On This Day

Wednesday, April 21, 1909

Standings

American league

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

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Doves 4 1 .800 --
Reds 5 2 .714 0.0
Giants 2 2 .500 1.5
Cardinals 3 4 .429 2.0
Pirates 2 3 .400 2.0
Superbas 2 3 .400 2.0
Cubs 2 3 .400 2.0
Phillies 1 3 .250 2.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tris Speaker 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Chappy Charles 2
2 Miller Huggins 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Topsy Hartsel 2
1 Jake Stahl 2
3 Mike Mitchell 1
3 Rebel Oakes 1
3 2 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Gessler 2
2 Bobby Byrne 1
2 Jack Lapp 1
2 Harry Lord 1
2 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Plank 0.43
2 Ed Karger 0.40
3 Charlie Chech 0.30
4 Charlie Rhodes 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Charlie Rhodes 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Chech 3
1 Eddie Plank 3
3 Ed Karger 2
4 Charlie Rhodes 1
4 Biff Schlitzer 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .529
2 Tim Jordan .474
3 Ed Lennox .421
4 Rebel Oakes .414
5 2 tied .391

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 5 others tied 4

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 5
2 Bobby Byrne 3
2 Frank Chance 3
2 Otis Clymer 3
2 3 others tied 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 Charlie Chech 2
1 George Mullin 2
1 Charlie Rhodes 2
1 Cy Young 2

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 Fred Beebe 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .355
2 Mike Donlin .339
3 Ty Cobb .318
4 Sam Crawford .309
5 Doc Gessler .306

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 2.14
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 231
4 Nap Rucker 195
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