On This Day

Saturday, May 8, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 14 5 .737 --
Highlanders 11 7 .611 2.5
Red Sox 10 8 .556 3.5
Athletics 8 8 .500 4.5
White Sox 8 9 .471 5.0
Naps 8 9 .471 5.0
Senators 5 11 .313 7.5
Browns 5 12 .294 8.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 13 7 .650 --
Phillies 10 6 .625 1.0
Doves 10 7 .588 1.5
Cubs 12 9 .571 1.5
Reds 10 13 .435 4.5
Superbas 7 10 .412 4.5
Giants 6 10 .375 5.0
Cardinals 8 14 .364 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nap Lajoie 4
2 Home Run Baker 3
2 Bill Bradley 3
2 Kitty Bransfield 3
2 Eddie Grant 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Nap Lajoie 5
2 Tris Speaker 3
3 Bob Bescher 2
3 Kitty Bransfield 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Bates 1
1 Kitty Bransfield 1
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Al Burch 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lew Moren 0.64
2 Harry Krause 0.56
3 Bill Burns 0.50
3 Johnny Lush 0.50
3 Frank Smith 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Harry Krause 1
1 Glenn Liebhardt 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lew Moren 7
2 Harry Krause 5
2 Frank Smith 5
4 Johnny Lush 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .426
2 Honus Wagner .395
3 Ginger Beaumont .377
4 Danny Hoffman .373
5 George Stone .362

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 Tris Speaker 15
3 Clyde Engle 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
3 Amby McConnell 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lew Brockett 0.00
2 Chief Bender 1.00
3 Jack Warhop 1.02
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 Al Mattern 4
3 3 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 34
2 Mordecai Brown 32
2 Frank Smith 32
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 .365
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 1.77
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 31
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