On This Day

Friday, May 28, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 22 12 .647 --
Athletics 19 12 .613 1.5
Highlanders 17 13 .567 3.0
Red Sox 17 14 .548 3.5
White Sox 15 18 .455 6.5
Browns 15 18 .455 6.5
Naps 15 19 .441 7.0
Senators 9 23 .281 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 22 11 .667 --
Cubs 22 13 .629 1.0
Phillies 16 15 .516 5.0
Reds 17 18 .486 6.0
Giants 15 16 .484 6.0
Superbas 13 17 .433 7.5
Cardinals 15 20 .429 8.0
Doves 11 21 .344 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Otto Knabe 4
1 Charley O'Leary 4
3 Patsy Dougherty 3
3 Larry Doyle 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Grant 2
1 Danny Murphy 2
3 Bill Burns 1
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 13 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Bridwell 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 Jim Delahanty 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Christy Mathewson 2.50
2 Jimmy Dygert 1.17
3 Tom Hughes 0.60
4 Harry Coveleski 0.50
5 Lew Moren 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jimmy Dygert 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 Cy Young 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 7
2 Tom Hughes 6
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Bill Burns 4
4 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .382
2 Danny Hoffman .375
3 Solly Hofman .349
4 Mike Mitchell .342
5 Tim Jordan .340

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 21
4 Bill Abstein 18
5 4 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Honus Wagner 15
3 Donie Bush 13
4 Bobby Byrne 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 1.20
2 Bugs Raymond 1.52
3 Christy Mathewson 1.62
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 4 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 65
2 Frank Smith 53
3 Rube Waddell 49
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 Solly Hofman .452
2 Del Howard .448
3 Danny Hoffman .444
4 Johnny Bates .415
5 Nap Lajoie .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Frank Schulte 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Jim Delahanty 1
3 12 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 11
2 Sherry Magee 9
3 Home Run Baker 8
3 Hobe Ferris 8
3 Tim Jordan 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 8
2 Jimmy Austin 5
2 Jack Barry 5
2 Hal Chase 5
5 6 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orval Overall 0.00
1 Harry Krause 0.00
3 Bob Ewing 0.75
4 Vic Willis 0.93
5 Jim Scott 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orval Overall 4
1 Rube Waddell 4
3 Cy Young 3
4 Frank Arellanes 2
4 22 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 27
2 Tom Hughes 21
3 Rube Waddell 19
4 Heinie Berger 18
4 Bugs Raymond 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Bull Durham 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Solly Hofman .404
2 Honus Wagner .393
3 Mike Mitchell .358
4 Nap Lajoie .353
5 Sam Crawford .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Frank Schulte 2
4 Al Burch 1
4 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 19
1 Tris Speaker 19
1 Honus Wagner 19
4 Sherry Magee 15
5 Solly Hofman 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Kid Elberfeld 8
5 5 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.69
2 Rip Hagerman 1.00
3 Chief Bender 1.25
4 Tully Sparks 1.55
5 Orval Overall 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 George Mullin 5
1 Orval Overall 5
1 Bugs Raymond 5
1 Rube Waddell 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 41
2 Heinie Berger 40
3 Frank Smith 38
4 Bugs Raymond 37
5 Walter Johnson 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .370
2 Mike Donlin .342
3 Sam Crawford .319
4 Ty Cobb .315
5 Kitty Bransfield .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 Danny Murphy 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 62
2 Ty Cobb 53
3 Hans Lobert 51
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.56
2 Mordecai Brown 1.82
3 Ed Walsh 2.09
4 George McQuillan 2.34
5 Cy Young 2.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Christy Mathewson 34
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 237
4 Orval Overall 213
5 Nap Rucker 206

Saves

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