On This Day

Friday, October 4, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 91 56 .619 --
Athletics 86 57 .601 3.0
White Sox 86 63 .577 6.0
Naps 84 66 .560 8.5
Highlanders 70 78 .473 21.5
Browns 67 82 .450 25.0
Americans 59 90 .396 33.0
Senators 49 100 .329 43.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 106 42 .716 --
Pirates 89 61 .593 18.0
Phillies 81 64 .559 23.5
Giants 82 69 .543 25.5
Superbas 65 81 .445 40.0
Reds 64 85 .430 42.5
Doves 56 90 .384 49.0
Cardinals 49 100 .329 57.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tommy Leach 4
1 Danny Moeller 4
1 Rube Oldring 4
1 Bill Sweeney 4
5 10 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Tinker 4
2 Monte Cross 3
3 John Ganzel 2
3 Solly Hofman 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 2
2 Rudy Baerwald 1
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 1.00
1 Tully Sparks 1.00
3 Jimmy Dygert 0.88
3 Nick Maddox 0.88
5 Jake Weimer 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Vive Lindaman 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 7
1 Nick Maddox 7
1 Tully Sparks 7
4 Tom Hughes 6
4 2 others tied 6

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 Harry Davis 86
2 Socks Seybold 86
4 Sherry Magee 85
5 2 tied 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 61
2 Ty Cobb 55
3 Johnny Evers 45
3 Sherry Magee 45
5 Tommy Leach 42

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 193
4 Christy Mathewson 177
5 Jimmy Dygert 163

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 Ty Cobb .455
2 Ginger Beaumont .444
3 Jimmy Sheckard .429
4 Harry Davis .426
5 Rube Oldring .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Rohe 2
1 John Titus 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 13
1 Ty Cobb 13
3 John Titus 11
4 Harry Davis 10
4 Claude Rossman 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Honus Wagner 8
3 Jimmy Sheckard 7
4 Ed Abbaticchio 6
4 2 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.27
2 Jimmy Dygert 0.48
3 Bob Spade 0.50
4 Ed Reulbach 0.56
5 Jack Powell 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 4
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 Ed Karger 3
2 Ed Killian 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 38
2 Jimmy Dygert 26
3 Walter Johnson 25
4 George McQuillan 23
5 Bill Donovan 22

Saves

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

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Crawford .393
2 Ginger Beaumont .393
3 Sherry Magee .378
4 Ty Cobb .376
5 Tommy Leach .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 John Titus 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Jim Delahanty 2
2 Danny Hoffman 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 27
2 Ty Cobb 26
3 John Titus 20
4 Claude Rossman 19
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.27
2 Jack Powell 1.23
3 Orval Overall 1.32
4 Nick Maddox 1.33
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 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 52
2 Bill Donovan 51
3 Jimmy Dygert 49
4 Nick Maddox 39
5 Walter Johnson 37

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .350
2 Ty Cobb .345
3 Sam Crawford .324
4 Ginger Beaumont .320
5 Sherry Magee .319

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 117
2 Harry Davis 86
2 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 Johnny Evers 45
3 Sherry Magee 45
5 Tommy Leach 43

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 193
4 Christy Mathewson 178
5 Jimmy Dygert 163

Saves

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