On This Day

Thursday, June 10, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 29 14 .674 --
Highlanders 22 17 .564 5.0
Athletics 23 18 .561 5.0
Red Sox 24 19 .558 5.0
Naps 19 22 .463 9.0
White Sox 17 22 .436 10.0
Browns 17 24 .415 11.0
Senators 12 27 .308 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 32 12 .727 --
Cubs 29 17 .630 4.0
Giants 21 18 .538 8.5
Reds 25 22 .532 8.5
Phillies 17 23 .425 13.0
Cardinals 19 26 .422 13.5
Superbas 17 25 .405 14.0
Doves 12 29 .293 18.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Kid Elberfeld 2
1 6 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Del Howard 2
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 Clyde Engle 1
2 George Mullin 1
2 2 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Evers 2
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Buck Herzog 1
2 Del Howard 1
2 George Moriarty 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 0.78
2 Rube Marquard 0.45
3 George Mullin 0.33
4 George McConnell 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Pfiester 7
2 Rube Marquard 5
3 Rube Manning 3
3 George Mullin 3
5 Red Ames 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .388
2 Nap Lajoie .350
3 Mike Mitchell .339
4 Ed Lennox .336
5 Solly Hofman .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Red Murray 3
1 Fred Tenney 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 36
2 Sam Crawford 28
3 Tris Speaker 26
4 Bill Abstein 22
4 2 others tied 22

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 27
2 Honus Wagner 17
3 Donie Bush 14
4 Hans Lobert 12
5 4 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
2 Rube Manning 1.57
3 Chief Bender 1.60
4 Hooks Wiltse 1.73
5 George Mullin 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 11
2 Howie Camnitz 9
2 Orval Overall 9
4 Mordecai Brown 8
4 Frank Smith 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 83
2 Frank Smith 64
3 Rube Waddell 59
4 Nap Rucker 56
5 Heinie Berger 54

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 28 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .417
2 Honus Wagner .415
3 Danny Murphy .400
4 Joe Tinker .394
5 Eddie Collins .385

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Home Run Baker 1
1 George Browne 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Hobe Ferris 1
1 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 17
2 Mike Mitchell 9
3 Danny Murphy 8
4 Home Run Baker 7
5 5 tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 8
2 George Moriarty 7
3 Johnny Evers 6
4 Eddie Collins 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Mullin 0.67
2 Rube Manning 0.69
3 Vic Willis 0.75
4 Ed Reulbach 0.78
5 Addie Joss 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Willis 4
2 Eddie Cicotte 3
2 Addie Joss 3
2 Christy Mathewson 3
2 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jimmy Dygert 18
1 Harry Krause 18
1 Orval Overall 18
1 Jack Pfiester 18
1 Frank Smith 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Chappelle 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .390
2 Joe Tinker .382
3 Honus Wagner .381
4 Ty Cobb .371
5 Solly Hofman .366

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 28
2 Home Run Baker 15
2 Ginger Beaumont 15
4 Ty Cobb 14
5 Mike Mitchell 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 18
2 Donie Bush 10
3 George Moriarty 9
4 Jack Barry 8
4 3 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.81
2 Vic Willis 1.52
3 Rube Manning 1.57
4 Jack Pfiester 1.58
5 Rube Waddell 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 George Mullin 5
1 Orval Overall 5
1 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 49
2 Heinie Berger 40
3 Nap Rucker 38
4 Frank Smith 32
5 2 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Lew Brockett 1
2 15 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .373
2 Mike Donlin .336
3 Sam Crawford .326
4 Ty Cobb .318
5 Kitty Bransfield .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 9
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 Danny Murphy 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 108
2 Ty Cobb 90
3 Danny Murphy 84
4 Sam Crawford 83
5 Mike Donlin 82

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 60
2 Ty Cobb 58
3 Hans Lobert 51
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 2 tied 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.72
2 Mordecai Brown 1.81
3 Chief Bender 1.95
4 Addie Joss 2.15
5 Ed Reulbach 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Ed Reulbach 25
4 2 others tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 244
2 Rube Waddell 237
3 Orval Overall 228
4 Christy Mathewson 222
5 2 tied 207

Saves

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