On This Day

Monday, April 26, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 8 3 .727 --
Highlanders 6 3 .667 1.0
Athletics 5 4 .556 2.0
Red Sox 5 4 .556 2.0
White Sox 5 5 .500 2.5
Browns 4 6 .400 3.5
Naps 4 7 .364 4.0
Senators 2 7 .222 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Doves 5 3 .625 --
Cubs 6 4 .600 0.0
Reds 7 5 .583 0.0
Phillies 4 3 .571 0.5
Pirates 5 5 .500 1.0
Giants 3 4 .429 1.5
Superbas 3 5 .375 2.0
Cardinals 4 8 .333 3.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Kitty Bransfield 3
1 Eddie Grant 3
1 Tommy Leach 3
1 Matty McIntyre 3
5 18 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Heinie Heitmuller 2
1 Ed Lennox 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Matty McIntyre 2
1 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ginger Beaumont 1
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Chief Bender 1.60
2 Charlie Chech 1.50
3 Jack Powell 1.00
4 Orval Overall 0.88
5 Ed Willett 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Al Mattern 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 8
2 Orval Overall 7
3 Charlie Chech 6
3 Lew Moren 6
5 2 tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Coveleski 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .423
2 Tim Jordan .407
3 Danny Hoffman .382
4 George Stone .364
5 Claude Rossman .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 Joe Birmingham 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 8
2 Frank Chance 6
2 Steve Evans 6
2 Willie Keeler 6
2 3 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Miller Huggins 5
1 Harry Lord 5
3 Bobby Byrne 4
3 Otis Clymer 4
3 Ty Cobb 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
1 Jim Scott 0.00
3 Howie Camnitz 0.30
4 Bill Grahame 0.49
5 Ed Summers 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Smith 4
2 Howie Camnitz 3
2 Charlie Chech 3
2 George Mullin 3
2 Orval Overall 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 24
2 Jack Powell 16
3 Frank Smith 15
3 Rube Waddell 15
3 Ed Willett 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 2
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .358
2 Mike Donlin .337
3 Ty Cobb .318
4 Sam Crawford .310
5 Johnny Evers .307

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 99
2 Mike Donlin 95
2 Honus Wagner 95
4 Cy Seymour 85
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 55
2 Red Murray 49
3 Hans Lobert 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 47
5 Ty Cobb 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.76
2 Christy Mathewson 2.03
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 George McQuillan 2.19
5 Cy Young 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 38
2 Christy Mathewson 34
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Reulbach 24
4 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 256
2 Christy Mathewson 231
2 Rube Waddell 231
4 Nap Rucker 200
5 Orval Overall 180

Saves

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