On This Day

Wednesday, April 28, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 9 3 .750 --
Highlanders 7 4 .636 1.5
White Sox 6 5 .545 2.5
Red Sox 6 5 .545 2.5
Athletics 5 5 .500 3.0
Browns 4 7 .364 4.5
Naps 4 8 .333 5.0
Senators 3 7 .300 5.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 7 4 .636 --
Doves 6 4 .600 0.5
Phillies 5 4 .556 1.0
Reds 7 6 .538 1.0
Pirates 6 6 .500 1.5
Giants 4 5 .444 2.0
Superbas 4 6 .400 2.5
Cardinals 5 9 .357 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Grant 5
2 Bobby Byrne 3
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Solly Hofman 3
2 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Ed Lennox 3
1 Heinie Zimmerman 3
4 Bill Dahlen 2
4 8 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Leach 3
2 Neal Ball 1
2 Fred Beck 1
2 Donie Bush 1
2 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Elmer Steele 1.29
2 Bob Groom 0.67
2 Rube Vickers 0.67
4 Bugs Raymond 0.55
5 Bill Foxen 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Bugs Raymond 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Elmer Steele 9
2 Bob Groom 6
2 Bugs Raymond 6
4 Doc Scanlan 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .485
2 Ed Lennox .455
3 Danny Hoffman .382
4 George Stone .375
5 Mike Mitchell .357

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 11
2 Bill Dahlen 10
3 Matty McIntyre 8
4 Sam Crawford 7
4 4 others tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Leach 6
2 Bobby Byrne 5
2 Miller Huggins 5
2 Harry Lord 5
5 7 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.30
3 Bill Grahame 0.49
4 Ed Summers 0.50
5 Mordecai Brown 0.67

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 24
2 Rube Waddell 19
3 Red Ames 17
4 George Mullin 16
4 2 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .358
2 Mike Donlin .338
3 Ty Cobb .318
4 Sam Crawford .313
5 Larry Doyle .310

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 98
2 Mike Donlin 95
2 Honus Wagner 95
4 Cy Seymour 85
5 Sam Crawford 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Hans Lobert 47
2 Red Murray 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 46
5 Ty Cobb 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.76
2 Christy Mathewson 2.08
3 George McQuillan 2.12
4 Ed Walsh 2.14
5 2 tied 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 38
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Reulbach 25
5 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 256
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Christy Mathewson 227
4 Nap Rucker 200
5 Orval Overall 180

Saves

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