On This Day

Thursday, June 3, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 26 13 .667 --
Athletics 23 16 .590 3.0
Highlanders 21 15 .583 3.5
Red Sox 21 18 .538 5.0
Browns 17 21 .447 8.5
White Sox 16 22 .421 9.5
Naps 16 22 .421 9.5
Senators 12 25 .324 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 28 12 .700 --
Cubs 26 16 .619 3.0
Giants 18 17 .514 7.5
Phillies 17 18 .486 8.5
Reds 20 22 .476 9.0
Superbas 16 20 .444 10.0
Cardinals 17 23 .425 11.0
Doves 12 26 .316 15.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Davis 4
2 Tom Jones 3
2 Joe Tinker 3
2 Honus Wagner 3
5 24 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Hobe Ferris 1
1 Danny Murphy 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 5
2 Ginger Beaumont 4
3 Mike Mitchell 3
3 Doc White 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 2
1 Jack Thoney 2
3 Jap Barbeau 1
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 16 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Fromme 1.25
2 Orval Overall 0.73
3 Rube Waddell 0.38
4 Elmer Steele 0.33
5 Lew Moren 0.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Art Fromme 1
1 Orval Overall 1
1 Deacon Phillippe 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Art Fromme 10
2 Orval Overall 8
3 Lew Moren 5
4 Elmer Steele 3
4 Rube Waddell 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Warhop 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .403
2 Danny Hoffman .370
3 Nap Lajoie .356
4 Eddie Collins .342
5 Solly Hofman .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Red Murray 3
1 Fred Tenney 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 33
2 Sam Crawford 27
3 Tris Speaker 23
4 Joe Tinker 22
5 2 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 26
2 Honus Wagner 16
3 Donie Bush 14
4 Eddie Collins 11
5 2 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
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
1 Orval Overall 9
3 Mordecai Brown 8
3 Howie Camnitz 8
3 Frank Smith 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 83
2 Frank Smith 64
3 Rube Waddell 59
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 26 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .473
2 Joe Tinker .462
3 Nap Lajoie .458
4 Honus Wagner .435
5 Patsy Dougherty .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 George Browne 1
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 17
2 Home Run Baker 13
3 Pat Moran 10
4 Eddie Collins 8
4 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 12
2 Eddie Collins 7
3 Jap Barbeau 6
3 George Moriarty 6
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Manning 0.50
2 Vic Willis 0.78
3 Rube Waddell 1.05
4 Tom Hughes 1.13
5 Harry Krause 1.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orval Overall 4
1 Rube Waddell 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Earl Moore 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 40
2 Frank Smith 27
3 Tom Hughes 25
3 Rube Waddell 25
5 Art Fromme 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .409
1 Honus Wagner .409
3 Joe Tinker .364
4 Solly Hofman .363
5 Ty Cobb .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Danny Murphy 2
2 Frank Schulte 2
5 25 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 26
2 Home Run Baker 16
2 Ginger Beaumont 16
4 Danny Murphy 15
4 Joe Tinker 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 17
2 Donie Bush 10
3 Jack Barry 8
3 Eddie Collins 8
3 Kid Elberfeld 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.64
2 Chief Bender 1.64
3 Billy Campbell 1.67
4 Orval Overall 1.71
5 Babe Adams 1.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Orval Overall 6
1 Rube Waddell 6
4 George Bell 4
4 14 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 53
2 Heinie Berger 45
3 Frank Smith 40
3 Rube Waddell 40
5 Nap Rucker 38

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 .339
3 Sam Crawford .326
4 Ty Cobb .320
5 Kitty Bransfield .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 8
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 105
2 Ty Cobb 91
3 Sam Crawford 86
4 Mike Donlin 84
4 Danny Murphy 84

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 60
2 Ty Cobb 59
3 Hans Lobert 49
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.67
2 Mordecai Brown 1.79
3 Ed Walsh 2.23
4 Addie Joss 2.30
5 Ed Reulbach 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 34
2 Ed Walsh 33
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 250
2 Ed Walsh 244
3 Christy Mathewson 235
4 Orval Overall 228
5 Nap Rucker 209

Saves

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