On This Day

Thursday, August 22, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	64	43	.598	--
Tigers	63	43	.594	0.5
White Sox	67	47	.588	0.5
Naps	65	47	.580	1.5
Highlanders	51	56	.477	13.0
Americans	48	62	.436	17.5
Browns	45	62	.421	19.0
Senators	31	74	.295	32.0

Games

Athletics 2, White Sox 0

Naps 2, Senators 1

Tigers 8, Americans 7

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	81	31	.723	--
Giants	63	44	.589	15.5
Pirates	63	44	.589	15.5
Phillies	58	48	.547	20.0
Superbas	52	59	.468	28.5
Reds	47	64	.423	33.5
Doves	41	68	.376	38.5
Cardinals	34	81	.296	48.5

Games

Superbas 7, Cardinals 6

Cubs 3, Doves 2

Pirates 20, Giants 5

Phillies 5, Reds 2

Phillies 2, Reds 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Ed Abbaticchio	4
1	George Gibson	4
1	Alan Storke	4
4	Fred Clarke	3
4	7 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Heinie Wagner	2
2	Dan McGann	1
2	Red Murray	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Red Murray	3
2	Jack Barnett	2
2	Ty Cobb	2
2	Ernie Courtney	2
2	6 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ed Abbaticchio	1
1	Goat Anderson	1
1	Shad Barry	1
1	Dave Brain	1
1	9 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Rube Waddell	4.33
2	Frank Corridon	0.80
3	Casey Patten	0.57
4	Chick Fraser	0.50
5	Ed Walsh	0.44

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Bell	1
1	Walter Clarkson	1
1	Frank Corridon	1
1	Bill Donovan	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	13
2	Walter Clarkson	5
3	George Bell	4
3	Frank Corridon	4
3	8 others tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Siever	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Elmer Flick	.341
2	Honus Wagner	.338
3	Ty Cobb	.336
4	Harry Niles	.334
5	Sam Crawford	.316

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	82
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	Johnny Evers	32
2	Elmer Flick	32
2	Tommy Leach	32

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.61
2	Carl Lundgren	1.77
3	Ed Reulbach	2.01
4	Ed Walsh	2.23
5	Orval Overall	2.26

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	20
2	Mordecai Brown	19
2	Addie Joss	19
2	Frank Smith	19
5	2 tied	18

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	183
2	Ed Walsh	168
3	Fred Beebe	136
4	Christy Mathewson	131
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	Dave Brain	.500
2	George Stone	.429
3	John Hummel	.405
4	Mike Mitchell	.400
5	Harry Lumley	.395

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	3
2	John Hummel	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	Red Murray	2
2	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	13
2	Socks Seybold	10
3	Jiggs Donahue	9
3	Bob Unglaub	9
5	6 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Harry Lumley	7
2	Dave Altizer	6
2	George Moriarty	6
4	Davy Jones	5
4	2 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Orval Overall	0.00
2	Chief Bender	0.95
3	Jack Pfiester	1.38
4	Fred Glade	1.42
5	Doc White	1.44

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	23
1	Christy Mathewson	23
1	Ed Walsh	23
4	Chief Bender	22
4	Rube Waddell	22

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Mike Lynch	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	5 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Fred Clarke	.400
2	Honus Wagner	.392
3	Ty Cobb	.365
4	Frank Schulte	.364
5	Dave Brain	.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	26
2	Honus Wagner	23
3	Socks Seybold	21
4	Harry Davis	19
4	Jiggs Donahue	19

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	13
2	George Moriarty	9
2	Heinie Wagner	9
4	Dave Altizer	8
4	4 others tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Reulbach	0.88
2	Chief Bender	0.98
3	Tully Sparks	1.33
4	Orval Overall	1.53
5	Mordecai Brown	1.65

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Tully Sparks	7
2	Chief Bender	6
2	Bill Donovan	6
4	Ed Karger	5
4	7 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	44
1	Ed Walsh	44
3	Chief Bender	38
4	Jimmy Dygert	37
5	Bob Ewing	36

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	Elmer Flick	.341
2	Honus Wagner	.339
3	Ty Cobb	.329
4	Fred Clarke	.326
5	Sam Crawford	.324

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	9
2	Dave Brain	7
2	Harry Lumley	7
2	Sammy Strang	7
5	4 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	96
2	Harry Davis	82
3	Sherry Magee	78
4	Socks Seybold	74
5	Cy Seymour	71

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	55
2	Sherry Magee	49
3	Johnny Evers	47
4	Elmer Flick	45
5	Frank Chance	43

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.63
2	Ed Reulbach	1.85
3	Carl Lundgren	1.87
4	Orval Overall	2.34
5	Ed Walsh	2.40

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	249
2	Rube Waddell	242
3	Christy Mathewson	183
4	Fred Beebe	178
5	Red Ames	174

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