On This Day

Wednesday, July 22, 1908

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	51	34	.600	--
Browns	49	37	.570	2.5
White Sox	47	38	.553	4.0
Naps	46	38	.548	4.5
Athletics	41	41	.500	8.5
Red Sox	39	47	.453	12.5
Senators	33	50	.398	17.0
Highlanders	32	53	.376	19.0

Games

Browns 4, Red Sox 2

Naps 4, Athletics 3

Tigers 6, Senators 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	52	33	.612	--
Giants	49	35	.583	2.5
Cubs	48	35	.578	3.0
Phillies	42	38	.525	7.5
Reds	45	42	.517	8.0
Doves	38	46	.452	13.5
Superbas	30	51	.370	20.0
Cardinals	30	54	.357	21.5

Games

Doves 2, Cubs 2

Phillies 2, Reds 1

Pirates 2, Superbas 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bill Bradley	3
1	Ty Cobb	3
1	Danny Murphy	3
1	Germany Schaefer	3
5	19 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Bill Bradley	3
2	Ty Cobb	2
2	Bill Coughlin	2
2	Hobe Ferris	2
5	17 tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	2
2	Ed Abbaticchio	1
2	Josh Clarke	1
2	Sam Crawford	1
2	9 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Orval Overall	0.78
2	Jimmy Dygert	0.75
3	Bob Ewing	0.62
4	George Mullin	0.44
5	2 tied	0.42

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Howie Camnitz	1
1	Bill Dinneen	1
1	Glenn Liebhardt	1
1	George Mullin	1
1	Tully Sparks	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Jimmy Dygert	9
2	Orval Overall	7
3	Eddie Cicotte	5
3	Bob Ewing	5
3	Patsy Flaherty	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Mike Donlin	.352
2	Ty Cobb	.344
3	Honus Wagner	.325
4	Claude Rossman	.313
5	John Titus	.298

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Honus Wagner	8
2	Sam Crawford	5
2	Red Murray	5
4	Ty Cobb	4
4	3 others tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	75
2	Honus Wagner	53
3	Cy Seymour	52
4	Sam Crawford	50
4	Mike Donlin	50

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	27
2	Red Murray	26
3	Charlie Hemphill	24
3	Germany Schaefer	24
5	Patsy Dougherty	23

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Mordecai Brown	1.80
2	George McQuillan	1.98
3	Andy Coakley	1.99
4	Cy Young	2.11
5	Jack Powell	2.19

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	21
2	Christy Mathewson	18
3	Mordecai Brown	15
4	Addie Joss	14
4	2 others tied	14

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Christy Mathewson	143
2	Nap Rucker	114
3	Jimmy Dygert	109
4	Rube Vickers	102
5	Ed Walsh	99

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	4
2	Tom Hughes	3
2	Christy Mathewson	3
4	Mordecai Brown	2
4	8 others tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.483
2	Danny Murphy	.456
3	Heinie Zimmerman	.410
4	Germany Schaefer	.400
5	Honus Wagner	.392

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	3
1	Topsy Hartsel	3
3	Kitty Bransfield	2
3	Tommy Leach	2
3	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	22
2	Sherry Magee	14
3	Kitty Bransfield	13
3	Honus Wagner	13
5	2 tied	12

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Otto Knabe	8
2	Ty Cobb	7
3	John Titus	6
4	Eddie Grant	5
4	6 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Doc Crandall	0.52
2	Christy Mathewson	1.16
3	Harry Howell	1.29
4	Ed Killian	1.50
5	Tom McCarthy	1.55

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Tully Sparks	4
1	Ed Walsh	4
3	Mordecai Brown	3
3	Frank Corridon	3
3	9 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Jimmy Dygert	24
2	Tom Hughes	22
2	Christy Mathewson	22
4	Orval Overall	20
4	2 others tied	20

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Tom Hughes	2
2	Mordecai Brown	1
2	Andy Coakley	1
2	Sam Leever	1
2	8 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.395
2	Mike Donlin	.383
3	Danny Murphy	.374
4	Honus Wagner	.366
5	Otis Clymer	.352

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Honus Wagner	4
2	Kitty Bransfield	3
2	Ty Cobb	3
2	Topsy Hartsel	3
2	Danny Murphy	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	38
2	Mike Donlin	28
3	Danny Murphy	25
4	Sam Crawford	22
4	Cy Seymour	22

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	John Kane	12
2	Ty Cobb	11
2	Otto Knabe	11
2	Dode Paskert	11
5	2 tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Tom McCarthy	1.38
2	Harry Howell	1.41
3	Jake Weimer	1.49
4	Christy Mathewson	1.53
5	Mordecai Brown	1.68

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	7
1	Ed Reulbach	7
1	Bob Spade	7
4	Mordecai Brown	6
4	2 others tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Christy Mathewson	53
2	Nap Rucker	47
3	Jimmy Dygert	46
4	Glenn Liebhardt	43
5	2 tied	38

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Christy Mathewson	3
2	Tom Hughes	2
2	Nick Maddox	2
4	George Bell	1
4	21 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.361
2	Honus Wagner	.352
3	George Stone	.320
4	Ginger Beaumont	.314
5	Tommy Leach	.300

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Honus Wagner	11
2	Harry Lumley	9
2	Red Murray	9
4	Dave Brain	8
4	2 others tied	8

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	137
2	Honus Wagner	95
3	Sam Crawford	94
4	Claude Rossman	82
5	Harry Davis	74

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	59
2	Honus Wagner	57
3	Johnny Evers	41
4	Red Murray	38
5	Hal Chase	36

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	George McQuillan	1.78
2	Mordecai Brown	2.11
3	Christy Mathewson	2.39
4	Eddie Plank	2.45
5	Jack Powell	2.45

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	30
2	Christy Mathewson	29
3	Addie Joss	25
4	Bill Donovan	24
4	Vic Willis	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Christy Mathewson	224
2	Jimmy Dygert	210
3	Ed Walsh	189
4	Rube Waddell	185
5	Nap Rucker	173

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	5
2	Bill Dinneen	4
2	Christy Mathewson	4
2	Joe McGinnity	4
5	5 tied	3