On This Day

Friday, May 21, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 18 10 .643 --
Red Sox 17 10 .630 0.5
Athletics 16 10 .615 1.0
Highlanders 16 11 .593 1.5
Browns 12 15 .444 5.5
White Sox 12 17 .414 6.5
Naps 11 17 .393 7.0
Senators 7 19 .269 10.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 18 11 .621 --
Cubs 19 13 .594 0.5
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 17 .393 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ira Thomas 4
2 Home Run Baker 3
2 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Wid Conroy 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pat Moran 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 3
2 Doc Gessler 2
2 Del Howard 2
2 Nap Lajoie 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Austin 2
1 Harry Niles 2
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Walter Blair 1
3 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Orval Overall 1.33
2 Barney Pelty 0.78
3 Jack Coombs 0.45
4 Doc White 0.40
5 Frank Arellanes 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Cy Falkenberg 1
1 Orval Overall 1
1 Barney Pelty 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 8
2 Barney Pelty 7
3 Jack Coombs 5
3 Al Mattern 5
3 Harry Suter 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .374
2 Mike Mitchell .360
3 Tim Jordan .348
4 Ginger Beaumont .343
5 Danny Hoffman .337

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 22
3 Ginger Beaumont 16
3 Claude Rossman 16
3 2 others tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Honus Wagner 14
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Bobby Byrne 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 1.00
2 Barney Pelty 1.46
3 Mordecai Brown 1.48
4 Jack Coombs 1.74
5 Bugs Raymond 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 7
1 George Mullin 7
3 Orval Overall 6
3 Frank Smith 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 51
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 Harry Hooper .386
2 Chief Wilson .381
3 Ty Cobb .368
3 Tom Downey .368
5 3 tied .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Frank Schulte 2
1 Fred Tenney 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Sam Crawford 1
3 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 11
2 Tris Speaker 10
3 Hobe Ferris 9
3 Frank Isbell 9
3 2 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 7
1 Ty Cobb 7
3 Roger Bresnahan 6
4 Harry Hooper 5
5 2 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
2 Fred Beebe 0.50
2 Christy Mathewson 0.50
2 Barney Pelty 0.50
5 Jimmy Dygert 0.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Jack Coombs 3
4 Frank Arellanes 2
4 23 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 28
2 Nap Rucker 23
3 Heinie Berger 19
4 Jack Coombs 17
4 Orval Overall 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 .342
3 Doc Gessler .319
4 Matty McIntyre .316
5 Sam Crawford .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 51
3 Ty Cobb 50
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 2.18
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 Orval Overall 199

Saves

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