On This Day

Tuesday, April 20, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 5 1 .833 --
Highlanders 4 2 .667 1.0
Red Sox 3 2 .600 1.5
Naps 3 3 .500 2.0
Athletics 2 3 .400 2.5
Browns 2 3 .400 2.5
Senators 2 4 .333 3.0
White Sox 1 4 .200 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 5 1 .833 --
Doves 4 1 .800 0.5
Giants 2 2 .500 2.0
Pirates 2 3 .400 2.5
Superbas 2 3 .400 2.5
Cubs 2 3 .400 2.5
Cardinals 2 4 .333 3.0
Phillies 1 3 .250 3.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Birmingham 4
2 Bill Hinchman 3
2 Bris Lord 3
4 George Perring 2
4 George Stovall 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Birmingham 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Wilbur Good 1
1 Bris Lord 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 0.80
2 Ed Lafitte 0.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Lafitte 6
2 Cy Young 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .529
2 Tim Jordan .474
3 Rebel Oakes .458
4 Danny Murphy .450
5 Danny Hoffman .438

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

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

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 4
2 Frank Chance 3
2 Otis Clymer 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Honus Wagner 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 0.00
1 Bugs Raymond 0.00
1 4 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 2
1 George Mullin 2
1 Cy Young 2
4 Lew Brockett 1
4 35 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 12
1 Charlie Smith 12
3 Red Ames 10
4 Mordecai Brown 9
4 Cy Young 9

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .353
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Ty Cobb .317
4 Doc Gessler .308
5 Sam Crawford .307

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 100
2 Mike Donlin 98
3 Honus Wagner 97
4 Cy Seymour 88
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Hans Lobert 47
2 Red Murray 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 2 tied 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Christy Mathewson 2.03
3 Cy Young 2.11
4 George McQuillan 2.18
5 Ed Walsh 2.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 39
2 Christy Mathewson 35
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Addie Joss 24
4 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 266
2 Christy Mathewson 242
3 Rube Waddell 236
4 Nap Rucker 200
5 Tom Hughes 168

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