On This Day

Tuesday, July 9, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
White Sox	45	24	.652	--
Naps	44	28	.611	2.5
Tigers	38	29	.567	6.0
Athletics	38	32	.543	7.5
Highlanders	33	34	.493	11.0
Browns	30	43	.411	17.0
Americans	26	43	.377	19.0
Senators	22	43	.338	21.0

Games

White Sox 5, Athletics 1

Highlanders 3, Naps 1

Americans 7, Tigers 3

Browns 5, Senators 4

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	55	17	.764	--
Giants	42	26	.618	11.0
Pirates	42	27	.609	11.5
Phillies	38	31	.551	15.5
Doves	30	38	.441	23.0
Reds	30	42	.417	25.0
Superbas	29	43	.403	26.0
Cardinals	17	59	.224	40.0

Games

Cubs 7, Superbas 1

Doves 5, Reds 1

Giants 5, Cardinals 3

Giants 6, Cardinals 5

Pirates 8, Phillies 4

Phillies 2, Pirates 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Jack Barnett	4
1	Fred Clarke	4
1	Art Devlin	4
1	Charlie Hickman	4
1	2 others tied	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	1
1	Charlie Hickman	1
1	Art Hoelskoetter	1
1	Germany Schaefer	1
1	2 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bunk Congalton	3
1	Charlie Hickman	3
1	Cy Seymour	3
4	Ed Abbaticchio	2
4	9 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Unglaub	2
2	Dave Altizer	1
2	Ginger Beaumont	1
2	Wid Conroy	1
2	14 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Lefty Leifield	0.86
2	Doc White	0.80
3	Orval Overall	0.70
4	Gus Dorner	0.67
5	Joe McGinnity	0.60

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Buster Brown	1
1	Howie Camnitz	1
1	Gus Dorner	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	6 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Doc White	8
2	Orval Overall	7
3	Bob Ewing	6
3	Lefty Leifield	6
3	Joe McGinnity	6

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Elmer Flick	.341
2	Ty Cobb	.341
3	Sam Crawford	.336
4	Sherry Magee	.325
5	Charlie Jones	.318

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ginger Beaumont	3
1	Wid Conroy	3
1	Harry Davis	3
1	Elmer Flick	3
1	4 others tied	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	48
2	Sherry Magee	47
3	Cy Seymour	40
4	Harry Lumley	38
5	Harry Davis	37

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	27
2	Elmer Flick	24
2	Sherry Magee	24
4	Wid Conroy	23
4	Johnny Evers	23

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	104
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	.471
2	Hal Chase	.450
3	Otis Clymer	.434
4	Johnny Kling	.422
5	George Stone	.418

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wid Conroy	2
1	Art Hoelskoetter	2
1	Harry Lumley	2
4	Whitey Alpermann	1
4	29 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	17
2	Hal Chase	12
3	Sam Crawford	11
4	Ed Abbaticchio	10
4	4 others tied	10

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.07
2	Doc White	1.13
3	Buster Brown	1.26
4	Addie Joss	1.33
4	Elmer Stricklett	1.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Gus Dorner	4
1	Doc White	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Mordecai Brown	3
3	8 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Tom Hughes	23
2	Rube Waddell	22
2	Doc White	22
4	George Bell	21
5	Orval Overall	20

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	.412
2	Ty Cobb	.393
3	Kid Elberfeld	.383
4	Sam Crawford	.381
5	Elmer Flick	.380

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Wid Conroy	3
2	George Browne	2
2	Elmer Flick	2
2	Art Hoelskoetter	2
2	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	25
2	Harry Lumley	24
3	Hal Chase	19
3	Honus Wagner	19
5	2 tied	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Johnny Evers	13
2	Jimmy Sheckard	12
3	Fred Clarke	11
3	Sherry Magee	11
5	Tommy Leach	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	0.87
2	Doc White	1.68
3	Carl Lundgren	1.72
4	Jack Coombs	1.78
5	Eddie Plank	1.89

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Gus Dorner	6
1	Sam Leever	6
1	Ed Walsh	6
4	Mordecai Brown	5
4	5 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	46
2	Orval Overall	38
3	Eddie Plank	37
3	Ed Walsh	37
5	Tom Hughes	34

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	Nap Lajoie	.331
2	Elmer Flick	.330
3	Honus Wagner	.327
4	George Stone	.321
5	Sam Crawford	.310

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Cy Seymour	78
2	Harry Lumley	73
3	Harry Davis	70
4	Art Devlin	69
4	Sherry Magee	69

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Frank Chance	58
2	Sherry Magee	57
3	Honus Wagner	51
4	Johnny Evers	50
5	Dave Altizer	45

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.58
2	Ed Reulbach	2.21
3	Ed Walsh	2.24
4	Doc White	2.25
5	Jack Pfiester	2.29

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	225
2	Fred Beebe	206
3	Rube Waddell	188
4	Red Ames	180
5	Christy Mathewson	169

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