On This Day

Friday, May 7, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 14 5 .737 --
Highlanders 11 6 .647 2.0
Red Sox 9 8 .529 4.0
White Sox 8 8 .500 4.5
Athletics 7 8 .467 5.0
Naps 7 9 .438 5.5
Senators 5 10 .333 7.0
Browns 5 12 .294 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 13 6 .684 --
Phillies 9 6 .600 2.0
Doves 9 7 .563 2.5
Cubs 11 9 .550 2.5
Reds 10 12 .455 4.5
Superbas 7 9 .438 4.5
Giants 6 9 .400 5.0
Cardinals 7 14 .333 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jap Barbeau 4
2 Roger Bresnahan 3
2 Wid Conroy 3
2 Bob Ganley 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie Keeler 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jap Barbeau 3
2 Joe Delahanty 2
2 Willie Keeler 2
4 Bill Abstein 1
4 18 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Scotty Barr 1
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Al Burch 1
1 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 1.29
2 Rube Marquard 1.00
3 Bill Foxen 0.80
4 Rip Hagerman 0.62
5 Nap Rucker 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 Bill Foxen 1
1 Rip Hagerman 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 9
2 Bill Foxen 8
3 Rube Marquard 6
3 Nap Rucker 6
3 Vic Willis 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .415
2 Ginger Beaumont .392
3 Honus Wagner .389
4 Mike Mitchell .373
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 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 16
2 Clyde Engle 12
2 Tris Speaker 12
4 Bill Abstein 11
4 2 others tied 11

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 Marquard 25
4 Rube Waddell 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Al Mattern 2
3 Frank Arellanes 1
3 Fred Beebe 1
3 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 .312
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 47
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 2 others tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Christy Mathewson 228
4 Nap Rucker 202
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