On This Day

Saturday, August 24, 1907

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Athletics	66	44	.600	--
White Sox	69	47	.595	0.0
Tigers	64	44	.593	1.0
Naps	66	48	.579	2.0
Highlanders	51	58	.468	14.5
Americans	49	63	.438	18.0
Browns	46	64	.418	20.0
Senators	32	75	.299	32.5

Games

White Sox 5, Highlanders 2

Naps 7, Americans 3

Tigers 8, Senators 5

Athletics 6, Browns 4

Browns 6, Athletics 4

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cubs	82	31	.726	--
Pirates	65	45	.591	15.5
Giants	64	46	.582	16.5
Phillies	60	49	.550	20.0
Superbas	54	60	.474	28.5
Reds	48	66	.421	34.5
Doves	41	69	.373	39.5
Cardinals	35	83	.297	49.5

Games

Cardinals 5, Superbas 1

Superbas 7, Cardinals 5

Giants 7, Pirates 4

Phillies 5, Reds 4

Phillies 6, Reds 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bobby Byrne	5
1	Harry Wolter	5
3	Eddie Grant	4
3	Ed Konetchy	4
5	16 tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Nap Lajoie	5
2	Billy Maloney	4
3	Bill Coughlin	3
3	Jim Delahanty	3
3	3 others tied	3

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Jiggs Donahue	2
1	Davy Jones	2
3	Ty Cobb	1
3	Elmer Flick	1
3	12 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Buster Brown	1.50
2	Chief Bender	0.46
3	Addie Joss	0.38
4	Bill Dinneen	0.33
4	Al Orth	0.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Buster Brown	1
1	Jack Coombs	1
1	Fred Glade	1
1	Addie Joss	1
1	6 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	6
2	Fred Glade	4
2	Roy Hitt	4
4	Buster Brown	3
4	5 others tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Corridon	1
1	Harry Howell	1
1	Elijah Jones	1
1	Ed Walsh	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.344
2	Elmer Flick	.339
3	Ty Cobb	.335
4	Harry Niles	.328
5	Sam Crawford	.314

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	83
2	Socks Seybold	67
3	Sherry Magee	66
4	Harry Davis	64
5	Honus Wagner	62

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	45
2	Elmer Flick	33
3	Wid Conroy	32
3	Johnny Evers	32
3	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	2.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	20
1	Frank Smith	20
1	Ed Walsh	20
4	Mordecai Brown	19
4	2 others tied	19

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	183
2	Ed Walsh	169
3	Fred Beebe	136
4	Christy Mathewson	131
5	Eddie Plank	126

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	4
1	Ed Walsh	4
3	Chief Bender	3
3	Bobby Keefe	3
3	2 others tied	3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Dave Brain	.472
2	Frank Schulte	.440
3	Honus Wagner	.426
4	George Stone	.412
5	Tom Jones	.383

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	4
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	12
1	Nap Lajoie	12
3	Socks Seybold	11
3	Honus Wagner	11
5	Red Murray	9

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Orval Overall	1.00
2	Doc White	1.13
3	Jack Pfiester	1.38
4	Cy Falkenberg	1.48
5	Jake Thielman	1.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Karger	4
1	Stoney McGlynn	4
1	Jack Pfiester	4
1	Tully Sparks	4
1	Doc White	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Chief Bender	28
2	Rube Waddell	22
3	Ed Walsh	20
4	Christy Mathewson	18
5	2 tied	17

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Frank Corridon	1
1	Harry Howell	1
1	7 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.408
2	Fred Clarke	.379
3	Frank Schulte	.367
4	Joe Nealon	.366
5	Ty Cobb	.364

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Dave Brain	4
1	Harry Davis	4
3	Harry Lumley	3
4	John Hummel	2
4	6 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	26
2	Honus Wagner	24
3	Socks Seybold	22
4	Harry Davis	19
5	Jiggs Donahue	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	14
2	Jiggs Donahue	9
2	Harry Lumley	9
2	George Moriarty	9
5	7 tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Reulbach	0.88
2	Tully Sparks	1.33
3	Chief Bender	1.66
4	Orval Overall	1.74
5	Mordecai Brown	1.80

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Tully Sparks	7
2	Chief Bender	6
2	Bill Donovan	6
2	Ed Karger	6
2	Eddie Plank	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	45
2	Chief Bender	44
3	Rube Waddell	39
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	Frank Corridon	1
1	12 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Elmer Flick	.342
2	Honus Wagner	.341
3	Ty Cobb	.328
4	Nap Lajoie	.326
5	Fred Clarke	.324

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	9
2	Dave Brain	8
3	Tim Jordan	7
3	Harry Lumley	7
3	Sammy Strang	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	97
2	Harry Davis	81
3	Sherry Magee	79
4	Socks Seybold	73
5	Cy Seymour	71

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	54
2	Sherry Magee	50
3	Johnny Evers	46
3	Elmer Flick	46
5	2 tied	42

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	2.43

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Addie Joss	26
2	Christy Mathewson	25
3	Mordecai Brown	24
3	Orval Overall	24
3	Ed Walsh	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	248
2	Rube Waddell	240
3	Christy Mathewson	183
4	Fred Beebe	178
5	Red Ames	175

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	6
2	Mordecai Brown	4
2	Tom Hughes	4
4	Chief Bender	3
4	3 others tied	3