On This Day

Friday, April 16, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 3 0 1.000 --
Highlanders 3 1 .750 0.5
Naps 2 1 .667 1.0
Senators 2 2 .500 1.5
Athletics 1 2 .333 2.0
Browns 1 2 .333 2.0
Red Sox 1 2 .333 2.0
White Sox 0 3 .000 3.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Doves 2 0 1.000 --
Reds 2 1 .667 0.5
Cubs 2 1 .667 0.5
Giants 1 1 .500 1.0
Superbas 1 1 .500 1.0
Pirates 1 2 .333 1.5
Cardinals 1 2 .333 1.5
Phillies 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Donie Bush 3
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Roy Hartzell 3
1 Rebel Oakes 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Stephens 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Moriarty 4
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 Matty McIntyre 2
2 Germany Schaefer 2
2 Bob Unglaub 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buck Herzog 2
2 Donie Bush 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Art Devlin 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Slim Sallee 0.67
1 Biff Schlitzer 0.67
3 Bill Burns 0.62
3 Nap Rucker 0.62
5 Jean Dubuc 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Burns 1
1 Jean Dubuc 1
1 Bill Grahame 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jean Dubuc 6
2 Bill Burns 5
2 Nap Rucker 5
4 Lew Brockett 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Ed Lafitte 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Solly Hofman .571
2 Heinie Zimmerman .545
3 Danny Murphy .538
4 Danny Hoffman .500
4 Germany Schaefer .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 Jim Stephens 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Murphy 5
2 Chappy Charles 4
2 Bill Dahlen 4
2 George Moriarty 4
5 5 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Buck Herzog 2
1 Honus Wagner 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 0.00
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Joe Lake 0.00
1 6 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Burns 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 19 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Smith 12
2 Red Ames 10
3 Lew Brockett 7
3 Bob Ewing 7
3 Orval Overall 7

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 Ed Lafitte 1
1 Al Mattern 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .354
2 Mike Donlin .334
3 Ty Cobb .320
4 Sam Crawford .311
5 Doc Gessler .309

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 103
2 Mike Donlin 100
3 Honus Wagner 97
4 Cy Seymour 91
5 Sam Crawford 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 55
2 Red Murray 48
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 46
5 Charlie Hemphill 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.83
2 Christy Mathewson 1.98
3 Cy Young 2.11
4 Addie Joss 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 40
2 Christy Mathewson 36
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Addie Joss 25
4 Ed Summers 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 271
2 Christy Mathewson 254
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 200
5 Orval Overall 172

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