On This Day

Wednesday, May 12, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 5 .762 --
Red Sox 12 8 .600 3.5
Highlanders 11 9 .550 4.5
Athletics 10 9 .526 5.0
White Sox 11 11 .500 5.5
Naps 9 12 .429 7.0
Senators 6 13 .316 9.0
Browns 6 14 .300 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 14 8 .636 --
Phillies 11 8 .579 1.5
Cubs 13 11 .542 2.0
Doves 10 10 .500 3.0
Reds 12 13 .480 3.5
Superbas 9 11 .450 4.0
Giants 8 11 .421 4.5
Cardinals 10 15 .400 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
1 Al Shaw 4
3 George Browne 3
3 Birdie Cree 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 2
2 Jim Delahanty 2
2 Rube Ellis 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Barry 2
1 Donie Bush 2
3 Dave Altizer 1
3 Roger Bresnahan 1
3 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Heinie Berger 1.43
2 Rube Marquard 0.70
3 Fred Beebe 0.50
4 Charlie Smith 0.44
5 Orval Overall 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Ed Karger 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 10
2 Rube Marquard 7
3 Kaiser Wilhelm 5
4 Charlie Chech 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Walter Johnson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .426
2 Honus Wagner .410
3 Tris Speaker .375
4 Ginger Beaumont .364
5 Mike Mitchell .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 18
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 10
3 Donie Bush 9
3 Bobby Byrne 9
3 Frank Chance 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.67
2 Doc White 1.13
3 Howie Camnitz 1.20
4 Bugs Raymond 1.31
5 Mordecai Brown 1.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 6
1 George Mullin 6
3 Charlie Chech 5
3 Lew Moren 5
3 Frank Smith 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 38
2 Frank Smith 36
3 Mordecai Brown 32
3 Rube Marquard 32
5 Rube Waddell 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 2
2 Al Mattern 2
5 13 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .455
2 Tris Speaker .447
3 Matty McIntyre .412
4 Mike Mitchell .409
5 Eddie Grant .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Willie Keeler 1
2 Red Murray 1
2 Tris Speaker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 14
2 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 Donie Bush 7
3 Frank Chance 6
3 Ty Cobb 6
3 Hans Lobert 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.00
2 Chief Bender 0.50
3 Rip Hagerman 0.53
4 Harry Krause 1.29
5 Jack Warhop 1.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Beebe 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 22
2 Rube Marquard 21
2 Frank Smith 21
4 Bugs Raymond 19
5 Mordecai Brown 18

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 .337
3 Sam Crawford .315
4 Ty Cobb .313
5 Matty McIntyre .312

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 99
2 Mike Donlin 94
3 Ty Cobb 91
4 Sam Crawford 87
5 Cy Seymour 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 46
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
4 Red Murray 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 Summers 25
5 Ed Reulbach 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 239
3 Christy Mathewson 226
4 Nap Rucker 198
5 Orval Overall 186

Saves

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