On This Day

Friday, June 4, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 27 13 .675 --
Athletics 23 16 .590 3.5
Highlanders 21 15 .583 4.0
Red Sox 21 19 .525 6.0
Browns 17 21 .447 9.0
White Sox 16 22 .421 10.0
Naps 16 22 .421 10.0
Senators 12 25 .324 13.5

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

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jake Stahl 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Boss Schmidt 2
2 Heinie Wagner 2
5 8 tied 1

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Boss Schmidt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Boss Schmidt 3
2 Donie Bush 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Stahl 2
2 Harry Hooper 1
2 Harry Lord 1
2 George Moriarty 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 George Mullin 0.88
2 Cy Morgan 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 George Mullin 7
2 Fred Burchell 1
2 Cy Morgan 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

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 10
2 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 .480
2 Honus Wagner .476
3 Joe Tinker .444
4 Patsy Dougherty .439
5 Nap Lajoie .432

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 George Browne 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 17 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 17
2 Home Run Baker 13
3 Danny Murphy 8
3 Germany Schaefer 8
5 5 tied 7

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 George Moriarty 7
3 Jap Barbeau 6
3 Eddie Collins 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Manning 0.50
2 Vic Willis 0.78
3 Rube Waddell 1.06
4 Tom Hughes 1.13
5 Harry Krause 1.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orval Overall 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 George Mullin 3
2 Rube Waddell 3
2 Ed Willett 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 40
2 Tom Hughes 25
3 Frank Smith 22
3 Rube Waddell 22
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 Honus Wagner .416
2 Nap Lajoie .398
3 Joe Tinker .381
4 Solly Hofman .367
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 26 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 26
2 Home Run Baker 16
2 Ginger Beaumont 16
4 Joe Tinker 15
5 2 tied 14

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.64
2 Bugs Raymond 1.53
3 Chief Bender 1.64
4 Billy Campbell 1.67
5 Orval Overall 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Orval Overall 6
3 George Mullin 5
3 Rube Waddell 5
5 12 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 53
2 Heinie Berger 45
3 Nap Rucker 37
3 Frank Smith 37
5 Walter Johnson 35

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 .373
2 Mike Donlin .342
3 Sam Crawford .325
4 Ty Cobb .319
5 Kitty Bransfield .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 8
5 2 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 2 tied 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.71
2 Mordecai Brown 1.79
3 Ed Walsh 2.23
4 Ed Reulbach 2.30
5 Addie Joss 2.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
1 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 Orval Overall 228
4 Christy Mathewson 224
5 Nap Rucker 201

Saves

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