On This Day

Saturday, May 23, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 18 10 .643 --
Naps 17 12 .586 1.5
Athletics 18 14 .563 2.0
White Sox 14 14 .500 4.0
Tigers 14 14 .500 4.0
Browns 15 16 .484 4.5
Senators 11 18 .379 7.5
Red Sox 11 20 .355 8.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 18 8 .692 --
Reds 15 13 .536 4.0
Pirates 13 12 .520 4.5
Phillies 14 13 .519 4.5
Doves 15 16 .484 5.5
Giants 14 15 .483 5.5
Cardinals 13 19 .406 8.0
Superbas 12 18 .400 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 4
2 Shad Barry 3
2 Art Devlin 3
2 Mike Donlin 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry McLean 4
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Bill Hinchman 2
2 Johnny Kling 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
3 Shad Barry 1
3 Harry Bemis 1
3 14 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Smith 0.83
2 Slim Sallee 0.67
3 Ed Killian 0.50
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.44
5 Bob Ewing 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Carl Lundgren 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 5
2 Cy Morgan 4
2 Slim Sallee 4
2 Hooks Wiltse 4
5 5 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bugs Raymond 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .345
2 Claude Rossman .339
3 Hal Chase .333
4 Red Dooin .329
5 John Titus .329

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Bill Dahlen 2
1 Mike Donlin 2
1 Harry Niles 2
5 26 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
2 Wid Conroy 19
2 Jake Stahl 19
4 John Anderson 18
4 John Ganzel 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 13
2 Hal Chase 12
2 Miller Huggins 12
4 Charlie Hemphill 11
4 Germany Schaefer 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.22
2 Rube Manning 1.69
3 Addie Joss 1.73
4 Chick Fraser 1.78
5 2 tied 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 9
2 George McQuillan 7
3 Christy Mathewson 6
3 Rube Vickers 6
3 Ed Walsh 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 47
2 Jimmy Dygert 46
3 Rube Vickers 43
4 Ed Walsh 39
5 2 tied 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Red Ames 1
2 Roy Beecher 1
2 12 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Lord .429
2 Ty Cobb .396
3 Ed Konetchy .373
4 Bob Unglaub .359
5 Hans Lobert .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Niles 2
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Joe Delahanty 1
2 Mike Donlin 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 12
2 Ty Cobb 10
3 John Anderson 8
3 John Ganzel 8
3 5 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 7
2 Germany Schaefer 6
2 Terry Turner 6
4 Hal Chase 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Ewing 0.92
2 Mordecai Brown 1.00
2 Doc White 1.00
2 Cy Morgan 1.00
5 Charlie Chech 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 4
1 Addie Joss 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Ed Killian 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Vickers 21
2 Addie Joss 17
3 Lew Moren 16
4 Jimmy Dygert 15
4 Ed Walsh 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 2 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .358
2 Honus Wagner .352
3 George Stone .340
4 Sam Crawford .320
5 Ginger Beaumont .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 131
2 Sam Crawford 89
2 Claude Rossman 89
4 Harry Davis 85
5 Honus Wagner 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 56
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Johnny Evers 46
4 Sherry Magee 44
5 3 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.87
2 Orval Overall 2.23
3 Chief Bender 2.39
4 Ed Reulbach 2.46
5 Carl Lundgren 2.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 28
2 Addie Joss 27
3 Bill Donovan 26
3 Ed Walsh 26
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 245
2 Ed Walsh 214
3 Jimmy Dygert 186
4 Christy Mathewson 182
5 Eddie Plank 180

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