On This Day

Sunday, May 2, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 12 3 .800 --
Highlanders 7 5 .583 3.5
Red Sox 7 5 .583 3.5
Athletics 5 5 .500 4.5
White Sox 6 6 .500 4.5
Naps 5 8 .385 6.0
Senators 3 7 .300 6.5
Browns 4 10 .286 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 6 4 .600 --
Doves 6 4 .600 0.0
Pirates 8 6 .571 0.0
Reds 10 8 .556 0.0
Cubs 8 7 .533 0.5
Giants 4 6 .400 2.0
Superbas 4 6 .400 2.0
Cardinals 6 11 .353 3.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rube Ellis 4
1 Solly Hofman 4
1 Hans Lobert 4
1 Frank Schulte 4
5 6 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 3
2 Claude Rossman 2
2 Frank Smith 2
2 Chief Wilson 2
5 12 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
3 Bobby Byrne 2
3 Rebel Oakes 2
5 13 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Smith 0.75
2 Addie Joss 0.60
3 Lefty Leifield 0.50
3 Orval Overall 0.50
5 Slim Sallee 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 9
2 Orval Overall 6
3 Howie Camnitz 3
3 Addie Joss 3
3 Lefty Leifield 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .455
2 Tris Speaker .381
3 Danny Hoffman .378
4 Mike Mitchell .373
5 George Stone .368

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 13
2 Clyde Engle 12
3 Bill Dahlen 10
4 Matty McIntyre 8
4 George Moriarty 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Bobby Byrne 7
2 Tommy Leach 7
2 Honus Wagner 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.69
3 Ed Summers 1.00
4 Charlie Chech 1.33
5 Bugs Raymond 1.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 5
2 Howie Camnitz 4
2 Frank Smith 4
4 Charlie Chech 3
4 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 30
2 Frank Smith 24
3 Mordecai Brown 22
4 Rube Marquard 19
4 Rube Waddell 19

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 Sam Crawford .318
4 Ty Cobb .314
5 Doc Gessler .311

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 Honus Wagner 97
2 Mike Donlin 94
3 Ty Cobb 91
4 Sam Crawford 88
5 Cy Seymour 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Hans Lobert 48
3 Red Murray 47
4 Ty Cobb 45
4 Patsy Dougherty 45

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 2.27

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 186

Saves

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