On This Day

Tuesday, May 11, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 15 5 .750 --
Highlanders 11 8 .579 3.5
Red Sox 11 8 .579 3.5
White Sox 11 10 .524 4.5
Athletics 9 9 .500 5.0
Naps 9 11 .450 6.0
Browns 6 13 .316 8.5
Senators 5 13 .278 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 7 .667 --
Cubs 13 10 .565 2.0
Phillies 10 8 .556 2.5
Doves 10 9 .526 3.0
Superbas 9 10 .474 4.0
Reds 11 13 .458 4.5
Giants 7 11 .389 5.5
Cardinals 9 15 .375 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Larry McLean 4
2 Ginger Beaumont 3
2 Donie Bush 3
2 Harry Hooper 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 5
2 Frank Isbell 3
2 Oscar Stanage 3
4 Donie Bush 2
4 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 3
2 Hans Lobert 2
2 Matty McIntyre 2
2 Honus Wagner 2
5 9 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Burns 1.00
2 Howie Camnitz 0.80
3 Harry McIntire 0.75
4 Frank Smith 0.67
4 Ed Willett 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry McIntire 6
2 Bill Burns 5
2 Ben Van Dyke 5
4 Frank Arellanes 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Bill Donovan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .426
2 Honus Wagner .413
3 Ginger Beaumont .387
4 Tris Speaker .368
5 Tim Jordan .364

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 17
2 Tris Speaker 16
3 Clyde Engle 12
4 Bill Abstein 11
4 4 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Ty Cobb 9
3 Bobby Byrne 8
3 Frank Chance 8
3 2 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 1.13
2 Howie Camnitz 1.20
3 Bugs Raymond 1.31
4 Mordecai Brown 1.56
5 Charlie Chech 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 6
1 George Mullin 6
3 Frank Smith 5
4 Mordecai Brown 4
4 6 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 36
2 Orval Overall 34
3 Mordecai Brown 32
4 Rube Waddell 30
5 2 tied 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 2
2 Al Mattern 2
5 12 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .489
2 Matty McIntyre .433
3 Sam Crawford .405
4 Mike Mitchell .395
5 2 tied .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Willie Keeler 1
1 Red Murray 1
1 Tris Speaker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 13
1 Tris Speaker 13
3 Johnny Bates 8
3 Nap Lajoie 8
3 Honus Wagner 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 10
2 Al Burch 6
2 Hans Lobert 6
4 Bill Abstein 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.00
2 Rip Hagerman 0.53
3 Tom McCarthy 0.75
4 Heinie Berger 1.00
5 Harry Krause 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 George Mullin 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 21
2 Bugs Raymond 19
3 Mordecai Brown 18
4 George Bell 17
5 Walter Johnson 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .371
2 Mike Donlin .339
3 Sam Crawford .316
4 Matty McIntyre .313
5 Ty Cobb .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 101
2 Mike Donlin 94
3 Ty Cobb 88
4 Sam Crawford 86
5 Cy Seymour 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 64
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Red Murray 46
4 Ty Cobb 45
5 Patsy Dougherty 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
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 Ed Summers 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 239
3 Christy Mathewson 226
4 Nap Rucker 202
5 Orval Overall 182

Saves

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