On This Day

Sunday, September 15, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 80 50 .615 --
Tigers 78 54 .591 3.0
White Sox 79 55 .590 3.0
Naps 76 57 .571 5.5
Highlanders 62 70 .470 19.0
Americans 58 76 .433 24.0
Browns 55 77 .417 26.0
Senators 40 89 .310 39.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 97 38 .719 --
Pirates 79 53 .598 16.5
Giants 77 56 .579 19.0
Phillies 71 58 .550 23.0
Superbas 62 71 .466 34.0
Reds 55 79 .410 41.5
Doves 49 81 .377 45.5
Cardinals 40 94 .299 56.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 George Stone 6
2 Bill Bradley 4
3 Sam Crawford 3
3 Harry Howell 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Harry Howell 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 3
2 Harry Bemis 2
2 Red Downs 2
2 Alan Storke 2
2 Lee Tannehill 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Nap Lajoie 2
2 Harry Bemis 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Davy Jones 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Barney Pelty 1.17
2 Carl Lundgren 0.38
3 Glenn Liebhardt 0.36
4 Roy Hitt 0.33
5 Ed Walsh 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 Barney Pelty 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Barney Pelty 7
2 Roy Hitt 5
3 Glenn Liebhardt 4
3 Ed Walsh 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .346
2 Ty Cobb .338
3 Elmer Flick .330
4 Sherry Magee .321
5 George Stone .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 9
2 Harry Lumley 8
3 Harry Davis 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 98
2 Socks Seybold 83
3 Sherry Magee 78
4 Harry Davis 76
5 Honus Wagner 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 52
2 Wid Conroy 39
2 Johnny Evers 39
2 Elmer Flick 39
2 Sherry Magee 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Carl Lundgren 1.68
3 Orval Overall 2.15
4 Ed Walsh 2.40
5 Cy Young 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 24
2 Ed Walsh 23
2 Doc White 23
4 Christy Mathewson 22
4 2 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 218
2 Ed Walsh 198
3 Christy Mathewson 160
4 Eddie Plank 150
5 George Mullin 144

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
4 Chief Bender 3
4 2 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .452
2 George Stone .400
3 Ossee Schrecongost .358
4 Bill Coughlin .354
4 Alan Storke .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Dave Brain 1
3 George Browne 1
3 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 17
2 Socks Seybold 16
3 Alan Storke 13
4 Red Downs 12
5 Ty Cobb 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Frank Chance 7
3 Dave Altizer 6
3 Wid Conroy 6
3 6 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Altrock 0.00
2 Orval Overall 0.45
3 Bill Bailey 0.66
4 Christy Mathewson 0.90
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 5
2 Bill Donovan 4
2 Doc White 4
2 Vic Willis 4
5 6 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 30
2 Ed Reulbach 26
3 Bill Donovan 25
4 Ed Walsh 23
5 4 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .407
2 John Titus .374
3 Sherry Magee .370
4 George Stone .362
5 Ty Cobb .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 7
2 John Kane 3
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 Red Murray 3
5 7 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Socks Seybold 23
3 Sam Crawford 21
3 Alan Storke 21
5 Ed Abbaticchio 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 George Moriarty 13
3 Art Devlin 12
4 Dave Altizer 11
4 2 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orval Overall 1.45
2 Carl Lundgren 1.48
3 Jake Thielman 1.54
4 Irv Young 1.66
5 Charlie Smith 1.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 7
1 Jimmy Dygert 7
3 Orval Overall 6
3 Doc White 6
3 Vic Willis 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 50
2 Rube Waddell 49
3 Ed Walsh 45
4 Chief Bender 43
4 Bill Donovan 43

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Corridon 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Bill Dinneen 1
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .343
2 Ty Cobb .334
3 Elmer Flick .327
4 Sherry Magee .323
5 Sam Crawford .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 11
2 Harry Davis 9
3 Harry Lumley 8
3 Red Murray 8
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 110
2 Harry Davis 89
3 Socks Seybold 83
4 Sherry Magee 82
5 Sam Crawford 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Johnny Evers 48
3 Sherry Magee 47
4 Elmer Flick 46
5 3 tied 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.72
2 Mordecai Brown 1.85
3 Orval Overall 2.31
4 Ed Walsh 2.45
5 Jack Pfiester 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 28
2 Christy Mathewson 25
2 Orval Overall 25
2 Ed Walsh 25
2 Doc White 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 240
2 Ed Walsh 239
3 Christy Mathewson 172
4 Orval Overall 167
5 Jimmy Dygert 164

Saves

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