On This Day

Tuesday, May 4, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 12 5 .706 --
Highlanders 9 5 .643 1.5
Red Sox 8 6 .571 2.5
White Sox 7 7 .500 3.5
Naps 6 8 .429 4.5
Athletics 5 7 .417 4.5
Senators 4 8 .333 5.5
Browns 5 10 .333 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 8 4 .667 --
Pirates 10 6 .625 0.0
Doves 8 5 .615 0.5
Reds 10 9 .526 1.5
Cubs 8 9 .471 2.5
Cardinals 7 11 .389 4.0
Superbas 5 8 .385 3.5
Giants 4 8 .333 4.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Al Burch 4
1 John Hummel 4
3 Birdie Cree 3
3 Mickey Doolin 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jul Kustus 3
2 Johnny Bates 2
2 Fred Beck 2
2 Walter Blair 2
2 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Kid Elberfeld 2
1 Eddie Grant 2
1 Jul Kustus 2
5 15 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Hunter 1.50
2 Cy Morgan 1.25
3 Mordecai Brown 0.80
4 Rube Waddell 0.55
5 Doc Scanlan 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 Jack Quinn 1
1 Doc Scanlan 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 8
2 Rube Waddell 6
3 Cy Morgan 5
4 Christy Mathewson 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .465
2 Ed Lennox .419
3 Honus Wagner .383
4 Mike Mitchell .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 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 14
2 Clyde Engle 12
3 Bill Dahlen 11
4 Tris Speaker 10
5 Ed Lennox 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 10
2 Ty Cobb 9
3 Frank Chance 8
4 Bobby Byrne 7
4 Tommy Leach 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.54
2 Howie Camnitz 0.69
3 Charlie Chech 1.25
4 Mordecai Brown 1.34
5 Doc White 1.46

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 5
2 Howie Camnitz 4
2 Charlie Chech 4
2 Frank Smith 4
5 8 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Mordecai Brown 30
1 Orval Overall 30
3 Frank Smith 27
4 Rube Waddell 25
5 3 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 .318
4 Doc Gessler .314
5 Ty Cobb .311

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 89
5 Cy Seymour 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 62
2 Hans Lobert 49
3 Red Murray 46
4 Ty Cobb 45
5 Patsy Dougherty 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.78
2 Christy Mathewson 2.11
3 George McQuillan 2.15
4 Ed Walsh 2.19
5 Addie Joss 2.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 37
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Summers 25
5 Ed Reulbach 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 241
3 Christy Mathewson 229
4 Nap Rucker 199
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