On This Day

Saturday, October 5, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 92 56 .622 --
Athletics 88 57 .607 2.5
White Sox 86 64 .573 7.0
Naps 85 66 .563 8.5
Highlanders 70 78 .473 22.0
Browns 67 83 .447 26.0
Americans 59 90 .396 33.5
Senators 49 102 .325 44.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 106 44 .707 --
Pirates 90 62 .592 17.0
Phillies 83 64 .565 21.5
Giants 82 71 .536 25.5
Superbas 65 83 .439 40.0
Reds 65 86 .430 41.5
Doves 58 90 .392 47.0
Cardinals 51 100 .338 55.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sherry Magee 6
2 Al Burch 5
2 Spike Shannon 5
4 Dave Brain 4
4 5 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Tim Jordan 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Eddie Collins 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
1 Fred Merkle 3
5 8 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Goat Anderson 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
1 Bill Sweeney 2
4 Rudy Baerwald 1
4 20 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Ewing 2.00
2 Orval Overall 1.00
3 Slow Joe Doyle 0.89
4 Joe Harris 0.78
5 Howie Camnitz 0.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Vickers 2
2 Jake Boultes 1
2 Howie Camnitz 1
2 Harry Coveleski 1
2 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Slow Joe Doyle 8
1 Rube Vickers 8
3 Joe Harris 7
4 Mordecai Brown 6
4 Bob Ewing 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .350
2 Honus Wagner .350
3 Sherry Magee .329
4 Sam Crawford .322
5 Ginger Beaumont .321

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 118
2 Sherry Magee 88
3 Harry Davis 87
4 Socks Seybold 86
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 61
2 Ty Cobb 55
3 Johnny Evers 46
3 Sherry Magee 46
5 Tommy Leach 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.84
2 Mordecai Brown 1.96
3 Orval Overall 2.08
4 Ed Reulbach 2.32
5 Christy Mathewson 2.48

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 179
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 Jimmy Sheckard .478
2 Ty Cobb .464
3 Ginger Beaumont .455
4 Harry Davis .434
5 Germany Schaefer .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 George Rohe 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Harry Davis 1
3 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Ginger Beaumont 14
3 Harry Davis 11
4 Sam Crawford 10
4 Claude Rossman 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 13
2 Jimmy Sheckard 8
2 Honus Wagner 8
4 Johnny Evers 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jimmy Dygert 0.48
2 Bob Spade 0.50
3 Rube Vickers 0.53
4 Ed Reulbach 0.56
5 George McQuillan 0.68

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 4
1 George McQuillan 4
3 Ed Karger 3
3 Ed Killian 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Plank 38
2 George McQuillan 28
3 Jimmy Dygert 26
4 Bugs Raymond 20
5 Walter Johnson 19

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 Sherry Magee .408
2 Ginger Beaumont .398
3 Ty Cobb .381
4 Sam Crawford .374
5 Tommy Leach .372

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Sam Crawford 25
3 John Titus 21
4 Claude Rossman 19
5 2 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 23
2 Sherry Magee 12
2 Honus Wagner 12
4 Dave Altizer 10
4 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 0.68
2 Orval Overall 1.22
3 Nick Maddox 1.33
4 Sam Leever 1.42
5 Jimmy Dygert 1.63

Wins

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