On This Day

Tuesday, June 15, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 30 17 .638 --
Athletics 26 19 .578 3.0
Highlanders 23 20 .535 5.0
Red Sox 25 22 .532 5.0
Naps 22 23 .489 7.0
White Sox 20 23 .465 8.0
Browns 18 27 .400 11.0
Senators 15 28 .349 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 36 12 .750 --
Cubs 31 18 .633 5.5
Giants 23 20 .535 10.5
Reds 27 24 .529 10.5
Phillies 21 23 .477 13.0
Cardinals 19 30 .388 17.5
Superbas 17 29 .370 18.0
Doves 13 31 .295 21.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Clarke 3
1 Tris Speaker 3
3 Bill Abstein 2
3 Whitey Alpermann 2
3 23 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Ed Hahn 1
1 Tommy Leach 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Abstein 3
1 Ed Hahn 3
3 Hal Chase 2
3 Harry Davis 2
3 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jap Barbeau 2
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 Fred Clarke 1
2 Clyde Engle 1
2 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 1.00
2 Cy Morgan 0.60
3 Rube Manning 0.45
4 Eddie Cicotte 0.33
5 2 tied 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Frock 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 Jack Ryan 1
1 Frank Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 8
2 Harry Howell 6
3 Rube Manning 5
3 Jack Ryan 5
5 Cy Morgan 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .389
2 Eddie Collins .341
2 Nap Lajoie .341
4 Kitty Bransfield .339
5 Mike Mitchell .330

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Tommy Leach 3
1 Red Murray 3
1 Fred Tenney 3
5 7 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 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
2 Chief Bender 1.52
3 Hooks Wiltse 1.79
4 George Mullin 1.80
4 Ed Walsh 1.80

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 86
2 Frank Smith 72
3 Rube Waddell 63
4 Heinie Berger 62
5 Walter Johnson 60

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 .543
2 Art Devlin .448
3 Kitty Bransfield .409
4 Honus Wagner .382
5 Eddie Collins .378

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Browne 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Clyde Engle 1
1 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 12
2 Clyde Engle 10
2 Mike Mitchell 10
4 Harry Steinfeldt 9
5 2 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jap Barbeau 5
1 Johnny Evers 5
3 Bob Bescher 4
3 Fred Clarke 4
3 7 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 0.00
1 Rube Kroh 0.00
1 Ed Reulbach 0.00
4 Heinie Berger 0.50
4 2 others tied 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Leifield 3
1 Frank Smith 3
1 Ed Willett 3
1 Vic Willis 3
5 16 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 22
2 Earl Moore 18
3 Jimmy Dygert 16
3 Frank Smith 16
5 3 tied 15

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 .392
2 Nap Lajoie .386
3 Fred Clarke .383
4 Honus Wagner .373
5 Patsy Dougherty .358

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Danny Murphy 2
5 25 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 28
2 Dots Miller 17
3 Home Run Baker 16
4 Bill Abstein 14
4 Sherry Magee 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Jap Barbeau 10
2 Eddie Collins 10
4 George Moriarty 9
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.81
2 Earl Moore 1.15
3 Vic Willis 1.16
4 Rube Waddell 1.18
5 Addie Joss 1.37

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 43
2 Walter Johnson 42
3 Heinie Berger 38
4 Christy Mathewson 35
4 Frank Smith 35

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 .376
2 Mike Donlin .340
3 Kitty Bransfield .333
4 Sam Crawford .329
5 Ty Cobb .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 9
2 Honus Wagner 9
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 2 others tied 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 222

Saves

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