On This Day

Sunday, May 4, 1902

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 3 .667 --
Browns 6 4 .600 0.5
Athletics 5 4 .556 1.0
Americans 5 5 .500 1.5
Senators 5 5 .500 1.5
White Sox 4 5 .444 2.0
Orioles 4 5 .444 2.0
Bronchos 4 8 .333 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 12 2 .857 --
Giants 9 5 .643 3.0
Orphans 7 4 .636 3.5
Beaneaters 7 6 .538 4.5
Phillies 6 7 .462 5.5
Superbas 5 9 .357 7.0
Reds 4 9 .308 7.5
Cardinals 2 10 .167 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Erve Beck 2
1 Zaza Harvey 2
1 Dummy Hoy 2
1 Ossee Schrecongost 2
1 2 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jesse Tannehill 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 4
2 Jesse Tannehill 3
3 Tommy Corcoran 1
3 Dick Harley 1
3 4 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Addie Joss 0.40
2 Jesse Tannehill 0.25
3 Ed Siever 0.22
4 Noodles Hahn 0.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Jesse Tannehill 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Crese Heismann 3
1 Jesse Tannehill 3
3 Addie Joss 2
3 Ed Siever 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Collins .489
2 Jimmy Ryan .432
3 Bill Keister .432
4 Ginger Beaumont .395
5 Ossee Schrecongost .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Keister 3
2 Jake Beckley 2
2 Pat Carney 2
2 Bill Coughlin 2
2 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Keister 14
2 Jake Beckley 11
2 Jimmy Collins 11
2 Monte Cross 11
5 5 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Heinie Smith 8
2 Billy Lauder 6
2 Dan McGann 6
2 Ollie Pickering 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Harper 0.50
2 Ed Siever 0.72
3 Jack Taylor 0.90
4 Jock Menefee 1.00
5 Wiley Piatt 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Deacon Phillippe 4
1 Vic Willis 4
1 Cy Young 4
4 Roy Evans 3
4 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Deacon Phillippe 22
2 Cy Young 22
4 Ham Iburg 20
5 Vic Willis 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John Malarkey 1
1 Bob Rhoads 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .412
2 Jesse Burkett .374
3 Ed Delahanty .360
4 Honus Wagner .353
5 Jimmy Sheckard .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 15
2 Nap Lajoie 13
3 Buck Freeman 11
3 Jimmy Sheckard 11
5 2 tied 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 130
2 Buck Freeman 119
3 Nap Lajoie 118
4 Ed Delahanty 109
5 Bill Keister 102

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Isbell 51
2 Honus Wagner 50
3 Sam Mertes 48
4 Topsy Hartsel 42
4 Ollie Pickering 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Young 1.56
2 Jesse Tannehill 1.97
3 Deacon Phillippe 2.06
4 Vic Willis 2.27
5 Joe Yeager 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Young 36
2 Bill Donovan 26
3 Joe McGinnity 25
3 Roscoe Miller 25
5 3 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 234
2 Noodles Hahn 229
3 Bill Donovan 224
4 Tom Hughes 212
5 Cy Young 178

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Hoffer 3
1 Jack Powell 3
3 Frank Kitson 2
3 Deacon Phillippe 2
3 Willie Sudhoff 2