On This Day

Thursday, May 20, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 18 9 .667 --
Highlanders 16 10 .615 1.5
Red Sox 16 10 .615 1.5
Athletics 15 10 .600 2.0
White Sox 12 16 .429 6.5
Browns 11 15 .423 6.5
Naps 10 17 .370 8.0
Senators 7 18 .280 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 18 11 .621 --
Cubs 18 13 .581 1.0
Phillies 14 12 .538 2.5
Superbas 13 14 .481 4.0
Reds 15 17 .469 4.5
Giants 12 14 .462 4.5
Cardinals 14 18 .438 5.5
Doves 11 16 .407 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Del Howard 3
1 Nap Lajoie 3
1 Pat Moran 3
1 Yip Owens 3
1 Doc White 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jim Stephens 1
1 Fred Tenney 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Isbell 3
1 Pat Moran 3
1 Claude Rossman 3
4 Ginger Beaumont 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Eddie Collins 1
1 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 1.00
2 Jack Pfiester 0.86
3 Bugs Raymond 0.60
4 Frank Smith 0.56
5 2 tied 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Harry McIntire 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 10
2 Earl Moore 9
3 Jack Pfiester 6
3 Bugs Raymond 6
5 Frank Smith 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Lennox .400
2 Honus Wagner .374
3 Mike Mitchell .360
4 Ginger Beaumont .358
5 Tris Speaker .350

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
1 Frank Schulte 2
1 Jim Stephens 2
1 Fred Tenney 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 23
2 Tris Speaker 21
3 Ginger Beaumont 16
3 Claude Rossman 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Honus Wagner 14
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Bobby Byrne 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.69
2 Chief Bender 1.00
3 Jack Coombs 1.31
4 Mordecai Brown 1.48
5 Doc White 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 7
1 George Mullin 7
3 Frank Smith 6
4 Mordecai Brown 5
4 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 43
2 Frank Smith 42
3 Rube Waddell 37
4 Rube Marquard 35
4 Nap Rucker 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 17 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Donie Bush .417
2 Harry Hooper .400
3 Nap Lajoie .375
4 Tom Downey .368
5 Kitty Bransfield .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 2
1 Fred Tenney 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Sam Crawford 1
3 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 11
1 Tris Speaker 11
3 Sam Crawford 9
3 Hobe Ferris 9
3 Red Murray 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 7
2 Roger Bresnahan 6
2 Ty Cobb 6
4 Dave Altizer 4
4 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
2 Christy Mathewson 0.50
3 Jimmy Dygert 0.64
4 Jack Coombs 0.67
5 Rip Hagerman 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 3
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 28
1 Walter Johnson 28
3 Nap Rucker 23
4 Bugs Raymond 19
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 Bull Durham 1
2 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .366
2 Mike Donlin .339
3 Matty McIntyre .318
4 Sam Crawford .315
4 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 103
2 Mike Donlin 90
3 Ty Cobb 88
4 Sam Crawford 86
5 Joe Tinker 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 64
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 49
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.68
2 Mordecai Brown 1.82
3 Ed Walsh 2.09
4 George McQuillan 2.21
5 Cy Young 2.40

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 247
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Christy Mathewson 226
4 Nap Rucker 211
5 Walter Johnson 193

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Sam Leever 4
3 Orval Overall 4
5 7 tied 3