On This Day

Saturday, June 13, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 28 20 .583 --
Browns 28 22 .560 1.0
Naps 28 22 .560 1.0
Tigers 26 23 .531 2.5
Highlanders 23 24 .489 4.5
Athletics 23 26 .469 5.5
Red Sox 23 29 .442 7.0
Senators 18 31 .367 10.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 30 16 .652 --
Reds 26 20 .565 4.0
Pirates 26 20 .565 4.0
Giants 24 23 .511 6.5
Phillies 21 22 .488 7.5
Doves 22 25 .468 8.5
Cardinals 22 30 .423 11.0
Superbas 16 31 .340 14.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Art Devlin 3
1 Harry Lord 3
1 Al Schweitzer 3
4 Ed Abbaticchio 2
4 19 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Hannifin 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Hannifin 3
1 Red Murray 3
3 Doc Gessler 2
3 Jim Kane 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Fox 2
1 Bob Ganley 2
3 Jake Atz 1
3 Neal Ball 1
3 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Tom Hughes 2.25
2 Glenn Liebhardt 1.20
3 Doc Crandall 0.67
4 Fred Burchell 0.55
4 Bob Ewing 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Patsy Flaherty 1
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 9
2 Fred Burchell 6
2 Doc Crandall 6
2 Bob Ewing 6
2 Glenn Liebhardt 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stoney McGlynn 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jim Delahanty .329
2 Claude Rossman .323
3 Ty Cobb .321
4 Amby McConnell .320
5 Mike Donlin .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 4
2 Jimmy Williams 3
3 Doc Crandall 2
3 Bill Dahlen 2
3 9 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 34
1 Ty Cobb 34
3 Harry Steinfeldt 27
4 Sam Crawford 26
4 2 others tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 19
2 Hal Chase 16
2 Johnny Evers 16
4 Harry Niles 15
4 Germany Schaefer 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 1.70
2 George McQuillan 1.80
3 Mordecai Brown 1.89
4 Andy Coakley 1.90
5 Charlie Chech 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 13
2 Addie Joss 11
2 George McQuillan 11
4 Mordecai Brown 9
4 Christy Mathewson 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 77
2 Bugs Raymond 63
3 Rube Waddell 62
3 Cy Young 62
5 Tom Hughes 57

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lefty Leifield 2
1 Joe McGinnity 2
1 Tex Pruiett 2
4 Nick Altrock 1
4 22 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Denny Sullivan .476
2 Jim Delahanty .396
3 Doc Gessler .375
4 Danny Hoffman .370
5 John Anderson .365

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
1 Jimmy Williams 2
5 21 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 15
2 Frank Schulte 12
2 Harry Steinfeldt 12
4 Amby McConnell 11
4 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ed Abbaticchio 6
1 Josh Clarke 6
1 Red Murray 6
1 Harry Niles 6
1 Honus Wagner 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe McGinnity 0.41
2 Ed Walsh 0.70
3 Vive Lindaman 1.08
4 Sam Leever 1.16
5 Burt Keeley 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Billy Campbell 3
3 Sam Leever 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Glenn Liebhardt 30
2 Rube Waddell 27
3 Tom Hughes 22
3 Christy Mathewson 22
3 Cy Young 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tex Pruiett 2
2 Andy Coakley 1
2 Addie Joss 1
2 Sam Leever 1
2 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Denny Sullivan .388
2 Neal Ball .353
3 Jim Delahanty .343
4 Danny Hoffman .341
5 Honus Wagner .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmy Williams 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Harry Niles 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Anderson 20
2 Frank Schulte 19
2 Harry Steinfeldt 19
4 Mike Mitchell 16
4 Honus Wagner 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Niles 14
2 Neal Ball 10
2 Red Murray 10
4 Ed Abbaticchio 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 1.13
2 Andy Coakley 1.29
3 Ed Walsh 1.60
4 Cecil Ferguson 1.60
5 Doc White 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 8
2 Mordecai Brown 7
3 Billy Campbell 5
3 Bob Ewing 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 45
2 Rube Waddell 38
3 Lew Moren 37
4 Howie Camnitz 36
4 Cy Young 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 2
1 Tex Pruiett 2
3 Billy Campbell 1
3 Andy Coakley 1
3 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .356
2 Honus Wagner .353
3 George Stone .349
4 Ginger Beaumont .315
5 Sam Crawford .311

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Lumley 10
2 Dave Brain 9
3 Sam Crawford 7
4 Harry Davis 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 126
2 Claude Rossman 89
3 Sam Crawford 88
4 Honus Wagner 86
5 Harry Davis 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 57
2 Honus Wagner 54
3 Johnny Evers 49
4 Hal Chase 40
4 Red Murray 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 1.54
2 Mordecai Brown 1.88
3 Orval Overall 1.95
4 Eddie Plank 2.42
5 Elmer Stricklett 2.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 28
2 Addie Joss 27
3 Doc White 26
4 Bill Donovan 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 213
2 Christy Mathewson 202
3 Ed Walsh 200
4 Jimmy Dygert 177
5 Eddie Plank 171

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Bill Dinneen 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Tex Pruiett 4
5 3 tied 3