On This Day

Friday, April 30, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 10 3 .769 --
Highlanders 7 5 .583 2.5
Red Sox 7 5 .583 2.5
White Sox 6 5 .545 3.0
Athletics 5 5 .500 3.5
Browns 4 8 .333 5.5
Naps 4 8 .333 5.5
Senators 3 7 .300 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 8 5 .615 --
Phillies 6 4 .600 0.5
Doves 6 4 .600 0.5
Reds 8 7 .533 1.0
Pirates 6 6 .500 1.5
Giants 4 6 .400 2.5
Superbas 4 6 .400 2.5
Cardinals 5 9 .357 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hobe Ferris 2
1 Tom Jones 2
3 Kitty Bransfield 1
3 Ty Cobb 1
3 17 others tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Red Murray 1
2 Fred Osborn 1
2 Ed Summers 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Buck Herzog 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Marquard 1.60
2 Earl Moore 0.86
3 Ed Summers 0.25
4 Bill Grahame 0.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Earl Moore 1
1 Ed Summers 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Marquard 8
2 Earl Moore 6
3 Bill Grahame 2
3 Ed Summers 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .485
2 Ed Lennox .455
3 Tris Speaker .381
4 George Stone .375
5 Jimmy Sheckard .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Joe Birmingham 1
2 Bill Chappelle 1
2 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 12
2 Bill Dahlen 10
3 Sam Crawford 9
4 Matty McIntyre 8
5 7 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Tommy Leach 6
1 Amby McConnell 6
3 Bobby Byrne 5
3 Ty Cobb 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.30
3 George Mullin 0.95
4 Frank Smith 1.00
4 Ed Summers 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 4
1 Frank Smith 4
3 Howie Camnitz 3
3 Charlie Chech 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 24
2 Mordecai Brown 22
3 Rube Marquard 19
3 Rube Waddell 19
5 Red Ames 17

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 .359
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Ty Cobb .317
4 Sam Crawford .313
5 Larry Doyle .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 95
1 Mike Donlin 95
3 Honus Wagner 94
4 Sam Crawford 84
5 Cy Seymour 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Hans Lobert 47
2 Red Murray 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Ty Cobb 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.81
2 Christy Mathewson 2.07
3 George McQuillan 2.12
4 Ed Walsh 2.14
5 Addie Joss 2.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 38
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Reulbach 25
4 Ed Summers 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 256
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Christy Mathewson 225
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