On This Day

Thursday, May 13, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 6 .727 --
Red Sox 13 8 .619 2.5
Highlanders 12 9 .571 3.5
Athletics 10 9 .526 4.5
White Sox 11 11 .500 5.0
Naps 9 13 .409 7.0
Senators 6 13 .316 8.5
Browns 6 14 .300 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 15 8 .652 --
Phillies 11 9 .550 2.5
Doves 11 10 .524 3.0
Cubs 13 12 .520 3.0
Superbas 10 11 .476 4.0
Reds 12 14 .462 4.5
Giants 9 11 .450 4.5
Cardinals 10 16 .385 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 4
1 Kid Elberfeld 4
1 Harry Hooper 4
1 Charlie Starr 4
5 6 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jul Kustus 1
1 Bill O'Hara 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Carrigan 2
1 Dots Miller 2
1 Bill O'Hara 2
1 Jake Stahl 2
1 Charlie Starr 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
2 Beals Becker 1
2 Red Dooin 1
2 Kid Elberfeld 1
2 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Nap Rucker 0.90
2 Christy Mathewson 0.60
3 Doc White 0.43
4 Cy Morgan 0.33
5 Earl Moore 0.19

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Al Mattern 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 Nap Rucker 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 9
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 Earl Moore 3
2 Cy Morgan 3
2 Doc White 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sam Leever 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .426
2 Honus Wagner .400
3 Ginger Beaumont .394
4 Tris Speaker .377
5 Mike Mitchell .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 18
2 Tris Speaker 17
3 Clyde Engle 12
3 Claude Rossman 12
5 7 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Ty Cobb 12
3 Donie Bush 9
3 Bobby Byrne 9
3 Frank Chance 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.67
2 Doc White 0.97
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 Al Mattern 5
3 2 others tied 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 14 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .465
2 Tris Speaker .410
3 Mike Mitchell .383
4 Matty McIntyre .382
5 Donie Bush .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Willie Keeler 1
2 Jul Kustus 1
2 Red Murray 1
2 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tris Speaker 13
2 Sam Crawford 11
3 Johnny Bates 9
4 Nap Lajoie 8
4 Honus Wagner 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 9
2 Ty Cobb 8
3 Donie Bush 6
3 Hans Lobert 6
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.24
2 Chief Bender 0.50
2 Rip Hagerman 0.50
4 Bugs Raymond 1.17
5 2 tied 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 Al Mattern 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 22
2 Rube Marquard 21
2 Frank Smith 21
4 Mordecai Brown 18
5 Walter Johnson 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .370
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Sam Crawford .315
4 Ty Cobb .313
5 Matty McIntyre .313

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 92
3 Ty Cobb 90
4 Sam Crawford 85
5 Claude Rossman 79

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
4 Red Murray 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Christy Mathewson 2.09
3 George McQuillan 2.13
4 Ed Walsh 2.16
5 Doc White 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 37
2 Christy Mathewson 32
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 247
2 Rube Waddell 239
3 Christy Mathewson 229
4 Nap Rucker 207
5 Orval Overall 186

Saves

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