On This Day

Sunday, May 23, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 19 11 .633 --
Athletics 17 10 .630 0.5
Highlanders 17 12 .586 1.5
Red Sox 17 12 .586 1.5
White Sox 14 17 .452 5.5
Browns 13 16 .448 5.5
Naps 11 18 .379 7.5
Senators 8 20 .286 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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Danny Hoffman 4
2 Jake Atz 2
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 Ray Demmitt 2
2 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Ray Demmitt 3
3 Billy Sullivan 2
3 Ed Walsh 2
5 4 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc White 2
2 Dave Altizer 1
2 George Browne 1
2 Kid Elberfeld 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 0.67
2 Ed Walsh 0.60
3 Ed Willett 0.57
4 Dolly Gray 0.20
5 Frank Arellanes 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 1
1 Ed Walsh 1
1 Ed Willett 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Rube Waddell 4
2 Ed Willett 4
4 Frank Arellanes 1
4 Dolly Gray 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .374
2 Danny Hoffman .363
3 Mike Mitchell .360
4 Tim Jordan .348
5 Ginger Beaumont .343

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 2 tied 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 Rube Waddell 41
4 Heinie Berger 39
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 Red Murray .395
2 Harry Niles .389
2 Bill O'Hara .389
4 Harry Hooper .370
5 Mike Mitchell .364

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 10
1 Ty Cobb 10
3 Hobe Ferris 9
4 Frank Isbell 8
4 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 7
1 Ty Cobb 7
3 Jack Barry 6
4 Dave Altizer 4
4 4 others 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 Eddie Plank 3
1 Frank Smith 3
1 Rube Waddell 3
5 18 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 28
2 Walter Johnson 21
3 Ed Walsh 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 .365
2 Mike Donlin .341
3 Sam Crawford .319
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 103
2 Ty Cobb 91
3 Mike Donlin 90
4 Sam Crawford 86
5 2 tied 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 62
2 Hans Lobert 51
3 Ty Cobb 49
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.68
2 Mordecai Brown 1.84
3 Ed Walsh 2.11
4 George McQuillan 2.16
5 Cy Young 2.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 36
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Summers 24
4 Vic Willis 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 250
2 Rube Waddell 239
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