On This Day

Tuesday, August 20, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	63	42	.600	--
Tigers	62	42	.596	0.5
White Sox	66	46	.589	0.5
Naps	62	47	.569	3.0
Highlanders	50	56	.472	13.5
Americans	47	61	.435	17.5
Browns	45	61	.425	18.5
Senators	31	71	.304	30.5

Games

White Sox 4, Athletics 1

Naps 3, Senators 0

Senators 1, Naps 1

Tigers 3, Americans 0

Highlanders 6, Browns 3

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	80	30	.727	--
Giants	62	43	.590	15.5
Pirates	62	43	.590	15.5
Phillies	56	48	.538	21.0
Superbas	51	59	.464	29.0
Reds	47	62	.431	32.5
Doves	40	67	.374	38.5
Cardinals	34	80	.298	48.0

Games

Superbas 9, Reds 3

Doves 9, Pirates 8

Cubs 6, Giants 2

Cardinals 3, Phillies 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Mike Mitchell	5
2	Del Howard	4
2	Fred Tenney	4
2	Honus Wagner	4
5	7 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Whitey Alpermann	1
1	Dave Brain	1
1	John Hummel	1
1	John Kane	1
1	3 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	4
2	Harry Lumley	3
2	Harry McIntire	3
4	George Davis	2
4	4 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Harry Lumley	3
2	Dave Altizer	2
2	Art Devlin	2
4	Al Burch	1
4	8 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Cy Falkenberg	0.88
2	Walter Johnson	0.62
2	Ed Walsh	0.62
4	Bob Rhoads	0.60
5	Addie Joss	0.58

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Jake Boultes	1
1	Johnny Lush	1
1	Harry McIntire	1
1	George Mullin	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Cy Falkenberg	7
1	Addie Joss	7
3	Doc Newton	6
4	Walter Johnson	5
4	Ed Walsh	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.342
2	Elmer Flick	.338
3	Ty Cobb	.335
4	Harry Niles	.329
5	Simon Nicholls	.319

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	7
2	Harry Lumley	6
2	Honus Wagner	6
4	Dave Brain	5
5	5 tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	78
2	Socks Seybold	66
3	Harry Davis	64
3	Sherry Magee	64
5	Honus Wagner	59

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	44
2	Wid Conroy	32
2	Elmer Flick	32
2	Tommy Leach	32
5	Johnny Evers	31

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.61
2	Carl Lundgren	1.77
3	Ed Reulbach	2.01
4	Ed Walsh	2.24
5	Orval Overall	2.26

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	20
2	Mordecai Brown	19
2	Addie Joss	19
4	Eddie Plank	18
4	2 others tied	18

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	170
2	Ed Walsh	164
3	Fred Beebe	136
4	Christy Mathewson	129
5	Eddie Plank	124

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	4
2	Chief Bender	3
2	Bobby Keefe	3
2	Joe McGinnity	3
2	2 others tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Rabbit Nill	.421
2	George Stone	.417
2	Honus Wagner	.417
4	Tom Jones	.395
5	Jimmy Williams	.385

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	3
2	John Hummel	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	Honus Wagner	2
5	22 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Socks Seybold	12
2	Ty Cobb	10
3	Honus Wagner	9
4	Frank Bowerman	8
4	5 others tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Harry Lumley	7
2	Dave Altizer	5
2	Ginger Beaumont	5
2	Elmer Flick	5
2	5 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Karger	0.79
2	Orval Overall	1.00
2	Barney Pelty	1.00
4	Chief Bender	1.24
5	Tully Sparks	1.32

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Karger	4
1	Stoney McGlynn	4
1	Jack Pfiester	4
1	Bob Rhoads	4
1	2 others tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Jimmy Dygert	29
2	Ed Walsh	23
3	Cy Falkenberg	21
3	Christy Mathewson	21
5	Chief Bender	19

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Mike Lynch	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	3 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.426
2	Dave Brain	.375
3	Bunk Congalton	.369
4	Fred Clarke	.360
5	Ty Cobb	.360

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	4
2	Dave Brain	3
2	Tommy Leach	3
2	Harry Lumley	3
2	Honus Wagner	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	25
2	Honus Wagner	23
3	Socks Seybold	22
4	Harry Davis	20
5	Jiggs Donahue	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	13
2	Tommy Leach	9
2	Harry Lumley	9
2	George Moriarty	9
2	Heinie Wagner	9

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Reulbach	0.72
2	Chief Bender	0.96
3	Tully Sparks	1.21
4	Orval Overall	1.53
5	Mordecai Brown	1.65

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	6
1	Ed Reulbach	6
1	Tully Sparks	6
1	George Winter	6
5	9 tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	43
2	Ed Karger	39
3	Cy Falkenberg	38
4	Jimmy Dygert	37
5	Bob Ewing	32

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	George Bell	1
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Bill Dinneen	1
1	8 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.344
2	Elmer Flick	.336
3	Ty Cobb	.328
4	Sam Crawford	.325
5	Nap Lajoie	.323

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	9
2	Harry Lumley	8
3	Dave Brain	7
3	Sammy Strang	7
5	3 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	92
2	Harry Davis	82
3	Sherry Magee	78
4	Socks Seybold	76
5	Harry Lumley	73

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	57
2	Sherry Magee	49
3	Johnny Evers	47
4	Elmer Flick	45
5	Frank Chance	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.64
2	Ed Reulbach	1.85
3	Carl Lundgren	1.87
4	Orval Overall	2.34
5	Jack Pfiester	2.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	25
1	Addie Joss	25
1	Ed Walsh	25
4	Christy Mathewson	24
4	Orval Overall	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	245
2	Rube Waddell	234
3	Christy Mathewson	181
4	Red Ames	178
4	Fred Beebe	178

Saves

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