On This Day

Sunday, May 16, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 7 .696 --
Red Sox 14 8 .636 1.5
Highlanders 13 9 .591 2.5
Athletics 12 9 .571 3.0
White Sox 11 13 .458 5.5
Browns 9 14 .391 7.0
Naps 9 14 .391 7.0
Senators 6 16 .273 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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dave Altizer 2
1 Wid Conroy 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Topsy Hartsel 2
1 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hobe Ferris 3
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 Danny Hoffman 1
2 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 Harry Hooper 1
1 Germany Schaefer 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 0.88
2 Jack Coombs 0.71
3 Bill Grahame 0.67
4 Walter Johnson 0.33
5 Kid Speer 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Bill Grahame 1
1 Harry Wolter 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Grahame 8
2 Ed Walsh 7
3 Jack Coombs 5
4 Walter Johnson 3
5 Kid Speer 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .402
2 Mike Mitchell .389
3 Ginger Beaumont .380
4 Tris Speaker .358
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 Ty Cobb 13
1 Honus Wagner 13
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 Jack Coombs 1.31
4 Mordecai Brown 1.56
5 Howie Camnitz 1.75

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .460
2 Donie Bush .412
3 Mike Mitchell .409
4 Solly Hofman .380
5 Sam Crawford .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Al Burch 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Willie Keeler 1
1 Jul Kustus 1
1 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
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 9
2 Ty Cobb 7
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 Jack Coombs 0.67
5 2 tied 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 Walter Johnson 20
4 Orval Overall 19
5 Bill Grahame 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 Gus Dorner 1
2 5 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 .315
5 Doc Gessler .315

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 Joe Tinker 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Red Murray 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Christy Mathewson 1.99
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 George McQuillan 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 248
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 Orval Overall 4
5 7 tied 3