Baseball44 On This Day: Monday, May 10, 1909

On This Day

Monday, May 10, 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	9	8	.529	4.0
White Sox	10	10	.500	4.5
Naps	9	10	.474	5.0
Senators	5	12	.294	8.0
Browns	5	13	.278	8.5

Games

White Sox 1, Senators 0

Athletics 5, Browns 1

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	13	7	.650	--
Phillies	10	7	.588	1.5
Doves	10	8	.556	2.0
Cubs	12	10	.545	2.0
Superbas	8	10	.444	4.0
Reds	10	13	.435	4.5
Giants	7	10	.412	4.5
Cardinals	9	14	.391	5.5

Games

Superbas 4, Phillies 2

Giants 2, Doves 1

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Home Run Baker	3
1	Ira Thomas	3
3	Whitey Alpermann	2
3	Johnny Bates	2
3	8 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	2
1	George Bell	2
3	Johnny Bates	1
3	Kitty Bransfield	1
3	9 others tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Al Burch	1
1	Bill Dahlen	1
1	Frank Isbell	1
1	Admiral Schlei	1
1	Charlie Starr	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Doc White	1.00
2	Eddie Plank	0.70
3	Walter Johnson	0.62
4	Bugs Raymond	0.50
5	Rube Waddell	0.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Bell	1
1	Eddie Plank	1
1	Bugs Raymond	1
1	Doc White	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Eddie Plank	7
2	Walter Johnson	5
2	Bugs Raymond	5
2	Rube Waddell	5
2	Doc White	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ed Lennox	.426
2	Honus Wagner	.395
3	Tim Jordan	.371
4	Ginger Beaumont	.368
5	Tris Speaker	.359

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	Doc White	1.13
4	Howie Camnitz	1.24
5	Mordecai Brown	1.29

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Mullin	6
2	Howie Camnitz	5
3	Charlie Chech	4
3	Al Mattern	4
3	4 others tied	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	34
2	Mordecai Brown	32
2	Frank Smith	32
4	Rube Waddell	30
5	2 tied	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	.339
3	Sam Crawford	.318
4	Ty Cobb	.312
5	Matty McIntyre	.309

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	11
2	Honus Wagner	10
3	Red Murray	8
4	Sam Crawford	6
4	3 others tied	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	100
2	Mike Donlin	94
3	Ty Cobb	90
4	Sam Crawford	88
5	2 tied	79

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	62
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	2.12
3	George McQuillan	2.12
4	Ed Walsh	2.16
5	Addie Joss	2.26

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	37
2	Mordecai Brown	31
2	Christy Mathewson	31
4	Ed Reulbach	24
4	2 others tied	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	247
2	Rube Waddell	240
3	Christy Mathewson	226
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