On This Day

Friday, April 23, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 6 2 .750 --
Highlanders 5 2 .714 0.5
Browns 4 3 .571 1.5
Red Sox 4 3 .571 1.5
Athletics 3 4 .429 2.5
Naps 3 5 .375 3.0
White Sox 2 5 .286 3.5
Senators 2 5 .286 3.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Doves 4 2 .667 --
Reds 6 3 .667 -0.5
Giants 3 2 .600 0.5
Cardinals 4 5 .444 1.5
Pirates 3 4 .429 1.5
Cubs 3 4 .429 1.5
Phillies 2 3 .400 1.5
Superbas 2 4 .333 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Ted Easterly 3
1 Johnny Lush 3
4 Donie Bush 2
4 8 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Lush 2
2 Bill Abstein 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Roger Bresnahan 1
2 10 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Atz 1
1 Donie Bush 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 Jimmy Sheckard 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Vic Willis 0.67
2 Doc White 0.50
3 Cy Young 0.44
4 Johnny Lush 0.36
5 George Mullin 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Barney Pelty 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc White 6
2 Johnny Lush 4
2 Vic Willis 4
2 Cy Young 4
5 Rip Hagerman 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tim Jordan .500
2 Danny Hoffman .440
3 Ginger Beaumont .429
4 Danny Murphy .385
5 Ed Lennox .381

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 6
1 Steve Evans 6
3 Bill Dahlen 5
3 Otto Knabe 5
3 4 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 5
2 Otis Clymer 4
2 Ty Cobb 4
4 Bobby Byrne 3
4 6 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Bill Grahame 0.00
1 Bugs Raymond 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 3
2 Howie Camnitz 2
2 Charlie Chech 2
2 Bob Ewing 2
2 6 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 14
1 George Mullin 14
1 Orval Overall 14
1 Jack Powell 14
1 Charlie Smith 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 2
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 6 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .357
2 Mike Donlin .333
3 Ty Cobb .320
4 Sam Crawford .312
5 Doc Gessler .307

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 8
4 Sam Crawford 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 99
2 Honus Wagner 97
3 Mike Donlin 95
4 Cy Seymour 85
5 Sam Crawford 81

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.78
2 Christy Mathewson 2.03
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 Cy Young 2.17
5 George McQuillan 2.21

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 39
2 Christy Mathewson 34
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Ed Reulbach 24
4 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 261
2 Christy Mathewson 231
2 Rube Waddell 231
4 Nap Rucker 195
5 Orval Overall 173

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Mordecai Brown 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Joe McGinnity 4
5 5 tied 3