On This Day

Tuesday, June 1, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	25	12	.676	--
Athletics	22	15	.595	3.0
Highlanders	19	15	.559	4.5
Red Sox	20	17	.541	5.0
Browns	17	19	.472	7.5
Naps	16	21	.432	9.0
White Sox	15	21	.417	9.5
Senators	11	25	.306	13.5

Games

Athletics 1, Red Sox 0

Red Sox 1, Athletics 0

Highlanders 4, Senators 0

Senators 2, Highlanders 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	26	12	.684	--
Cubs	25	16	.610	2.5
Giants	18	17	.514	6.5
Phillies	17	17	.500	7.0
Reds	19	22	.463	8.5
Superbas	16	19	.457	8.5
Cardinals	17	23	.425	10.0
Doves	12	24	.333	13.0

Games

Cubs 9, Reds 3

Giants 5, Superbas 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Bob Ganley	3
1	Harry Niles	3
1	Tris Speaker	3
4	Home Run Baker	2
4	17 others tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Murray	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Jimmy Sheckard	4
2	Hal Chase	2
3	George Bell	1
3	Al Bridwell	1
3	16 others tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Collins	1
1	Jiggs Donahue	1
1	Charlie Hemphill	1
1	Miller Huggins	1
1	4 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Harry Krause	1.14
2	Red Ames	0.78
3	Charlie Smith	0.62
4	George Bell	0.33
4	Fred Burchell	0.33

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Red Ames	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Fred Burchell	1
1	Bob Groom	1
1	2 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Harry Krause	8
2	Red Ames	7
3	Charlie Smith	5
4	George Bell	3
4	Jack Ryan	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Eddie Cicotte	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.390
2	Danny Hoffman	.375
3	Nap Lajoie	.366
4	Solly Hofman	.340
5	Eddie Collins	.333

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Murray	3
1	Fred Tenney	3
3	Home Run Baker	2
3	Sam Crawford	2
3	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	28
2	Sam Crawford	25
3	Tris Speaker	23
4	Joe Tinker	21
5	3 tied	20

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	23
2	Honus Wagner	16
3	Donie Bush	14
4	Bobby Byrne	10
4	2 others tied	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.78
2	Chief Bender	1.55
3	Bugs Raymond	1.69
4	Mordecai Brown	1.82
5	Hooks Wiltse	1.86

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Mullin	9
2	Mordecai Brown	8
2	Howie Camnitz	8
2	Orval Overall	8
5	Frank Smith	7

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	75
2	Frank Smith	56
2	Rube Waddell	56
4	Mordecai Brown	49
4	Nap Rucker	49

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	3
1	Mordecai Brown	3
3	Billy Campbell	2
3	Al Mattern	2
5	23 tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Nap Lajoie	.510
2	Eddie Collins	.421
3	Patsy Dougherty	.400
3	Danny Murphy	.400
5	Joe Tinker	.390

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Home Run Baker	1
2	Jim Delahanty	1
2	George Gibson	1
2	13 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	15
2	Home Run Baker	13
3	Pat Moran	9
4	Ty Cobb	8
4	6 others tied	8

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Waddell	0.25
2	Harry Krause	0.90
3	Slim Sallee	1.04
4	Rube Manning	1.23
4	Ed Killian	1.23

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Rube Waddell	4
2	Mordecai Brown	3
2	Earl Moore	3
2	George Mullin	3
2	3 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	32
2	Nap Rucker	22
2	Rube Waddell	22
4	Tom Hughes	19
4	Frank Smith	19

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Lew Brockett	1
1	Bill Chappelle	1
1	Eddie Cicotte	1
1	Bull Durham	1
1	4 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.414
2	Nap Lajoie	.409
3	Solly Hofman	.380
4	Eddie Collins	.352
5	Patsy Dougherty	.342

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Frank Schulte	2
3	Home Run Baker	1
3	Al Burch	1
3	21 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	26
2	Dots Miller	16
2	Tris Speaker	16
4	Bill Abstein	15
4	2 others tied	15

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	17
2	Honus Wagner	12
3	Donie Bush	11
4	Eddie Collins	9
5	4 tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.78
2	Rip Hagerman	1.00
3	Chief Bender	1.66
4	Rube Waddell	1.74
5	Babe Adams	1.78

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Rube Waddell	6
3	Howie Camnitz	5
3	George Mullin	5
3	2 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	51
2	Heinie Berger	45
3	Frank Smith	41
4	Nap Rucker	38
5	2 tied	37

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	2
2	Lew Brockett	1
2	Billy Campbell	1
2	Bill Chappelle	1
2	13 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.372
2	Mike Donlin	.342
3	Sam Crawford	.321
4	Ty Cobb	.321
5	Nap Lajoie	.313

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	12
2	Honus Wagner	10
3	Red Murray	9
4	Sam Crawford	7
4	Tommy Leach	7

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	107
2	Ty Cobb	91
3	Mike Donlin	86
4	Sam Crawford	84
5	Danny Murphy	82

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	60
2	Ty Cobb	56
3	Hans Lobert	49
4	Patsy Dougherty	43
5	Red Murray	40

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	1.67
2	Mordecai Brown	1.85
3	Ed Walsh	2.21
4	Addie Joss	2.30
5	Ed Reulbach	2.35

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	247
2	Ed Walsh	245
3	Christy Mathewson	235
4	Orval Overall	220
5	Nap Rucker	209

Saves

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