Baseball44 On This Day: Monday, May 3, 1909

On This Day

Monday, May 3, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	12	4	.750	--
Highlanders	8	5	.615	2.5
Red Sox	8	5	.615	2.5
White Sox	7	6	.538	3.5
Athletics	5	6	.455	4.5
Naps	5	8	.385	5.5
Browns	4	10	.286	7.0
Senators	3	8	.273	6.5

Games

Red Sox 7, Senators 1

White Sox 4, Tigers 0

Highlanders 9, Athletics 6

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Phillies	7	4	.636	--
Doves	7	4	.636	0.0
Pirates	9	6	.600	0.0
Reds	10	9	.526	1.0
Cubs	8	8	.500	1.5
Cardinals	7	11	.389	3.5
Giants	4	7	.364	3.0
Superbas	4	7	.364	3.0

Games

Doves 9, Superbas 7

Pirates 9, Cubs 2

Phillies 5, Giants 1

Cardinals 5, Reds 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Honus Wagner	5
2	Johnny Bates	3
2	Eddie Collins	3
2	Bob Ganley	3
2	4 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tris Speaker	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Johnny Bates	4
2	Tris Speaker	3
3	Fred Beck	2
3	Fred Clarke	2
3	7 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bill Abstein	3
1	Honus Wagner	3
3	Johnny Bates	2
3	Frank Chance	2
3	4 others tied	2

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Harry Coveleski	1.67
2	Vic Willis	0.67
3	Joe Lake	0.54
4	Doc White	0.50
5	Charlie Chech	0.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Charlie Chech	1
1	Harry Coveleski	1
1	Irv Higginbotham	1
1	Al Mattern	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Joe Lake	7
2	Vic Willis	6
3	Harry Coveleski	5
4	Charlie Chech	4
4	2 others tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Gus Dorner	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ginger Beaumont	.486
2	Ed Lennox	.459
3	Honus Wagner	.393
4	Mike Mitchell	.381
5	2 tied	.378

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Murray	2
2	Home Run Baker	1
2	Joe Birmingham	1
2	Bill Chappelle	1
2	9 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sam Crawford	13
2	Clyde Engle	12
3	Bill Dahlen	10
3	Tris Speaker	10
5	3 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	10
2	Ty Cobb	9
3	Bobby Byrne	7
3	Tommy Leach	7
5	3 tied	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Lew Brockett	0.00
2	Howie Camnitz	0.69
3	Ed Summers	1.00
4	Charlie Chech	1.25
5	Bugs Raymond	1.44

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	30
2	Frank Smith	24
3	Mordecai Brown	22
4	Red Ames	19
4	3 others tied	19

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Mordecai Brown	3
2	Frank Arellanes	1
2	Fred Beebe	1
2	Billy Campbell	1
2	10 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.364
2	Mike Donlin	.338
3	Sam Crawford	.317
4	Doc Gessler	.316
5	Ty Cobb	.313

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	11
2	Honus Wagner	10
3	Red Murray	8
4	Sam Crawford	7
5	3 tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	99
2	Mike Donlin	94
3	Ty Cobb	91
4	Sam Crawford	88
5	Cy Seymour	83

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	62
2	Hans Lobert	49
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	Ed Walsh	2.14
4	George McQuillan	2.15
5	Addie Joss	2.28

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	179

Saves

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