On This Day

Friday, October 2, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 88 61 .591 --
Naps 88 62 .587 0.5
White Sox 85 63 .574 2.5
Browns 82 66 .554 5.5
Red Sox 71 77 .480 16.5
Athletics 66 81 .449 21.0
Senators 62 83 .428 24.0
Highlanders 49 98 .333 38.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 97 55 .638 --
Giants 95 54 .638 0.5
Cubs 96 55 .636 0.5
Phillies 79 70 .530 16.5
Reds 72 80 .474 25.0
Doves 63 87 .420 33.0
Superbas 51 98 .342 44.5
Cardinals 49 103 .322 48.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Alan Storke 5
2 Fred Clarke 4
2 Otis Clymer 4
2 Bobby Wallace 4
5 7 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Otis Clymer 1
1 George Gibson 1
1 Joe Lake 1
1 Clyde Milan 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lou Criger 3
1 Claude Rossman 3
3 Frank Chance 2
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Matty McIntyre 3
3 Beals Becker 2
3 Joe Birmingham 2
5 16 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Addie Joss 999.00
2 Ed Walsh 3.00
3 Mordecai Brown 1.40
4 Charlie Rhodes 0.86
5 Howie Camnitz 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 15
2 Mordecai Brown 7
2 Howie Camnitz 7
4 Red Ames 6
4 2 others tied 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .352
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Ty Cobb .325
4 Kitty Bransfield .309
5 Sam Crawford .308

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
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 104
2 Mike Donlin 98
3 Honus Wagner 95
4 Cy Seymour 91
5 Sam Crawford 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 53
2 Red Murray 48
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Charlie Hemphill 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.86
2 Christy Mathewson 1.86
3 Cy Young 2.02
4 Ed Walsh 2.12
5 Addie Joss 2.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 39
2 Christy Mathewson 37
3 Mordecai Brown 27
4 Addie Joss 24
4 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 257
2 Christy Mathewson 253
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 195
5 Orval Overall 169

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Sam Leever 3
3 5 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Bresnahan .429
2 Nap Lajoie .400
2 Hans Lobert .400
4 Sherry Magee .377
5 Honus Wagner .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Tinker 2
2 Ed Abbaticchio 1
2 Johnny Bates 1
2 Dick Bayless 1
2 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Kitty Bransfield 14
1 Mike Donlin 14
3 Claude Rossman 13
4 Ed Abbaticchio 12
5 Joe Birmingham 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 11
2 Ty Cobb 9
3 Red Murray 8
4 Dick Egan 7
5 Germany Schaefer 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
2 Ed Walsh 0.44
3 Lew Richie 0.50
4 Harry Coveleski 0.84
5 Frank Smith 0.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 Ed Walsh 5
4 Jean Dubuc 4
4 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 54
2 Christy Mathewson 35
3 Rube Waddell 32
4 Orval Overall 31
5 Red Ames 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Joe McGinnity 1
1 Vic Willis 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .395
2 Mike Donlin .364
3 Kitty Bransfield .355
4 Matty McIntyre .347
5 2 tied .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 3
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 Red Murray 2
2 Simon Nicholls 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 27
2 Kitty Bransfield 24
3 Frank Isbell 21
3 Honus Wagner 21
5 2 tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 17
2 Honus Wagner 16
3 Kitty Bransfield 12
3 Ty Cobb 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.48
2 Harry Coveleski 0.84
3 Ed Walsh 1.10
4 Cy Young 1.17
5 Christy Mathewson 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 9
1 Ed Walsh 9
3 Mordecai Brown 7
3 Lefty Leifield 7
3 Ed Reulbach 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 89
2 Rube Waddell 68
3 Orval Overall 64
4 Christy Mathewson 57
5 Walter Johnson 54

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nick Altrock 1
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Chick Brandom 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 10 others tied 1