On This Day

Thursday, July 11, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 46 25 .648 --
Naps 46 29 .613 2.0
Tigers 39 29 .574 5.5
Athletics 40 32 .556 6.5
Highlanders 33 35 .485 11.5
Browns 30 44 .405 17.5
Americans 27 45 .375 19.5
Senators 22 44 .333 21.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 55 19 .743 --
Giants 44 26 .629 9.0
Pirates 42 28 .600 11.0
Phillies 40 31 .563 13.5
Doves 31 38 .449 21.5
Superbas 30 43 .411 24.5
Reds 30 44 .405 25.0
Cardinals 17 60 .221 39.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Dooin 3
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 Charlie Hemphill 3
1 Otto Knabe 3
1 Socks Seybold 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Hannifin 1
1 Sammy Strang 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Hannifin 3
1 Charlie Hemphill 3
1 Socks Seybold 3
1 Sammy Strang 3
5 2 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 1
1 George Davis 1
1 Patsy Dougherty 1
1 Hobe Ferris 1
1 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Howell 0.71
1 Hooks Wiltse 0.71
3 Frank Smith 0.44
4 Buster Brown 0.33
4 Walter Clarkson 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Walter Clarkson 1
1 Frank Smith 1
1 Rube Waddell 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 9
2 Harry Howell 5
2 Hooks Wiltse 5
4 Barney Pelty 4
4 Frank Smith 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .345
2 Elmer Flick .338
3 Sam Crawford .337
4 Sherry Magee .331
5 Charlie Jones .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 4
2 Ginger Beaumont 3
2 Wid Conroy 3
2 Harry Davis 3
2 5 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 51
2 Sherry Magee 50
3 Cy Seymour 42
4 Harry Davis 39
4 Socks Seybold 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 27
2 Elmer Flick 25
2 Sherry Magee 25
4 Wid Conroy 23
4 Johnny Evers 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.55
2 Mordecai Brown 1.63
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 Addie Joss 2.21
5 Jim Pastorius 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 15
2 Frank Smith 14
3 Mordecai Brown 13
3 Ed Walsh 13
5 2 tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 115
2 Ed Walsh 106
3 Fred Beebe 104
4 Eddie Plank 92
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 .508
2 Hal Chase .455
3 Otis Clymer .436
4 Charlie Jones .412
5 Tim Jordan .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 2
1 Art Hoelskoetter 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
4 Dave Altizer 1
4 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Hal Chase 11
2 Sam Crawford 11
4 Ginger Beaumont 10
4 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Otis Clymer 7
1 Ty Cobb 7
3 Wid Conroy 6
4 Dave Altizer 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Addie Joss 1.00
1 Sam Leever 1.00
3 Mordecai Brown 1.04
3 Doc White 1.04
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gus Dorner 4
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Frank Smith 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 26
2 Ed Walsh 24
3 Eddie Plank 23
4 Orval Overall 20
4 Hooks Wiltse 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Red Ames 1
3 Ed Karger 1
3 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .414
2 Ty Cobb .412
3 Kid Elberfeld .398
4 Sam Crawford .381
5 Elmer Flick .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Wid Conroy 3
2 George Browne 2
2 Hobe Ferris 2
2 Elmer Flick 2
2 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Harry Lumley 23
3 John Knight 18
3 Sherry Magee 18
5 3 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 12
2 Fred Clarke 11
2 Sherry Magee 11
4 Jimmy Sheckard 10
5 5 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.85
2 Carl Lundgren 1.63
3 Doc White 1.68
4 Jack Coombs 1.78
5 Eddie Plank 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 6
1 Gus Dorner 6
1 Sam Leever 6
1 Frank Smith 6
5 7 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 44
2 Eddie Plank 41
3 Ed Walsh 40
4 Orval Overall 38
5 2 tied 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 Elmer Flick .327
2 Nap Lajoie .326
3 Honus Wagner .322
4 George Stone .319
5 Sam Crawford .309

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 79
2 Art Devlin 73
3 Harry Davis 72
3 Harry Lumley 72
3 Sherry Magee 72

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 58
2 Frank Chance 57
3 Honus Wagner 50
4 Johnny Evers 49
5 Dave Altizer 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.58
2 Ed Walsh 2.21
3 Jack Pfiester 2.23
4 Doc White 2.25
5 Ed Reulbach 2.34

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 226
2 Fred Beebe 206
3 Rube Waddell 197
4 Red Ames 185
5 Christy Mathewson 166

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