On This Day

Saturday, May 22, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 17 10 .630 --
Tigers 18 11 .621 0.0
Highlanders 17 11 .607 0.5
Red Sox 17 11 .607 0.5
White Sox 13 17 .433 5.5
Browns 12 16 .429 5.5
Naps 11 18 .379 7.0
Senators 8 19 .296 9.0

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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Patsy Dougherty 4
2 Jack Barry 3
2 Eddie Collins 3
2 Nap Lajoie 3
5 11 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Jack Barry 1
2 Heinie Berger 1
2 9 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jack Barry 2
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 Birdie Cree 1
2 George McBride 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Heinie Berger 1.12
2 Walter Johnson 1.00
3 Frank Smith 0.60
4 Eddie Plank 0.50
5 Jack Powell 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Rube Manning 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 Frank Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 11
2 Heinie Berger 9
3 Eddie Plank 4
4 Jack Powell 3
4 Frank Smith 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 1

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 .333

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
1 Frank Smith 7
4 Orval Overall 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 51
2 Frank Smith 45
3 Heinie Berger 39
4 Rube Waddell 37
5 2 tied 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 18 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .395
2 Harry Niles .389
3 Bill O'Hara .368
4 Harry Hooper .362
5 2 tied .359

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
2 Tris Speaker 10
3 Hobe Ferris 9
3 Frank Isbell 9
3 Nap Lajoie 9

Stolen Bases

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

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 Eddie Plank 3
1 Frank Smith 3
5 21 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 28
2 Walter Johnson 21
3 Frank Smith 18
4 Tom Hughes 17
4 2 others 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 .341
3 Sam Crawford .317
4 Doc Gessler .316
5 Matty McIntyre .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 2.16
5 Cy Young 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 Vic Willis 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 244
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 Tom Hughes 4
3 Sam Leever 4
3 Orval Overall 4