On This Day

Wednesday, May 26, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	21	12	.636	--
Athletics	18	12	.600	1.5
Highlanders	17	13	.567	2.5
Red Sox	17	14	.548	3.0
Browns	15	16	.484	5.0
White Sox	15	17	.469	5.5
Naps	13	19	.406	7.5
Senators	9	22	.290	11.0

Games

Naps 3, Athletics 2

Senators 3, Tigers 1

Browns 5, Red Sox 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	21	11	.656	--
Cubs	22	13	.629	0.5
Phillies	15	14	.517	4.5
Reds	17	18	.486	5.5
Giants	14	15	.483	5.5
Superbas	13	17	.433	7.0
Cardinals	15	20	.429	7.5
Doves	11	20	.355	9.5

Games

Cubs 2, Superbas 0

Pirates 9, Doves 4

Giants 8, Cardinals 2

Phillies 5, Reds 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Jim Delahanty	3
1	Tommy Leach	3
1	Honus Wagner	3
4	Jap Barbeau	2
4	14 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Jim Delahanty	1
1	Fred Tenney	1
1	Hooks Wiltse	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sherry Magee	3
1	Honus Wagner	3
1	Hooks Wiltse	3
4	Jiggs Donahue	2
4	4 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Donie Bush	2
1	Jimmy Sheckard	2
3	Bill Abstein	1
3	Jack Barry	1
3	16 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Orval Overall	1.67
2	Rube Waddell	1.60
3	George Suggs	0.67
4	Jack Coombs	0.62
5	Dolly Gray	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Heinie Berger	1
1	Dolly Gray	1
1	Sam Leever	1
1	Earl Moore	1
1	3 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	10
2	Rube Waddell	8
3	Jack Coombs	5
3	Al Mattern	5
5	George Suggs	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.378
2	Danny Hoffman	.375
3	Ed Lennox	.370
4	Solly Hofman	.349
5	Mike Mitchell	.342

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Sam Crawford	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	Red Murray	2
2	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sam Crawford	23
2	Tris Speaker	22
3	Honus Wagner	19
4	Bill Abstein	18
5	3 tied	17

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	19
2	Honus Wagner	14
3	Donie Bush	13
4	Bobby Byrne	9
4	3 others tied	9

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Chief Bender	1.20
2	Barney Pelty	1.46
3	Bugs Raymond	1.52
4	Mordecai Brown	1.62
5	Orval Overall	1.69

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Mullin	8
1	Orval Overall	8
3	Howie Camnitz	7
3	Frank Smith	7
5	2 tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	65
2	Rube Waddell	49
3	Frank Smith	46
4	Bugs Raymond	43
5	2 tied	42

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	3
1	Mordecai Brown	3
3	Billy Campbell	2
3	Al Mattern	2
5	20 tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Del Howard	.433
2	Solly Hofman	.417
3	Danny Hoffman	.400
4	Ty Cobb	.396
5	Red Murray	.390

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Frank Schulte	2
3	Al Burch	1
3	Sam Crawford	1
3	15 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	9
1	Tim Jordan	9
1	Sherry Magee	9
1	Honus Wagner	9
5	3 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	10
2	Jack Barry	7
3	Donie Bush	6
4	Kid Elberfeld	5
5	6 tied	4

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.00
2	Barney Pelty	0.50
3	Orval Overall	0.70
4	Bob Ewing	0.75
5	Hooks Wiltse	1.20

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Orval Overall	4
1	Rube Waddell	4
3	Chief Bender	3
4	Frank Arellanes	2
4	23 others tied	2

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	31
2	Heinie Berger	28
3	Nap Rucker	24
4	Rube Waddell	19
5	2 tied	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	1
1	Bull Durham	1
1	Tom Hughes	1
1	Walter Johnson	1
1	5 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.393
2	Solly Hofman	.388
3	Danny Hoffman	.359
4	Sam Crawford	.359
5	Mike Mitchell	.353

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Sam Crawford	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	Frank Schulte	2
5	18 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sam Crawford	19
1	Tris Speaker	19
3	Honus Wagner	17
4	Sherry Magee	16
5	4 tied	14

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	15
2	Donie Bush	11
2	Honus Wagner	11
4	Kid Elberfeld	8
5	6 tied	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.69
2	Rip Hagerman	1.00
3	Chief Bender	1.20
4	Tully Sparks	1.55
5	Doc White	1.61

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Orval Overall	6
2	Chief Bender	5
2	Mordecai Brown	5
2	George Mullin	5
2	2 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	48
2	Heinie Berger	40
3	Bugs Raymond	37
4	Rube Waddell	34
5	Walter Johnson	32

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	2
2	Mordecai Brown	1
2	Billy Campbell	1
2	Harry Coveleski	1
2	13 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.369
2	Mike Donlin	.339
3	Sam Crawford	.318
4	Matty McIntyre	.316
5	Ty Cobb	.314

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	12
2	Honus Wagner	10
3	Red Murray	8
4	Sam Crawford	7
4	Tommy Leach	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	103
2	Ty Cobb	92
3	Sam Crawford	86
3	Mike Donlin	86
5	2 tied	77

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	61
2	Ty Cobb	52
3	Hans Lobert	51
4	Patsy Dougherty	45
5	Red Murray	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	1.59
2	Mordecai Brown	1.82
3	Ed Walsh	2.09
4	George McQuillan	2.34
5	Cy Young	2.40

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Walsh	35
2	Christy Mathewson	33
3	Mordecai Brown	30
4	Ed Summers	25
5	Vic Willis	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	247
1	Ed Walsh	247
3	Christy Mathewson	232
4	Nap Rucker	218
5	Orval Overall	213

Saves

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