On This Day

Wednesday, April 14, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 1 0 1.000 --
Naps 1 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 0.5
Highlanders 1 1 .500 0.5
Red Sox 1 1 .500 0.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 1 0 1.000 --
Cubs 1 0 1.000 0.0
Doves 1 0 1.000 0.0
Giants 0 0 .000 0.5
Superbas 0 0 .000 0.5
Reds 0 1 .000 1.0
Phillies 0 1 .000 1.0
Cardinals 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 4
2 Johnny Bates 3
2 Bill Dahlen 3
4 Bill Abstein 2
4 15 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dahlen 3
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Fred Beck 2
2 Heinie Zimmerman 2
5 12 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bobby Byrne 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Mike Mowrey 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Mullin 2.50
2 Orval Overall 1.75
3 Jack Powell 0.80
4 Frank Smith 0.75
5 2 tied 0.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Orval Overall 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 7
2 Howie Camnitz 5
2 Cecil Ferguson 5
2 Art Fromme 5
2 George Mullin 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Solly Hofman 1.000
2 Ginger Beaumont .800
3 Bill Dahlen .750
4 Red Dooin .667
4 Danny Murphy .667

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Dahlen 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Murphy 5
2 Bill Dahlen 3
3 Johnny Bates 2
3 Fred Beck 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 2
2 Neal Ball 1
2 Bobby Byrne 1
2 Frank Chance 1
2 9 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Joe Lake 0.00
1 George Mullin 0.00
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Bob Groom 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Smith 10
2 Orval Overall 7
3 Howie Camnitz 5
3 Cecil Ferguson 5
3 4 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .354
2 Mike Donlin .333
3 Ty Cobb .321
4 Doc Gessler .308
5 Sam Crawford .308

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 100
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 1.84
2 Christy Mathewson 1.96
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 29
4 Addie Joss 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 271
2 Christy Mathewson 261
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 201
5 Orval Overall 176

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