On This Day

Tuesday, October 6, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 90 63 .588 --
Naps 90 64 .584 0.5
White Sox 88 64 .579 1.5
Browns 83 69 .546 6.5
Red Sox 74 78 .487 15.5
Athletics 67 84 .444 22.0
Senators 64 85 .430 24.0
Highlanders 51 100 .338 38.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 98 55 .641 --
Giants 97 55 .638 0.5
Pirates 98 56 .636 0.5
Phillies 82 71 .536 16.0
Reds 73 81 .474 25.5
Doves 63 90 .412 35.0
Superbas 53 100 .346 45.0
Cardinals 49 105 .318 49.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Crawford 4
1 Earle Gardner 4
3 Emmet Heidrick 3
3 Grover Land 3
3 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jake Stahl 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Mickey Doolin 2
2 Frank LaPorte 2
2 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Bridwell 2
2 Art Devlin 1
2 Mike Donovan 1
2 Otto Knabe 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Donovan 1.80
2 Rube Vickers 0.86
3 Tom Hughes 0.82
4 Bill Bailey 0.60
5 Cecil Ferguson 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Doc McMahon 1
1 Lew Richie 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 9
1 Tom Hughes 9
3 Bill Bailey 6
3 Rube Vickers 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .354
2 Mike Donlin .330
3 Ty Cobb .323
4 Sam Crawford .310
5 Doc Gessler .307

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Sam Crawford 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 107
2 Mike Donlin 99
3 Honus Wagner 97
4 Cy Seymour 91
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 53
2 Red Murray 48
3 Patsy Dougherty 47
3 Hans Lobert 47
5 Charlie Hemphill 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.87
2 Christy Mathewson 1.90
3 Cy Young 2.05
4 Addie Joss 2.14
5 Ed Walsh 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 40
2 Christy Mathewson 37
3 Mordecai Brown 28
4 Addie Joss 24
4 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 271
2 Christy Mathewson 254
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 201
5 Orval Overall 169

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Joe McGinnity 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 5 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .440
2 Roger Bresnahan .422
3 Sherry Magee .381
4 George Stovall .365
5 Matty McIntyre .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Tinker 2
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Dick Bayless 1
2 Tom Catterson 1
2 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 14
2 Sherry Magee 13
3 Moose McCormick 12
3 Claude Rossman 12
5 4 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Germany Schaefer 9
3 Patsy Dougherty 7
3 Hans Lobert 7
5 4 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.95
3 Bill Dinneen 1.00
4 Harry Coveleski 1.10
5 Ed Walsh 1.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Red Ames 4
2 Harry Coveleski 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 56
2 Bill Donovan 32
3 Red Ames 31
4 Christy Mathewson 30
5 Walter Johnson 26

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Chick Fraser 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Ed Walsh 1
1 Vic Willis 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .415
2 Sherry Magee .364
3 Mike Donlin .342
4 Matty McIntyre .339
5 Johnny Kling .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 Red Murray 2
2 George Stone 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 25
2 Kitty Bransfield 23
2 Honus Wagner 23
4 Johnny Kling 21
5 2 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 17
2 Ty Cobb 13
2 Honus Wagner 13
4 Kitty Bransfield 11
4 Red Murray 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.51
2 Harry Coveleski 1.10
3 Addie Joss 1.25
4 Earl Moore 1.38
5 Cy Young 1.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 8
1 Christy Mathewson 8
1 Ed Walsh 8
4 Ed Reulbach 7
5 6 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 93
2 Rube Waddell 63
3 Orval Overall 58
4 Bill Donovan 55
4 Walter Johnson 55

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe McGinnity 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Chick Brandom 1
2 10 others tied 1