1907 Season

The 1907 season in brief

Of every club in the 1907 standings, the Chicago Leland Giants won most often, going 5-0. The Cuban Stars of Havana finished at the bottom of the 1907 table at 2-5. In the 1907 standings, the Philadelphia Athletics (88-57) chased the Detroit Tigers (92-58) to the end in the American League, the Philadelphia Giants topped the NAC group at 13-8, a few games clear of the Cuban Giants, and the Chicago Cubs owned the National League with a 107-45 mark, the Pittsburgh Pirates next at 91-63. The 1907 title went to the Chicago Cubs, who defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series, 4 games to 0. The home run board is topped by Dave Brain at 10, ahead of Harry Lumley with 9. The qualified batting-average board starts with Ty Cobb at .350, with Honus Wagner next at .350. That 1907 rate board needs 477 plate appearances (154 team games times the per-game rule). Ty Cobb topped several batting tiles at once: batting average, RBI, and hits. Jack Pfiester's 1.15 ERA led the qualified pitchers; Carl Lundgren followed at 1.17. The other 1907 pitching tiles are led by Addie Joss in wins (27) and Rube Waddell in strikeouts (232). Honus Wagner had the most stolen bases, 61. The 1907 leaders page lists every qualified line, and each club links to its own 1907 page.