On This Day

Monday, July 8, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
White Sox	44	24	.647	--
Naps	44	27	.620	1.5
Tigers	38	28	.576	5.0
Athletics	38	31	.551	6.5
Highlanders	32	34	.485	11.0
Browns	29	43	.403	17.0
Americans	25	43	.368	19.0
Senators	22	42	.344	20.0

Games

Athletics 5, White Sox 2

Highlanders 5, Naps 4

Tigers 6, Americans 5

Browns 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	54	17	.761	--
Pirates	41	26	.612	11.0
Giants	40	26	.606	11.5
Phillies	37	30	.552	15.0
Doves	29	38	.433	23.0
Reds	30	41	.423	24.0
Superbas	29	42	.408	25.0
Cardinals	17	57	.230	38.5

Games

Cubs 5, Superbas 0

Doves 2, Reds 0

Reds 4, Doves 0

Cardinals 2, Giants 0

Pirates 3, Phillies 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Johnny Bates	4
1	Ty Cobb	4
1	Sam Crawford	4
1	Miller Huggins	4
1	Socks Seybold	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	1
1	Ed Karger	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	John Knight	3
1	Tommy Leach	3
3	Harry Davis	2
3	Jim Delahanty	2
3	Jimmy Williams	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Red Murray	2
1	Ollie Pickering	2
3	Otis Clymer	1
3	Ty Cobb	1
3	14 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Vive Lindaman	1.75
2	Ed Karger	1.00
3	Roy Hitt	0.78
4	Mordecai Brown	0.71
5	2 tied	0.64

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Slow Joe Doyle	1
1	Roy Hitt	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Frank Corridon	7
1	Roy Hitt	7
1	Sam Leever	7
1	Vive Lindaman	7
5	Mike Lynch	6

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Elmer Flick	.342
2	Ty Cobb	.342
3	Sam Crawford	.342
4	Sherry Magee	.326
5	Honus Wagner	.317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	47
2	Sherry Magee	45
3	Harry Lumley	38
4	Harry Davis	37
4	Cy Seymour	37

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	27
2	Elmer Flick	24
3	Johnny Evers	23
3	Sherry Magee	23
5	3 tied	22

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Carl Lundgren	1.55
2	Mordecai Brown	1.64
3	Ed Walsh	2.15
4	Jim Pastorius	2.23
5	Glenn Liebhardt	2.34

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	14
2	Mordecai Brown	13
2	Frank Smith	13
2	Ed Walsh	13
5	Cy Young	12

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	106
2	Fred Beebe	101
3	Ed Walsh	99
4	Eddie Plank	88
5	George Mullin	87

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	4
2	Bobby Keefe	3
2	Ed Walsh	3
4	Chief Bender	2
4	5 others tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.484
2	Otis Clymer	.438
3	Sam Crawford	.431
4	George Stone	.429
5	Hal Chase	.415

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wid Conroy	3
2	Harry Lumley	2
3	Whitey Alpermann	1
3	Dave Altizer	1
3	25 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	16
2	Hal Chase	12
2	John Knight	12
2	Jimmy Williams	12
5	5 tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	8
2	Otis Clymer	7
3	Fred Clarke	6
3	Rube Oldring	6
5	7 tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.07
2	Doc White	1.16
3	Addie Joss	1.33
3	Tully Sparks	1.33
3	Elmer Stricklett	1.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	3
1	Mordecai Brown	3
1	Gus Dorner	3
1	Addie Joss	3
1	8 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Plank	24
2	Tom Hughes	23
3	Frank Corridon	22
3	Rube Waddell	22
5	Ed Walsh	19

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	3
2	Orval Overall	2
3	Red Ames	1
3	Jack Coombs	1
3	6 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	George Stone	.416
2	Sam Crawford	.402
3	Elmer Flick	.389
4	Ty Cobb	.385
5	Kid Elberfeld	.383

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wid Conroy	3
2	George Browne	2
2	Elmer Flick	2
2	Ed Karger	2
2	Harry Lumley	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	25
1	Harry Lumley	25
3	Hal Chase	18
3	Kid Elberfeld	18
3	Honus Wagner	18

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.19
2	Carl Lundgren	1.72
3	Jack Coombs	1.78
4	Doc White	1.80
5	Eddie Plank	1.89

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Sam Leever	6
1	Ed Walsh	6
4	Bill Donovan	5
4	3 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	46
2	Eddie Plank	37
2	Ed Walsh	37
4	Tom Hughes	34
5	Jimmy Dygert	33

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	3
2	Jack Coombs	2
2	Orval Overall	2
4	Red Ames	1
4	11 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.333
2	Elmer Flick	.331
3	Nap Lajoie	.330
4	George Stone	.321
5	Sam Crawford	.312

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	8
2	Sammy Strang	7
3	Wid Conroy	6
3	Harry Lumley	6
3	Cy Seymour	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Cy Seymour	75
2	Harry Lumley	73
3	Harry Davis	70
4	Art Devlin	67
4	Sherry Magee	67

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	58
2	Sherry Magee	56
3	Honus Wagner	52
4	Johnny Evers	51
5	Dave Altizer	44

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.58
2	Ed Reulbach	2.21
3	Ed Walsh	2.24
4	Jack Pfiester	2.29
5	Doc White	2.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	27
1	Ed Walsh	27
3	Joe McGinnity	26
3	Al Orth	26
5	3 tied	23

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	225
2	Fred Beebe	209
3	Rube Waddell	188
4	Red Ames	180
5	Christy Mathewson	165

Saves

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