On This Day

Saturday, September 21, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 81 53 .604 --
Tigers 83 56 .597 0.5
White Sox 83 58 .589 1.5
Naps 80 60 .571 4.0
Highlanders 65 72 .474 17.5
Browns 59 80 .424 24.5
Americans 58 82 .414 26.0
Senators 44 92 .324 38.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 99 39 .717 --
Pirates 84 54 .609 15.0
Giants 80 59 .576 19.5
Phillies 74 60 .552 23.0
Superbas 63 76 .453 36.5
Reds 56 82 .406 43.0
Doves 52 83 .385 45.5
Cardinals 42 97 .302 57.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank LaPorte 4
1 George Moriarty 4
3 Hal Chase 3
3 Ty Cobb 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Neal Ball 2
2 Red Downs 2
2 Ed Hahn 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 Boss Schmidt 2
1 Jimmy Slagle 2
4 Bill Bradley 1
4 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Doc White 0.83
2 Heinie Berger 0.80
3 Christy Mathewson 0.62
4 Sam Leever 0.57
5 Eddie Plank 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Dinneen 6
2 Christy Mathewson 5
2 Tacks Neuer 5
2 Eddie Plank 5
2 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .344
2 Ty Cobb .339
3 Sherry Magee .323
4 Elmer Flick .318
5 George Stone .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Harry Davis 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 106
2 Socks Seybold 83
3 Sherry Magee 80
4 Harry Davis 76
5 Honus Wagner 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 54
2 Ty Cobb 43
3 Sherry Magee 42
4 Wid Conroy 41
4 Elmer Flick 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.66
2 Carl Lundgren 1.68
3 Orval Overall 2.10
4 Cy Young 2.44
5 Ed Reulbach 2.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 26
2 Doc White 25
3 Bill Donovan 23
3 Ed Killian 23
3 4 others tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 219
2 Ed Walsh 202
3 Christy Mathewson 170
4 Eddie Plank 160
5 George Mullin 148

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .421
2 Dan McGann .406
3 Tommy Leach .378
4 Sam Crawford .368
5 Art Devlin .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Joe Birmingham 1
2 Dave Brain 1
2 George Browne 1
2 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Sam Crawford 12
3 Red Downs 11
3 John Titus 11
5 Claude Rossman 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 Elmer Flick 7
3 Bill Bradley 6
3 Wid Conroy 6
3 Sherry Magee 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Donovan 0.47
2 Carl Lundgren 0.56
3 Walter Johnson 0.67
4 Orval Overall 0.86
5 Eddie Plank 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 5
1 Doc White 5
3 Jack Chesbro 3
3 Andy Coakley 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 27
1 Bill Donovan 27
3 Christy Mathewson 25
4 Nick Maddox 23
5 Frank Corridon 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Cecil Ferguson 1
2 Harry Howell 1
2 Lew Moren 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .393
2 Ginger Beaumont .375
3 Ty Cobb .364
4 George Stone .362
5 John Titus .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 5
2 Harry Lumley 3
2 Red Murray 3
4 Sam Crawford 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 26
2 Sam Crawford 22
3 Ed Abbaticchio 20
4 Red Downs 19
4 2 others tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Art Devlin 12
2 Sherry Magee 12
4 Honus Wagner 10
5 6 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Nick Maddox 1.00
2 Vic Willis 1.30
3 Carl Lundgren 1.35
4 Orval Overall 1.58
5 Jack Powell 1.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 8
2 Addie Joss 7
2 Doc White 7
4 Ed Killian 6
4 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 52
2 Rube Waddell 49
3 Christy Mathewson 41
4 Jimmy Dygert 38
4 2 others tied 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Corridon 2
1 Bill Dinneen 2
1 Harry Howell 2
4 Cecil Ferguson 1
4 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .342
2 Ty Cobb .337
3 Sam Crawford .323
4 Sherry Magee .323
5 George Stone .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 12
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Harry Davis 8
3 Red Murray 8
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 116
2 Harry Davis 87
3 Socks Seybold 83
4 Sherry Magee 81
5 Sam Crawford 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Ty Cobb 48
3 Johnny Evers 46
3 Sherry Magee 46
5 2 tied 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.67
2 Carl Lundgren 1.72
3 Orval Overall 2.32
4 Ed Walsh 2.52
5 Jim Pastorius 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 28
2 Doc White 27
3 Ed Killian 25
3 Christy Mathewson 25
3 Orval Overall 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 231
2 Rube Waddell 230
3 Christy Mathewson 178
4 Orval Overall 166
5 Eddie Plank 160

Saves

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