On This Day

Monday, August 5, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	57	35	.620	--
White Sox	59	38	.608	0.5
Athletics	55	37	.598	2.0
Naps	55	41	.573	4.0
Highlanders	44	49	.473	13.5
Americans	38	54	.413	19.0
Browns	37	56	.398	20.5
Senators	28	63	.308	28.5

Games

Americans 3, Browns 2

Highlanders 8, White Sox 4

Athletics 6, Naps 2

Athletics 12, Naps 6

Tigers 8, Senators 2

Tigers 5, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	71	25	.740	--
Pirates	56	35	.615	12.5
Giants	55	38	.591	14.5
Phillies	50	40	.556	18.0
Reds	42	53	.442	28.5
Superbas	42	53	.442	28.5
Doves	38	55	.409	31.5
Cardinals	23	78	.228	50.5

Games

Giants 5, Cubs 4

Phillies 5, Cardinals 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Ty Cobb	6
1	Simon Nicholls	6
3	Bill Coughlin	5
4	Roger Bresnahan	4
4	4 others tied	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	6
2	Socks Seybold	4
3	Ty Cobb	3
3	Sherry Magee	3
5	10 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	George Moriarty	2
2	Joe Birmingham	1
2	Art Devlin	1
2	Red Dooin	1
2	10 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Eddie Plank	0.89
2	Ed Siever	0.88
3	Bill Donovan	0.62
4	Red Ames	0.50
5	Addie Joss	0.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Ames	1
1	Buster Brown	1
1	Bill Donovan	1
1	Bill Hogg	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Plank	8
2	Ed Siever	7
3	Rube Waddell	6
4	Bill Bernhard	5
4	Bill Donovan	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Elmer Flick	.339
2	Honus Wagner	.331
3	Ty Cobb	.330
4	Sam Crawford	.316
5	Sherry Magee	.313

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	7
2	Harry Lumley	5
3	Roger Bresnahan	4
3	Sammy Strang	4
3	Honus Wagner	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	68
2	Sherry Magee	61
3	Harry Davis	58
4	Socks Seybold	54
5	Honus Wagner	50

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	39
2	Sherry Magee	30
3	Johnny Evers	29
4	Wid Conroy	28
4	Tommy Leach	28

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.58
2	Carl Lundgren	1.67
3	Ed Reulbach	2.16
4	Ed Walsh	2.17
5	Tex Pruiett	2.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	18
1	Addie Joss	18
1	Ed Walsh	18
4	Eddie Plank	17
4	Frank Smith	17

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	161
2	Ed Walsh	141
3	Fred Beebe	134
4	Eddie Plank	118
5	George Mullin	110

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	.435
2	Simon Nicholls	.423
3	George Moriarty	.400
4	Harry Davis	.392
5	Fred Clarke	.386

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	4
2	Harry Lumley	2
3	Johnny Bates	1
3	Roger Bresnahan	1
3	15 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	15
2	Harry Davis	14
2	Honus Wagner	14
4	George Rohe	12
5	Sherry Magee	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	8
2	Heinie Wagner	7
3	Otis Clymer	6
3	Danny Hoffman	6
5	5 tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Chief Bender	0.67
2	Ed Reulbach	0.88
3	Harry McIntire	0.96
4	Tully Sparks	1.00
5	Tex Pruiett	1.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Reulbach	5
2	Eddie Plank	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Andy Coakley	3
3	8 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Karger	22
1	Eddie Plank	22
1	Rube Waddell	22
4	Mordecai Brown	19
5	Ed Reulbach	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	George Bell	1
1	Bill Dinneen	1
1	Earl Moore	1
1	Fred Smith	1
1	Vic Willis	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Otis Clymer	.394
2	George Moriarty	.380
3	Honus Wagner	.361
4	Tim Jordan	.344
5	Dave Brain	.339

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	4
2	Roger Bresnahan	2
2	Harry Lumley	2
2	Sammy Strang	2
2	Honus Wagner	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	23
2	Ty Cobb	22
3	Honus Wagner	21
4	Claude Rossman	19
5	2 tied	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	12
2	Terry Turner	10
3	Jiggs Donahue	9
4	Bobby Byrne	8
4	6 others tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Chief Bender	0.83
2	Mordecai Brown	1.19
3	Ed Siever	1.50
4	Orval Overall	1.60
5	Elmer Stricklett	1.66

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	6
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Bill Donovan	6
1	Ed Killian	6
1	4 others tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	55
2	Ed Walsh	47
3	Bob Ewing	35
3	Eddie Plank	35
3	Frank Smith	35

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	2
2	Nick Altrock	1
2	George Bell	1
2	Bill Dinneen	1
2	7 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.345
2	Elmer Flick	.330
3	Nap Lajoie	.326
4	Ty Cobb	.324
5	Sam Crawford	.320

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	9
2	Tim Jordan	7
2	Harry Lumley	7
2	Cy Seymour	7
2	Sammy Strang	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	82
2	Harry Davis	81
3	Cy Seymour	78
4	Sherry Magee	76
5	Socks Seybold	70

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	56
2	Sherry Magee	54
3	Johnny Evers	49
4	Frank Chance	44
5	Dave Altizer	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.52
2	Ed Reulbach	1.87
3	Ed Walsh	2.14
4	Carl Lundgren	2.16
5	Jack Pfiester	2.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	28
1	Ed Walsh	28
3	Addie Joss	25
3	Joe McGinnity	25
5	2 tied	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	249
2	Rube Waddell	237
3	Fred Beebe	197
4	Red Ames	178
5	Christy Mathewson	171

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	5
2	Mordecai Brown	4
2	Tom Hughes	4
2	Hooks Wiltse	4
5	3 tied	3