On This Day

Friday, July 26, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 53 35 .602 --
Naps 52 35 .598 0.5
Tigers 49 34 .590 1.5
Athletics 49 35 .583 2.0
Highlanders 41 44 .482 10.5
Browns 36 50 .419 16.0
Americans 33 51 .393 18.0
Senators 26 55 .321 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 63 23 .733 --
Giants 50 31 .617 10.5
Pirates 50 32 .610 11.0
Phillies 45 35 .563 15.0
Superbas 39 47 .453 24.0
Doves 35 47 .427 26.0
Reds 33 51 .393 29.0
Cardinals 20 69 .225 44.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Bradley 4
1 Nig Clarke 4
1 George Moriarty 4
4 Jimmy Barrett 3
4 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Harry Lumley 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Socks Seybold 3
2 Bill Bradley 2
2 Jack Barnett 2
2 Otis Clymer 2
2 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Otis Clymer 2
1 Solly Hofman 2
1 Terry Turner 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Karger 1.20
2 Cy Young 0.50
3 George Mullin 0.42
4 Eddie Plank 0.40
5 Jake Thielman 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Harry Howell 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Karger 6
2 Gus Dorner 5
2 George Mullin 5
4 Harry Howell 4
4 Eddie Plank 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .332
3 Honus Wagner .326
4 Ty Cobb .324
5 Sherry Magee .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 4
1 Harry Lumley 4
1 Sammy Strang 4
1 Honus Wagner 4
5 11 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 60
2 Sherry Magee 52
3 Socks Seybold 48
4 Harry Davis 46
4 Cy Seymour 46

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 31
2 Sherry Magee 29
3 Johnny Evers 27
3 Elmer Flick 27
5 Wid Conroy 26

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.56
2 Carl Lundgren 1.67
3 Jim Pastorius 2.13
4 Ed Walsh 2.27
5 Addie Joss 2.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 16
1 Addie Joss 16
3 Frank Smith 15
3 Ed Walsh 15
5 5 tied 14

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 144
2 Ed Walsh 126
3 Fred Beebe 117
4 George Mullin 103
5 Eddie Plank 102

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Ed Walsh 3
4 Nick Altrock 2
4 6 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .409
2 Charlie Hemphill .380
3 Jim Delahanty .379
4 Phil Lewis .372
5 Hal Chase .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 George Browne 1
2 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 12
2 George Stone 11
3 Claude Rossman 10
4 Ty Cobb 9
4 3 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 6
2 Hal Chase 5
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Jim Delahanty 5
2 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.33
2 Elmer Stricklett 0.50
3 Orval Overall 0.98
4 Ed Reulbach 1.00
5 Lew Moren 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 29
2 Glenn Liebhardt 26
3 Ed Karger 24
4 Ed Walsh 20
5 Bob Ewing 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Lou Fiene 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Fred Smith 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Chase .406
2 Tim Jordan .374
3 Elmer Flick .368
4 Ty Cobb .364
5 Sam Crawford .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Nig Clarke 2
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 Hobe Ferris 2
1 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 29
2 Hal Chase 24
3 Sam Crawford 18
3 Claude Rossman 18
5 Honus Wagner 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 12
2 Bobby Byrne 9
2 Hal Chase 9
2 Otis Clymer 9
2 5 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 1.00
2 Mordecai Brown 1.12
3 Christy Mathewson 1.42
4 Hooks Wiltse 1.47
5 Chief Bender 1.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Gus Dorner 6
1 Deacon Phillippe 6
1 Doc White 6
5 10 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 55
2 Ed Walsh 44
3 Ed Karger 36
4 Glenn Liebhardt 34
5 Eddie Plank 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Red Ames 1
3 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .333
2 Elmer Flick .330
3 Nap Lajoie .329
4 Sam Crawford .323
5 Ty Cobb .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 7
1 Cy Seymour 7
1 Sammy Strang 7
4 Harry Davis 6
4 Harry Lumley 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 80
2 Ty Cobb 74
3 Harry Lumley 73
4 Harry Davis 72
5 Art Devlin 70

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 53
2 Johnny Evers 50
3 Frank Chance 49
3 Honus Wagner 49
5 2 tied 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.40
2 Ed Reulbach 1.94
3 Carl Lundgren 2.15
4 Ed Walsh 2.17
5 Doc White 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 28
2 Ed Walsh 27
3 Christy Mathewson 25
3 Al Orth 25
5 Joe McGinnity 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 241
2 Rube Waddell 220
3 Fred Beebe 193
4 Red Ames 185
5 Christy Mathewson 167

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
3 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Cecil Ferguson 4
3 Tom Hughes 4