On This Day

Wednesday, May 5, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 13 5 .722 --
Highlanders 10 5 .667 1.5
White Sox 8 7 .533 3.5
Red Sox 8 7 .533 3.5
Naps 6 9 .400 5.5
Senators 5 8 .385 5.5
Athletics 5 8 .385 5.5
Browns 5 11 .313 7.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 11 6 .647 --
Phillies 8 5 .615 1.0
Doves 8 5 .615 1.0
Cubs 9 9 .500 2.5
Reds 10 10 .500 2.5
Superbas 6 8 .429 3.5
Cardinals 7 12 .368 5.0
Giants 4 8 .333 4.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rudy Hulswitt 3
1 Danny Murphy 3
1 Paddy O'Connor 3
1 George Stovall 3
5 18 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jake Atz 3
1 Johnny Lush 3
1 Harry Steinfeldt 3
4 Bill Abstein 2
4 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Birdie Cree 2
1 Hans Lobert 2
1 Danny Murphy 2
4 Bill Abstein 1
4 12 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Grahame 1.17
2 George Bell 0.89
3 Lew Brockett 0.57
3 Orval Overall 0.57
5 Eddie Plank 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Orval Overall 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Bell 8
2 Bill Grahame 7
3 Lew Brockett 4
3 Johnny Lush 4
3 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mullin 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .465
2 Ed Lennox .400
3 Honus Wagner .387
4 Tris Speaker .380
5 George Stone .379

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 5 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 11
2 Ty Cobb 9
3 Bobby Byrne 8
3 Frank Chance 8
5 Tommy Leach 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Babe Adams 0.54
3 Howie Camnitz 1.10
4 Charlie Chech 1.25
5 Mordecai Brown 1.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 5
2 Howie Camnitz 4
2 Charlie Chech 4
2 Orval Overall 4
2 Frank Smith 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 34
2 Mordecai Brown 30
3 Frank Smith 27
4 Rube Waddell 25
5 George Bell 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .364
2 Mike Donlin .340
3 Sam Crawford .316
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 100
2 Mike Donlin 94
3 Ty Cobb 91
4 Sam Crawford 89
5 Cy Seymour 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 51
3 Red Murray 46
4 Ty Cobb 45
5 Patsy Dougherty 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.78
2 Christy Mathewson 2.14
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 32
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Reulbach 24
4 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Christy Mathewson 228
4 Nap Rucker 199
5 Orval Overall 183

Saves

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