On This Day

Saturday, May 1, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 11 3 .786 --
Highlanders 7 5 .583 3.0
Red Sox 7 5 .583 3.0
White Sox 6 5 .545 3.5
Athletics 5 5 .500 4.0
Naps 4 8 .333 6.0
Browns 4 9 .308 6.5
Senators 3 7 .300 6.0

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 9 7 .563 0.5
Pirates 6 6 .500 1.5
Giants 4 6 .400 2.5
Superbas 4 6 .400 2.5
Cardinals 5 10 .333 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Matty McIntyre 3
2 Chappy Charles 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Danny Hoffman 2
2 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 3
2 George Moriarty 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Mitchell 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Steve Evans 1
2 Hans Lobert 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Bailey 0.50
2 Charlie Rhodes 0.23
3 Ed Karger 0.17
4 Ralph Works 0.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Ralph Works 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Bailey 5
2 Charlie Rhodes 3
3 Ed Karger 2
4 Forrest More 1
4 Ralph Works 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .485
2 Ed Lennox .455
3 Danny Hoffman .390
4 Tris Speaker .381
5 George Stone .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Joe Birmingham 1
2 Bill Chappelle 1
2 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 12
1 Clyde Engle 12
3 Bill Dahlen 10
4 Matty McIntyre 8
4 George Moriarty 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 6
1 Tommy Leach 6
1 Amby McConnell 6
4 Bobby Byrne 5
4 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 .316
4 Sam Crawford .314
5 Larry Doyle .310

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 95
2 Mike Donlin 94
2 Honus Wagner 94
4 Sam Crawford 87
5 Cy Seymour 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 56
2 Hans Lobert 48
3 Red Murray 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Ty Cobb 42

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 198
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