On This Day

Thursday, May 6, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 14 5 .737 --
Highlanders 10 6 .625 2.5
Red Sox 9 7 .563 3.5
White Sox 8 8 .500 4.5
Naps 7 9 .438 5.5
Athletics 6 8 .429 5.5
Senators 5 9 .357 6.5
Browns 5 12 .294 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 12 6 .667 --
Phillies 8 6 .571 2.0
Doves 8 7 .533 2.5
Cubs 10 9 .526 2.5
Reds 10 11 .476 3.5
Superbas 7 8 .467 3.5
Giants 6 8 .429 4.0
Cardinals 7 13 .350 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Bates 3
1 Beals Becker 3
1 Donie Bush 3
1 Moose McCormick 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Whitey Alpermann 2
1 Donie Bush 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Rube Ellis 2
1 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 1
1 Bill Bailey 1
1 Fred Beck 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Heinie Berger 1.50
2 Chief Bender 1.00
2 Hooks Wiltse 1.00
4 Cecil Ferguson 0.56
4 Bugs Raymond 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 9
2 Eddie Cicotte 6
3 Chief Bender 5
3 Cecil Ferguson 5
3 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ginger Beaumont .417
2 Ed Lennox .408
3 Honus Wagner .388
4 Mike Mitchell .380
5 Danny Hoffman .373

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 16
2 Clyde Engle 12
2 Tris Speaker 12
4 Bill Dahlen 11
5 3 tied 10

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Babe Adams 0.54
3 Chief Bender 1.00
4 Jim Scott 1.04
5 Howie Camnitz 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 6
2 Howie Camnitz 5
3 Charlie Chech 4
3 Orval Overall 4
3 Frank Smith 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 34
2 Mordecai Brown 30
3 Frank Smith 27
4 Rube Waddell 25
5 3 tied 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 .338
3 Sam Crawford .319
4 Doc Gessler .311
5 2 tied .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
3 Sam Crawford 91
5 Cy Seymour 81

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 196
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