On This Day

Friday, July 5, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 43 23 .652 --
Naps 43 26 .623 1.5
Tigers 36 28 .563 6.0
Athletics 37 30 .552 6.5
Highlanders 31 33 .484 11.0
Browns 28 41 .406 16.5
Americans 25 41 .379 18.0
Senators 20 41 .328 20.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 52 16 .765 --
Giants 39 25 .609 11.0
Pirates 39 26 .600 11.5
Phillies 37 28 .569 13.5
Reds 29 39 .426 23.0
Doves 27 37 .422 23.0
Superbas 28 40 .412 24.0
Cardinals 16 56 .222 38.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Claude Rossman 4
2 Bill Bradley 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Kid Elberfeld 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 1
1 Nap Lajoie 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charley O'Leary 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Socks Seybold 2
4 Frank Bowerman 1
4 13 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Simon Nicholls 2
3 George Browne 1
3 Bill Hinchman 1
3 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 0.70
2 Otto Hess 0.43
3 Lefty Leifield 0.38
4 Bill Donovan 0.21
4 Bill Hogg 0.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Otto Hess 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 7
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 Otto Hess 3
2 Bill Hogg 3
2 Lefty Leifield 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .336
2 Ty Cobb .331
3 Sam Crawford .330
4 Sherry Magee .323
5 Honus Wagner .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Wid Conroy 3
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Elmer Flick 3
1 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 46
2 Sherry Magee 44
3 Harry Lumley 38
4 Socks Seybold 36
5 2 tied 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 27
2 Elmer Flick 24
3 Sherry Magee 23
4 Frank Chance 22
4 2 others tied 22

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.55
2 Mordecai Brown 1.77
3 Jim Pastorius 1.91
4 Glenn Liebhardt 2.13
5 Ed Walsh 2.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 13
1 Frank Smith 13
3 Mordecai Brown 12
3 Ed Walsh 12
3 Cy Young 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 106
2 Fred Beebe 101
3 Ed Walsh 94
4 Eddie Plank 83
5 George Mullin 82

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bobby Keefe 3
1 Ed Walsh 3
3 Chief Bender 2
3 Jack Coombs 2
3 3 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kid Elberfeld .478
2 Claude Ritchey .452
3 Ty Cobb .426
4 Tim Jordan .424
5 George Stone .417

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wid Conroy 3
2 Harry Lumley 2
3 Whitey Alpermann 1
3 Dave Altizer 1
3 24 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 18
2 Harry Lumley 16
3 Hal Chase 12
3 Jimmy Williams 12
5 Charlie Jones 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 10
2 Ty Cobb 7
3 Solly Hofman 6
3 Rube Oldring 6
3 Honus Wagner 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Coombs 0.67
2 Mordecai Brown 1.07
3 Dummy Taylor 1.29
4 Ed Reulbach 1.33
4 2 others tied 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 Frank Kitson 3
2 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 25
2 Rube Waddell 23
3 Ed Walsh 22
4 Doc White 21
5 2 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Red Ames 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .394
2 Kid Elberfeld .394
3 Patsy Dougherty .379
4 Elmer Flick .376
5 Honus Wagner .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wid Conroy 3
2 George Browne 2
2 Ernie Courtney 2
2 Elmer Flick 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 27
2 Harry Lumley 25
3 Hal Chase 18
4 Sam Crawford 17
4 3 others tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 13
2 Johnny Evers 12
2 Sherry Magee 12
4 Tommy Leach 11
4 Jimmy Sheckard 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.40
2 Jim Pastorius 1.47
3 Mordecai Brown 1.48
4 Carl Lundgren 1.72
5 Jack Coombs 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Bill Donovan 5
2 Ed Killian 5
2 Sam Leever 5
2 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 57
2 Fred Beebe 41
3 Ed Walsh 40
4 Eddie Plank 39
5 Doc White 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Coombs 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Howie Camnitz 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .332
2 Elmer Flick .327
3 Nap Lajoie .323
4 George Stone .320
5 Bunk Congalton .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 9
2 Cy Seymour 7
3 Wid Conroy 6
3 Harry Lumley 6
3 Sammy Strang 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 74
2 Harry Lumley 73
3 Hal Chase 70
3 Harry Davis 70
3 Sherry Magee 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 58
1 Sherry Magee 58
3 Honus Wagner 53
4 Johnny Evers 50
5 Dave Altizer 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.58
2 Ed Reulbach 2.06
3 Doc White 2.21
4 Jack Pfiester 2.28
5 Ed Walsh 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 27
2 Joe McGinnity 26
2 Al Orth 26
2 Ed Walsh 26
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 220
2 Fred Beebe 209
3 Rube Waddell 199
4 Red Ames 180
5 Christy Mathewson 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Hooks Wiltse 6
2 Ed Walsh 5
3 Chief Bender 4
3 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Cecil Ferguson 4