On This Day

Tuesday, May 18, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 17 8 .680 --
Highlanders 15 9 .625 1.5
Red Sox 15 9 .625 1.5
Athletics 14 9 .609 2.0
White Sox 11 15 .423 6.5
Browns 10 14 .417 6.5
Naps 9 16 .360 8.0
Senators 6 17 .261 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 18 9 .667 --
Cubs 17 12 .586 2.0
Phillies 12 12 .500 4.5
Reds 15 15 .500 4.5
Superbas 11 14 .440 6.0
Doves 11 14 .440 6.0
Cardinals 13 17 .433 6.5
Giants 10 14 .417 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jap Barbeau 3
1 Topsy Hartsel 3
1 Ed Lennox 3
1 Bris Lord 3
1 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 3
2 Eddie Grant 2
2 Topsy Hartsel 2
2 Tim Jordan 2
2 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 2
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jimmy Dygert 1.00
2 Nap Rucker 0.73
3 Cecil Ferguson 0.62
4 Fred Beebe 0.50
4 Rip Hagerman 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cecil Ferguson 8
1 Nap Rucker 8
3 Rip Hagerman 5
4 Jimmy Dygert 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .390
2 Mike Mitchell .379
3 Ginger Beaumont .368
4 Tim Jordan .345
5 Tris Speaker .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Frank Schulte 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 16 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 21
2 Tris Speaker 19
3 Honus Wagner 16
4 Joe Tinker 15
5 3 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Honus Wagner 13
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Bobby Byrne 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.67
2 Harry Krause 0.69
3 Jack Coombs 1.31
4 Mordecai Brown 1.48
5 Christy Mathewson 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 7
2 George Mullin 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Charlie Chech 5
3 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 43
2 Frank Smith 37
3 Rube Marquard 35
3 Nap Rucker 35
5 2 tied 34

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 Tom Downey .419
2 Honus Wagner .386
3 Mike Mitchell .375
4 Donie Bush .371
5 Birdie Cree .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 2
2 Al Burch 1
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Steve Evans 1
2 4 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 9
1 Hobe Ferris 9
1 Tim Jordan 9
1 Red Murray 9
1 2 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 7
2 Kid Elberfeld 6
3 Roger Bresnahan 5
3 Ty Cobb 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
2 Chief Bender 0.50
3 Jack Coombs 0.67
4 Jimmy Dygert 0.75
5 Rip Hagerman 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Lew Moren 3
5 20 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 28
2 Nap Rucker 24
3 Bill Grahame 18
3 Walter Johnson 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 Walter Johnson 1
2 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .369
2 Mike Donlin .339
3 Doc Gessler .318
4 Matty McIntyre .317
5 Sam Crawford .316

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 103
2 Mike Donlin 90
3 Ty Cobb 89
4 Sam Crawford 88
5 Joe Tinker 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Red Murray 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.82
2 Christy Mathewson 1.87
3 Ed Walsh 2.14
4 George McQuillan 2.19
5 Addie Joss 2.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 36
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 Vic Willis 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 248
2 Rube Waddell 236
3 Christy Mathewson 228
4 Nap Rucker 211
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