On This Day

Monday, May 18, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 16 9 .640 --
Athletics 17 10 .630 0.0
Naps 13 11 .542 2.5
Tigers 12 12 .500 3.5
Browns 13 14 .481 4.0
White Sox 12 13 .480 4.0
Senators 10 15 .400 6.0
Red Sox 9 18 .333 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 15 7 .682 --
Pirates 13 9 .591 2.0
Phillies 13 10 .565 2.5
Giants 13 12 .520 3.5
Doves 14 13 .519 3.5
Reds 12 12 .500 4.0
Cardinals 10 18 .357 8.0
Superbas 9 18 .333 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Collins 3
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Harry Niles 3
1 Claude Rossman 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Delahanty 1
1 Harry Niles 1
1 Cy Seymour 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 4
2 Harry Davis 3
2 Rudy Hulswitt 3
2 George Mullin 3
2 Jimmy Williams 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Germany Schaefer 2
2 Frank Bowerman 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 Josh Clarke 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tom Hughes 0.60
1 Cy Morgan 0.60
3 Howie Camnitz 0.40
3 Art Fromme 0.40
5 Cecil Ferguson 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Nick Carter 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cy Morgan 6
2 Slow Joe Doyle 4
2 Cecil Ferguson 4
4 Tom Hughes 3
5 7 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Dygert 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Claude Rossman .365
2 Ty Cobb .362
3 Amby McConnell .355
4 Tommy Leach .351
5 Red Dooin .338

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
4 Whitey Alpermann 1
4 26 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Sam Crawford 17
3 Wid Conroy 16
3 Claude Rossman 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 12
2 Miller Huggins 11
3 Germany Schaefer 10
4 Johnny Evers 9
4 Charlie Hemphill 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.29
2 Howie Camnitz 1.33
3 Addie Joss 1.58
4 Tom Hughes 1.59
5 Gus Dorner 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 8
2 George McQuillan 7
3 Christy Mathewson 6
4 Howie Camnitz 5
4 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 47
2 Jimmy Dygert 42
3 Ed Walsh 36
4 Jack Chesbro 32
4 Addie Joss 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Roy Beecher 1
2 8 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Claude Rossman .429
2 Ty Cobb .410
3 Ollie Pickering .389
4 Sam Crawford .359
5 Roger Bresnahan .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Joe Delahanty 1
1 Mike Donlin 1
1 John Ganzel 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 12
2 Ty Cobb 10
3 Claude Rossman 8
3 Cy Seymour 8
5 3 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 6
2 Mike Mitchell 5
2 Harry Niles 5
2 Germany Schaefer 5
5 9 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Moren 0.00
2 Bob Ewing 0.44
3 Howie Camnitz 0.69
4 Rube Manning 0.72
5 Jimmy Dygert 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Gus Dorner 3
1 Bob Ewing 3
1 Tom Hughes 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fred Burchell 17
2 Doc Newton 14
2 Rube Waddell 14
4 Bugs Raymond 13
4 Charlie Smith 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roy Beecher 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .364
2 Honus Wagner .349
3 George Stone .341
4 Sam Crawford .323
5 Ginger Beaumont .313

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 134
2 Sam Crawford 91
3 Claude Rossman 90
4 Harry Davis 85
5 Honus Wagner 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 56
2 Honus Wagner 50
3 Sherry Magee 48
4 Johnny Evers 46
5 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.91
2 Ed Reulbach 2.21
3 Orval Overall 2.34
4 Chief Bender 2.40
5 Carl Lundgren 2.45

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 248
2 Ed Walsh 211
3 Christy Mathewson 186
4 Eddie Plank 184
5 Jimmy Dygert 182

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Bill Dinneen 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 5 others tied 3