On This Day

Thursday, October 3, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 91 56 .619 --
Athletics 85 56 .603 3.0
White Sox 86 63 .577 6.0
Naps 84 66 .560 8.5
Highlanders 69 78 .469 22.0
Browns 67 82 .450 25.0
Americans 59 89 .399 32.5
Senators 48 99 .327 43.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 105 42 .714 --
Pirates 88 60 .595 17.5
Phillies 80 64 .556 23.5
Giants 82 68 .547 24.5
Superbas 65 80 .448 39.0
Reds 63 84 .429 42.0
Doves 55 90 .379 49.0
Cardinals 49 99 .331 56.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Bill Kay 3
1 Boss Schmidt 3
4 Hal Chase 2
4 10 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Danny Hoffman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Bill Coughlin 2
1 Frank LaPorte 2
1 Rube Oldring 2
1 Boss Schmidt 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 3
2 Frank Isbell 2
2 Tom Jones 2
2 George Moriarty 2
5 6 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jimmy Dygert 1.80
2 Harry Howell 0.60
3 Lefty Leifield 0.50
4 Tacks Neuer 0.43
5 Lew Richie 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 Tacks Neuer 1
1 Lew Richie 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 9
2 Hank Gehring 5
3 Harry Howell 3
3 Lefty Leifield 3
3 Tacks Neuer 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .350
2 Honus Wagner .350
3 Sam Crawford .323
4 Sherry Magee .322
5 Ginger Beaumont .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dave Brain 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
3 Harry Davis 8
4 Red Murray 7
5 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 115
2 Socks Seybold 86
3 Harry Davis 85
3 Sherry Magee 85
5 2 tied 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 61
2 Ty Cobb 55
3 Johnny Evers 44
3 Sherry Magee 44
5 3 tied 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.84
2 Mordecai Brown 1.87
3 Orval Overall 2.10
4 Ed Reulbach 2.32
5 Christy Mathewson 2.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 27
2 Doc White 26
3 Bill Donovan 25
3 Ed Killian 25
5 3 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 231
2 Ed Walsh 214
3 Eddie Plank 190
4 Christy Mathewson 177
5 Jimmy Dygert 156

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 4
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
5 6 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .460
2 Ty Cobb .455
3 Harry Davis .436
4 Sam Crawford .392
5 Jimmy Sheckard .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Rohe 2
1 John Titus 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 13
2 Ginger Beaumont 12
3 John Titus 11
4 Claude Rossman 10
5 3 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Honus Wagner 9
3 Fred Clarke 7
4 Ed Abbaticchio 6
5 7 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.27
2 Johnny Lush 0.35
3 Bob Spade 0.50
4 Ed Reulbach 0.56
5 Jimmy Dygert 0.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 3
1 Jimmy Dygert 3
1 Ed Karger 3
1 Ed Killian 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 35
2 George McQuillan 23
3 Bill Donovan 22
4 Jimmy Dygert 19
4 Walter Johnson 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Andy Coakley 1
2 Slow Joe Doyle 1
2 Kid Durbin 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .398
2 Sam Crawford .386
3 Ty Cobb .380
4 Sherry Magee .379
5 Topsy Hartsel .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Titus 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Jim Delahanty 2
2 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Sam Crawford 27
3 John Titus 20
4 Claude Rossman 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 24
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Dave Altizer 11
4 Art Devlin 10
4 3 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.27
2 Orval Overall 1.05
3 Jack Powell 1.23
4 Nick Maddox 1.40
5 Sam Leever 1.42

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 8
1 Jimmy Dygert 8
3 Doc White 6
4 Addie Joss 5
4 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 51
2 Jimmy Dygert 49
2 Eddie Plank 49
4 Christy Mathewson 36
5 Ed Walsh 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 3
2 George Mullin 2
3 Andy Coakley 1
3 Slow Joe Doyle 1
3 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .350
2 Ty Cobb .346
3 Sam Crawford .322
4 Ginger Beaumont .320
5 Sherry Magee .319

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 118
2 Harry Davis 90
3 Socks Seybold 86
4 Sherry Magee 85
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 61
2 Ty Cobb 55
3 Sherry Magee 45
4 Johnny Evers 44
4 Elmer Flick 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.84
2 Mordecai Brown 1.87
3 Orval Overall 2.12
4 Ed Reulbach 2.32
5 Christy Mathewson 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 27
1 Doc White 27
3 Ed Killian 26
4 Bill Donovan 25
4 Christy Mathewson 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 231
2 Ed Walsh 214
3 Eddie Plank 190
4 Christy Mathewson 178
5 Jimmy Dygert 160

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Dinneen 4
1 Tom Hughes 4
1 Joe McGinnity 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
5 6 tied 3