On This Day

Sunday, May 30, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 24 12 .667 --
Athletics 21 12 .636 1.5
Highlanders 18 13 .581 3.5
Red Sox 17 16 .515 5.5
Browns 16 18 .471 7.0
White Sox 15 20 .429 8.5
Naps 15 20 .429 8.5
Senators 9 24 .273 13.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 24 12 .667 --
Cubs 23 15 .605 2.0
Phillies 17 15 .531 5.0
Reds 18 20 .474 7.0
Giants 15 17 .469 7.0
Superbas 15 17 .469 7.0
Cardinals 17 21 .447 8.0
Doves 11 23 .324 12.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Abstein 4
1 Johnny Evers 4
1 George Gibson 4
1 Solly Hofman 4
1 Nap Lajoie 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 4
2 Solly Hofman 3
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Dots Miller 3
5 3 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Johnny Evers 2
1 Joe Tinker 2
4 Jap Barbeau 1
4 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Waddell 1.00
2 Heinie Berger 0.83
3 Jack Pfiester 0.62
4 Orval Overall 0.59
5 Ed Summers 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Ed Summers 1
1 Rube Waddell 1
1 Vic Willis 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 10
2 Jack Pfiester 8
3 Rube Waddell 7
4 Heinie Berger 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .382
2 Danny Hoffman .375
3 Nap Lajoie .351
4 Solly Hofman .350
5 Ed Lennox .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Home Run Baker 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 26
2 Sam Crawford 25
3 Tris Speaker 22
4 Solly Hofman 20
5 2 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 22
2 Honus Wagner 16
3 Donie Bush 14
4 Bobby Byrne 10
4 Rebel Oakes 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.03
2 Chief Bender 1.20
3 Christy Mathewson 1.62
4 Bugs Raymond 1.69
5 Mordecai Brown 1.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 8
1 George Mullin 8
1 Orval Overall 8
4 Mordecai Brown 7
4 Frank Smith 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 75
2 Frank Smith 56
2 Rube Waddell 56
4 Heinie Berger 47
4 Mordecai Brown 47

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 22 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .455
2 Eddie Collins .423
3 Solly Hofman .417
4 Patsy Dougherty .413
5 Del Howard .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Jim Delahanty 1
2 Steve Evans 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 14
2 Home Run Baker 11
3 Solly Hofman 9
3 Sherry Magee 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Eddie Collins 6
3 Jimmy Austin 5
3 Donie Bush 5
3 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.25
2 Earl Moore 0.82
3 Harry Krause 0.86
4 Jim Scott 0.95
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Earl Moore 3
2 Orval Overall 3
2 Cy Young 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 32
2 Heinie Berger 23
3 Rube Waddell 22
4 Walter Johnson 20
5 Frank Smith 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Bull Durham 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .404
2 Solly Hofman .398
3 Nap Lajoie .388
4 Eddie Collins .359
5 Patsy Dougherty .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Frank Schulte 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 19 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 24
2 Sam Crawford 18
3 Sherry Magee 15
3 Tris Speaker 15
5 3 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 18
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Johnny Bates 8
4 3 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rip Hagerman 1.00
2 Harry Krause 1.03
3 Chief Bender 1.25
4 Christy Mathewson 1.62
5 Rube Waddell 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Howie Camnitz 5
2 Orval Overall 5
2 Vic Willis 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 51
2 Heinie Berger 45
3 Frank Smith 41
4 Walter Johnson 37
4 Rube Waddell 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Lew Brockett 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Chappelle 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .371
2 Mike Donlin .342
3 Sam Crawford .318
4 Ty Cobb .316
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 108
2 Ty Cobb 93
3 Mike Donlin 86
4 Sam Crawford 85
5 Danny Murphy 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Ty Cobb 55
3 Hans Lobert 50
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Red Murray 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.60
2 Mordecai Brown 1.84
3 Ed Walsh 2.16
4 Cy Young 2.36
5 Addie Joss 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 34
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
4 Vic Willis 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 254
2 Ed Walsh 246
3 Christy Mathewson 229
4 Orval Overall 223
5 Nap Rucker 202

Saves

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