On This Day

Saturday, May 15, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 6 .727 --
Red Sox 13 8 .619 2.5
Highlanders 13 9 .591 3.0
Athletics 11 9 .550 4.0
White Sox 11 12 .478 5.5
Naps 9 14 .391 7.5
Browns 8 14 .364 8.0
Senators 6 15 .286 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 16 9 .640 --
Cubs 15 12 .556 2.0
Phillies 12 10 .545 2.5
Reds 14 14 .500 3.5
Superbas 11 12 .478 4.0
Doves 11 12 .478 4.0
Giants 9 13 .409 5.5
Cardinals 11 17 .393 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Bates 4
2 Jack Barry 3
2 Solly Hofman 3
2 Rebel Oakes 3
5 19 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Gibson 3
1 Red Murray 3
3 Jimmy Austin 2
3 Danny Hoffman 2
3 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Mitchell 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Jack Barry 1
2 Kitty Bransfield 1
2 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Orval Overall 0.62
2 Howie Camnitz 0.60
3 Jack Powell 0.50
4 Slim Sallee 0.44
5 2 tied 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Orval Overall 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howie Camnitz 6
2 Orval Overall 5
3 Tom Hughes 4
3 Lew Moren 4
3 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .402
2 Mike Mitchell .389
3 Ginger Beaumont .380
4 Tris Speaker .377
5 George Stone .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 18
2 Tris Speaker 17
3 Ginger Beaumont 13
3 Joe Tinker 13
5 5 tied 12

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.67
2 Doc White 0.97
3 Mordecai Brown 1.56
4 Howie Camnitz 1.75
5 Charlie Chech 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 7
2 George Mullin 6
3 Charlie Chech 5
3 Al Mattern 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 43
2 Frank Smith 37
3 Rube Waddell 34
4 Mordecai Brown 32
4 Rube Marquard 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 2
2 Al Mattern 2
5 15 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .460
2 Mike Mitchell .435
3 Donie Bush .412
4 Matty McIntyre .387
5 Solly Hofman .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Al Burch 1
2 Willie Keeler 1
2 Jul Kustus 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tris Speaker 10
1 Honus Wagner 10
3 Johnny Bates 9
3 Ginger Beaumont 9
3 Sam Crawford 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 9
2 Ty Cobb 7
2 Hans Lobert 7
4 Donie Bush 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.24
2 Chief Bender 0.50
2 Rip Hagerman 0.50
4 Jack Pfiester 0.69
4 Tully Sparks 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 4
2 George Bell 3
2 Al Mattern 3
2 Lew Moren 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 22
1 Frank Smith 22
3 Orval Overall 19
4 Walter Johnson 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .369
2 Mike Donlin .338
3 Matty McIntyre .315
4 Doc Gessler .315
5 Sam Crawford .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 91
3 Ty Cobb 88
4 Sam Crawford 85
5 2 tied 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 53
3 Ty Cobb 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Red Murray 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Christy Mathewson 1.99
3 George McQuillan 2.13
4 Ed Walsh 2.19
5 Doc White 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 36
2 Christy Mathewson 32
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 241
2 Rube Waddell 236
3 Christy Mathewson 225
4 Nap Rucker 207
5 Orval Overall 191

Saves

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