hal Chase 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Willis 1.50
2 Rube Waddell 1.38
3 Ed Walsh 0.80
4 Charlie Smith 0.38
5 Buster Brown 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 Barney Pelty 1
1 Togie Pittinger 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 11
2 Ed Walsh 8
3 Vic Willis 6
4 Buster Brown 5
4 Charlie Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Wallace .342
2 Sherry Magee .340
3 Harry Steinfeldt .333
4 Nap Lajoie .325
5 Ollie Pickering .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 George Gibson 2
2 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 32
2 Cy Seymour 27
3 Socks Seybold 26
4 Tommy Corcoran 23
5 3 tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 18
2 Elmer Flick 17
3 Frank Chance 15
4 Wid Conroy 14
4 Hans Lobert 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Glade 1.42
2 Carl Lundgren 1.47
3 Ed Killian 1.74
4 Ed Walsh 1.86
5 Nick Altrock 1.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 10
2 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Joe McGinnity 8
2 George Mullin 8
2 3 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Beebe 71
2 Ed Walsh 62
3 George Mullin 60
3 Rube Waddell 60
5 Christy Mathewson 54

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Chief Bender 2
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Ed Walsh 2
5 18 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Niles .436
2 Phil Lewis .417
3 Art Devlin .395
4 Harry Steinfeldt .385
5 Bobby Wallace .383

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 13
2 Art Devlin 11
3 Harry Steinfeldt 10
4 Whitey Alpermann 8
4 5 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Hallman 6
1 Hans Lobert 6
1 Rube Oldring 6
4 Joe Birmingham 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Fred Glade 0.67
2 Andy Coakley 0.84
3 Bob Rhoads 0.96
4 Ed Killian 0.98
5 Bobby Keefe 0.98

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Andy Coakley 3
1 Fred Glade 3
1 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 39
2 Fred Beebe 34
3 Ed Walsh 23
4 Charlie Smith 21
5 Jack Coombs 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Niles .388
2 Ed Hahn .385
3 Ty Cobb .376
4 Bobby Wallace .374
5 Dan McGann .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Socks Seybold 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
1 Honus Wagner 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sherry Magee 22
2 Ty Cobb 18
3 Art Devlin 16
3 Cy Seymour 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 11
1 Honus Wagner 11
3 Billy Maloney 10
4 Elmer Flick 9
4 Rube Oldring 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Killian 0.76
2 Jim Pastorius 1.16
3 Fred Glade 1.42
4 Glenn Liebhardt 1.50
5 Sam Leever 1.81

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Fred Glade 6
3 Addie Joss 5
3 Christy Mathewson 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 55
2 Fred Beebe 46
3 Ed Walsh 38
4 Charlie Smith 35
5 2 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Addie Joss 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Chick Fraser 1
2 Otto Hess 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .359
2 Harry Steinfeldt .326
3 Honus Wagner .321
4 Elmer Flick .318
5 George Stone .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 10
2 Harry Davis 9
3 Cy Seymour 7
4 Johnny Bates 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 75
2 Art Devlin 73
3 Harry Steinfeldt 72
4 George Davis 71
4 Harry Davis 71

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 55
2 Honus Wagner 53
3 Sherry Magee 52
4 Dave Altizer 47
5 Johnny Evers 46

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.70
2 Ed Reulbach 1.95
3 Doc White 2.09
4 Carl Lundgren 2.22
5 Jack Pfiester 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 27
1 Al Orth 27
3 Mordecai Brown 26
3 Christy Mathewson 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 212
2 Fred Beebe 199
3 Rube Waddell 184
4 Bob Ewing 167
5 Cy Falkenberg 165

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Cecil Ferguson 6
2 Chief Bender 5
2 Hooks Wiltse 5
4 Mordecai Brown 4
4 2 others tied 4