On This Day

Monday, June 14, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 30 16 .652 --
Athletics 25 19 .568 4.0
Highlanders 23 19 .548 5.0
Red Sox 24 22 .522 6.0
Naps 22 22 .500 7.0
White Sox 19 23 .452 9.0
Browns 18 26 .409 11.0
Senators 14 28 .333 14.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 35 12 .745 --
Cubs 31 18 .633 5.0
Giants 23 20 .535 10.0
Reds 27 24 .529 10.0
Phillies 21 23 .477 12.5
Cardinals 19 30 .388 17.0
Superbas 17 28 .378 17.0
Doves 13 31 .295 20.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Whitey Alpermann 4
2 George Browne 3
2 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Roy Hartzell 3
2 Frank Isbell 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Clyde Engle 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 5
2 Dots Miller 4
2 John Titus 4
4 Roy Hartzell 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kid Elberfeld 3
2 Charlie Hemphill 2
2 Sherry Magee 2
4 Bob Bescher 1
4 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Harry Gaspar 0.80
2 Jimmy Dygert 0.50
2 Earl Moore 0.50
4 Frank Arellanes 0.40
5 3 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 Bill Dinneen 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Earl Moore 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 5
2 Harry Gaspar 4
3 Dolly Gray 3
3 Jim Pastorius 3
5 11 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .392
2 Nap Lajoie .343
3 Eddie Collins .341
4 Kitty Bransfield .339
5 Ed Lennox .333

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Red Murray 3
1 Fred Tenney 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 40
2 Sam Crawford 29
3 Dots Miller 28
4 Tris Speaker 26
5 Harry Steinfeldt 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 27
2 Honus Wagner 19
3 Donie Bush 14
4 Eddie Collins 13
5 2 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
2 Chief Bender 1.52
3 Rube Manning 1.57
4 Hooks Wiltse 1.79
5 2 tied 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 11
2 Howie Camnitz 10
3 Mordecai Brown 9
3 Orval Overall 9
3 Frank Smith 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 86
2 Frank Smith 70
3 Rube Waddell 63
4 Heinie Berger 62
5 Nap Rucker 56

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 29 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Clarke .462
2 Honus Wagner .429
3 Art Devlin .400
4 Kitty Bransfield .391
5 George Browne .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Browne 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Clyde Engle 1
1 Hobe Ferris 1
1 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 14
2 Clyde Engle 10
2 Dots Miller 10
2 Mike Mitchell 10
5 Harry Steinfeldt 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 6
2 Bob Bescher 5
2 Ty Cobb 5
2 Johnny Evers 5
5 6 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 0.00
2 Heinie Berger 0.50
3 Addie Joss 0.67
3 George Mullin 0.67
5 Rube Manning 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 19
1 Earl Moore 19
3 Jimmy Dygert 17
3 George Mullin 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .388
2 Nap Lajoie .386
2 Honus Wagner .386
4 Patsy Dougherty .358
5 Fred Clarke .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 2
2 Danny Murphy 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 30
2 Dots Miller 17
3 Home Run Baker 16
4 Sherry Magee 14
4 Mike Mitchell 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Eddie Collins 10
3 George Moriarty 9
4 Jap Barbeau 8
4 2 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.81
2 Earl Moore 1.15
3 Rube Manning 1.15
4 Vic Willis 1.16
5 Rube Waddell 1.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 Lefty Leifield 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 Earl Moore 5
1 4 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 48
2 Heinie Berger 38
3 Christy Mathewson 35
4 Walter Johnson 34
4 Frank Smith 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .377
2 Mike Donlin .340
3 Kitty Bransfield .333
4 Sam Crawford .326
5 Ty Cobb .317

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 111
2 Ty Cobb 89
3 Danny Murphy 84
4 Sam Crawford 83
5 Mike Donlin 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 60
2 Ty Cobb 56
3 Hans Lobert 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 43
5 Sherry Magee 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.59
2 Chief Bender 1.90
3 Mordecai Brown 1.99
4 Addie Joss 2.12
5 Ed Walsh 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 34
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Vic Willis 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 246
2 Rube Waddell 234
3 Orval Overall 231
4 Christy Mathewson 226
5 Walter Johnson 214

Saves

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