On This Day

Saturday, April 24, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Highlanders 6 2 .750 --
Tigers 6 3 .667 0.5
Athletics 4 4 .500 2.0
Browns 4 4 .500 2.0
Red Sox 4 4 .500 2.0
Naps 4 5 .444 2.5
White Sox 3 5 .375 3.0
Senators 2 6 .250 4.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Reds 7 3 .700 --
Doves 4 3 .571 1.5
Giants 3 3 .500 2.0
Phillies 3 3 .500 2.0
Cubs 4 4 .500 2.0
Superbas 3 4 .429 2.5
Cardinals 4 6 .400 3.0
Pirates 3 5 .375 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nap Lajoie 4
2 Neal Ball 3
2 George Perring 3
2 Claude Rossman 3
2 George Stone 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 Bill Foxen 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 4
1 Willie Keeler 4
3 Ted Easterly 3
3 Kid Elberfeld 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Red Murray 2
2 George Browne 1
2 Danny Hoffman 1
2 Miller Huggins 1
2 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Fromme 1.50
2 Frank Arellanes 0.71
3 Rube Waddell 0.70
4 Joe Lake 0.67
5 Frank Smith 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Foxen 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Joe Lake 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 7
2 Nap Rucker 6
3 Frank Arellanes 5
4 Bill Bailey 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tim Jordan .440
2 Danny Hoffman .429
3 Ed Lennox .409
4 George Stone .405
5 Claude Rossman .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 8
2 Steve Evans 6
2 Willie Keeler 6
4 Bill Dahlen 5
4 6 others tied 5

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 5
2 Otis Clymer 4
2 Ty Cobb 4
2 Miller Huggins 4
5 8 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Bill Grahame 0.00
1 Harry McIntire 0.00
5 Bugs Raymond 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 3
1 Frank Smith 3
3 Howie Camnitz 2
3 Charlie Chech 2
3 9 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 15
1 Rube Waddell 15
3 Red Ames 14
3 Mordecai Brown 14
3 4 others tied 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 .355
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Ty Cobb .318
4 Sam Crawford .310
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 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Red Murray 49
3 Hans Lobert 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Ty Cobb 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.76
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 30
4 Ed Reulbach 24
4 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 261
2 Rube Waddell 238
3 Christy Mathewson 231
4 Nap Rucker 201
5 Orval Overall 170

Saves

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