On This Day

Monday, May 9, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Americans 14 4 .778 --
Athletics 10 7 .588 3.5
White Sox 12 9 .571 3.5
Highlanders 9 7 .563 4.0
Naps 9 8 .529 4.5
Browns 8 9 .471 5.5
Tigers 8 11 .421 6.5
Senators 1 16 .059 12.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 14 3 .824 --
Reds 15 7 .682 1.5
Cubs 10 7 .588 4.0
Superbas 10 8 .556 4.5
Cardinals 7 11 .389 7.5
Beaneaters 7 12 .368 8.0
Pirates 6 12 .333 8.5
Phillies 4 13 .235 10.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Lave Cross 3
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Deacon Van Buren 3
4 George Barclay 2
4 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dan McGann 3
2 Bill Bradley 2
2 Davy Jones 2
2 Billy Lush 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Bradley 2
2 Frank Chance 1
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Art Devlin 1
2 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Earl Moore 0.88
1 Deacon Phillippe 0.88
3 Jake Weimer 0.86
4 Eddie Plank 0.78
5 Win Kellum 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Win Kellum 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 7
1 Deacon Phillippe 7
1 Eddie Plank 7
4 Jake Weimer 6
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .486
2 Lave Cross .384
3 Dan McGann .380
4 Art Devlin .377
5 Jimmy Collins .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harry Davis 3
1 Cozy Dolan 3
1 Dan McGann 3
4 Bill Bradley 2
4 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dan McGann 21
2 Harry Davis 20
3 Danny Green 18
4 Mike Donlin 17
4 Harry Steinfeldt 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Dahlen 12
1 Danny Shay 12
3 Mike Donlin 8
3 Danny Green 8
3 3 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Howell 0.66
2 Norwood Gibson 0.67
3 Rube Waddell 0.96
4 Red Donahue 1.03
5 Fred Glade 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 7
2 Jack Cronin 5
2 Rube Waddell 5
4 Bill Bernhard 4
4 5 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 43
2 Red Donahue 26
2 George Mullin 26
2 Dummy Taylor 26
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Milligan 2
1 Hooks Wiltse 2
3 Casey Patten 1
3 Cy Young 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .372
2 Honus Wagner .361
3 Mike Donlin .349
4 Cy Seymour .344
5 Ginger Beaumont .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 15
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Jimmy Sheckard 10
4 Bill Bradley 8
4 3 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 111
2 Nap Lajoie 107
3 Charlie Hickman 96
4 Lave Cross 91
5 Sam Crawford 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 69
2 Jimmy Sheckard 60
3 Honus Wagner 48
4 Harry Bay 46
5 Sammy Strang 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.61
2 Bill Bernhard 1.80
3 Cy Young 1.93
4 Bill Dinneen 2.01
5 Rube Waddell 2.14

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 33
2 Christy Mathewson 30
3 Cy Young 26
4 Deacon Phillippe 25
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 299
2 Christy Mathewson 256
3 George Mullin 178
4 Eddie Plank 175
5 Bill Donovan 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roscoe Miller 3
1 Cy Young 3
3 Clarence Currie 2
3 Ed Doheny 2
3 10 others tied 2