On This Day

Wednesday, June 2, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 25 13 .658 --
Athletics 23 15 .605 2.0
Highlanders 20 15 .571 3.5
Red Sox 21 17 .553 4.0
Browns 17 20 .459 7.5
Naps 16 22 .421 9.0
White Sox 15 22 .405 9.5
Senators 12 25 .324 12.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 27 12 .692 --
Cubs 25 16 .610 3.0
Giants 18 17 .514 7.0
Phillies 17 17 .500 7.5
Reds 19 22 .463 9.0
Superbas 16 19 .457 9.0
Cardinals 17 23 .425 10.5
Doves 12 25 .324 14.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Birdie Cree 3
1 Claude Ritchey 3
3 Bill Abstein 2
3 Bill Bradley 2
3 17 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Browne 1
1 Bob Unglaub 1
1 Harry Wolter 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Wolter 3
2 Eddie Collins 2
2 Clyde Engle 2
4 Bill Abstein 1
4 12 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Patsy Dougherty 2
3 Eddie Collins 1
3 Wid Conroy 1
3 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jimmy Dygert 0.75
1 Tom Hughes 0.75
3 Joe Lake 0.71
4 Frank Smith 0.67
5 Jack Powell 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Joe Lake 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Rube Vickers 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tom Hughes 6
1 Frank Smith 6
3 Joe Lake 5
4 Rube Vickers 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Cy Morgan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .393
2 Danny Hoffman .370
3 Nap Lajoie .356
4 Solly Hofman .340
5 Eddie Collins .338

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 Bill Abstein 21
4 Joe Tinker 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 25
2 Honus Wagner 16
3 Donie Bush 14
4 Eddie Collins 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.78
2 Chief Bender 1.53
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 62
3 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 25 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .481
2 Eddie Collins .439
3 Patsy Dougherty .432
4 Danny Murphy .407
5 Joe Tinker .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 George Browne 1
2 Jim Delahanty 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 13
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Pat Moran 9
3 Danny Murphy 9
5 4 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 Eddie Collins 7
3 Jimmy Austin 5
3 Jap Barbeau 5
3 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Waddell 0.25
2 Rube Manning 0.50
3 Vic Willis 0.78
4 Harry Krause 0.90
5 Slim Sallee 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Waddell 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Joe Lake 3
2 Earl Moore 3
2 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 32
2 Tom Hughes 25
2 Frank Smith 25
4 Rube Waddell 22
5 3 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .421
2 Nap Lajoie .409
3 Solly Hofman .366
4 Patsy Dougherty .361
5 Eddie Collins .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Frank Schulte 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 George Browne 1
3 24 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 23
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 16
2 Donie Bush 11
3 Eddie Collins 10
4 Honus Wagner 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.78
2 Orval Overall 1.60
3 Chief Bender 1.64
4 Billy Campbell 1.67
5 Rube Waddell 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Rube Waddell 6
3 Orval Overall 5
3 Vic Willis 5
5 13 tied 4

Strikeouts

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

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Lew Brockett 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 15 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .372
2 Mike Donlin .343
3 Sam Crawford .324
4 Ty Cobb .321
5 Kitty Bransfield .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 106
2 Ty Cobb 91
3 Mike Donlin 86
4 Sam Crawford 84
5 Danny Murphy 83

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 60
2 Ty Cobb 58
3 Hans Lobert 49
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.67
2 Mordecai Brown 1.85
3 Ed Walsh 2.23
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 244
3 Christy Mathewson 235
4 Orval Overall 220
5 Nap Rucker 209

Saves

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