On This Day

Tuesday, July 14, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 46 32 .590 --
Browns 46 32 .590 0.0
White Sox 43 34 .558 2.5
Naps 42 34 .553 3.0
Athletics 37 37 .500 7.0
Red Sox 35 43 .449 11.0
Senators 29 47 .382 16.0
Highlanders 29 48 .377 16.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 45 31 .592 --
Pirates 46 32 .590 0.0
Giants 45 32 .584 0.5
Reds 41 38 .519 5.5
Phillies 34 37 .479 8.5
Doves 35 42 .455 10.5
Superbas 29 45 .392 15.0
Cardinals 29 47 .382 16.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Eli Cates 3
2 Red Dooin 3
2 Sherry Magee 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Mickey Doolin 1
1 Tom Jones 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mickey Doolin 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
3 Red Dooin 2
3 Sherry Magee 2
5 10 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Ganley 1
1 Doc Gessler 1
1 Miller Huggins 1
1 Otto Knabe 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Mullin 0.33
1 Orval Overall 0.33
3 Bill Foxen 0.29
3 Rube Waddell 0.29
5 Eli Cates 0.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eli Cates 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Bill Foxen 1
1 George Mullin 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 5
2 Harry McIntire 4
3 Eli Cates 3
3 George Mullin 3
5 3 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .351
2 Ty Cobb .331
3 Claude Rossman .319
4 Honus Wagner .314
5 John Titus .300

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 7
2 Sam Crawford 5
2 Red Murray 5
4 Jimmy Williams 4
5 7 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 62
2 John Anderson 47
2 Mike Donlin 47
4 Sam Crawford 46
4 Cy Seymour 46

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 26
2 Red Murray 24
3 Patsy Dougherty 23
3 Charlie Hemphill 23
5 2 tied 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.47
2 George McQuillan 1.92
3 Jack Powell 2.00
4 Andy Coakley 2.05
5 Eddie Plank 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 18
2 Christy Mathewson 17
3 Mordecai Brown 14
4 Addie Joss 13
4 George McQuillan 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 128
2 Nap Rucker 110
3 Rube Vickers 95
4 Bugs Raymond 91
5 Jimmy Dygert 89

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 4
2 Mordecai Brown 2
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Sam Leever 2
2 6 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Otis Clymer .422
2 Doc Gessler .405
3 Heinie Zimmerman .405
4 Ty Cobb .382
5 Mike Donlin .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Al Burch 2
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
4 Ginger Beaumont 1
4 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 19
2 Sam Crawford 15
3 Jake Stahl 12
4 Mike Donlin 11
4 Claude Rossman 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Otto Knabe 8
1 Hans Lobert 8
3 Jake Stahl 6
4 Josh Clarke 5
4 6 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.80
2 Tom McCarthy 1.00
3 Christy Mathewson 1.25
4 Harry Howell 1.36
5 Charlie Chech 1.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Ed Reulbach 4
1 Bob Spade 4
1 Doc White 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Glenn Liebhardt 27
2 Nap Rucker 22
3 Walter Johnson 21
3 Bugs Raymond 21
3 Rube Vickers 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mike Donlin .410
2 Kitty Bransfield .351
3 Ty Cobb .347
4 Harry Davis .333
5 Doc Gessler .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 5
2 Red Murray 4
3 Kitty Bransfield 2
3 Al Burch 2
3 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 28
1 Mike Donlin 28
3 Cy Seymour 21
4 Sam Crawford 20
5 Kitty Bransfield 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 14
2 John Kane 11
3 Patsy Dougherty 10
3 Charlie Hemphill 10
3 2 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.63
2 Tom McCarthy 1.10
3 Christy Mathewson 1.22
4 Bill Dinneen 1.42
5 Jack Powell 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Ed Reulbach 6
2 Vic Willis 6
4 Mordecai Brown 5
4 10 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 55
2 Christy Mathewson 51
3 Rube Vickers 43
4 Joe Lake 42
5 Glenn Liebhardt 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 3
2 Nick Maddox 2
2 Christy Mathewson 2
2 Rube Waddell 2
5 16 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .350
2 Ty Cobb .344
3 George Stone .325
4 Ginger Beaumont .315
5 Claude Rossman .304

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Honus Wagner 10
2 Harry Lumley 9
2 Red Murray 9
4 Dave Brain 8
4 Sam Crawford 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 128
2 Sam Crawford 95
3 Claude Rossman 86
4 Honus Wagner 85
5 Harry Davis 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Ty Cobb 56
3 Johnny Evers 40
4 Red Murray 39
5 Patsy Dougherty 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George McQuillan 1.71
2 Mordecai Brown 1.96
3 Jack Powell 2.36
4 Christy Mathewson 2.36
5 Orval Overall 2.48

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 Ed Walsh 28
3 Doc White 26
4 Addie Joss 25
5 Bill Donovan 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 217
2 Rube Waddell 200
3 Jimmy Dygert 191
4 Ed Walsh 189
5 Nap Rucker 177

Saves

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