On This Day

Wednesday, June 16, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	30	18	.625	--
Athletics	27	19	.587	2.0
Highlanders	23	21	.523	5.0
Red Sox	25	23	.521	5.0
Naps	23	23	.500	6.0
White Sox	21	23	.477	7.0
Browns	19	27	.413	10.0
Senators	15	29	.341	13.0

Games

White Sox 6, Red Sox 4

Naps 4, Highlanders 3

Athletics 5, Tigers 4

Browns 3, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	36	13	.735	--
Cubs	32	18	.640	4.5
Giants	24	20	.545	9.5
Reds	27	25	.519	10.5
Phillies	22	23	.489	12.0
Cardinals	20	30	.400	16.5
Superbas	17	30	.362	18.0
Doves	13	32	.289	21.0

Games

Cubs 3, Superbas 1

Phillies 7, Reds 1

Giants 8, Pirates 2

Cardinals 6, Doves 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Al Bridwell	3
1	Rube Ellis	3
1	George Gibson	3
1	Eddie Grant	3
1	3 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Dooin	1
1	Red Murray	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Red Dooin	3
1	Patsy Dougherty	3
1	Chief Meyers	3
1	Billy Purtell	3
5	4 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	1
1	Donie Bush	1
1	Ty Cobb	1
1	Eddie Collins	1
1	16 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Art Fromme	1.33
2	Nap Rucker	0.62
2	Elmer Steele	0.62
4	Slow Joe Doyle	0.55
5	Cy Young	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	Lew Moren	1
1	Ed Reulbach	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Slow Joe Doyle	6
2	Nap Rucker	5
2	Elmer Steele	5
2	Rube Waddell	5
5	3 tied	4

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Ed Walsh	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.385
2	Eddie Collins	.347
3	Nap Lajoie	.341
4	Kitty Bransfield	.328
5	Sam Crawford	.327

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Murray	4
2	Sam Crawford	3
2	Tommy Leach	3
2	Fred Tenney	3
5	7 tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	41
2	Sam Crawford	29
3	Dots Miller	28
4	Tris Speaker	27
5	2 tied	25

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	28
2	Honus Wagner	19
3	Donie Bush	15
4	Eddie Collins	14
5	4 tied	12

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.95
2	Ed Walsh	1.74
3	Hooks Wiltse	1.79
4	Chief Bender	1.80
5	Christy Mathewson	1.85

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	68
4	Heinie Berger	62
5	Nap Rucker	61

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	3
1	Mordecai Brown	3
3	Billy Campbell	2
3	Al Mattern	2
5	30 tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Fred Clarke	.538
2	Eddie Collins	.400
3	Whitey Alpermann	.396
4	Art Devlin	.379
5	Kitty Bransfield	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	George Browne	1
1	Sam Crawford	1
1	Ray Demmitt	1
1	Red Dooin	1
1	12 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	13
2	Clyde Engle	10
3	Mike Mitchell	9
3	Harry Steinfeldt	9
5	4 tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Jap Barbeau	5
1	Bob Bescher	5
1	Ty Cobb	5
1	Johnny Evers	5
1	George Moriarty	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Jack Pfiester	0.00
1	Rube Kroh	0.00
3	Ed Reulbach	0.43
4	Heinie Berger	0.50
4	Addie Joss	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Lefty Leifield	3
1	Christy Mathewson	3
1	Frank Smith	3
1	Ed Willett	3
1	Vic Willis	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	22
2	Art Fromme	19
3	Chief Bender	18
3	Earl Moore	18
5	3 tied	16

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Babe Adams	1
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Tom Hughes	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	3 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Eddie Collins	.412
2	Fred Clarke	.388
3	Nap Lajoie	.384
4	Honus Wagner	.368
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
2	Red Murray	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	29
2	Home Run Baker	17
2	Dots Miller	17
4	Bill Abstein	14
4	2 others tied	14

Stolen Bases

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

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.81
2	Tom Hughes	1.04
3	Earl Moore	1.15
4	Vic Willis	1.16
5	Rube Waddell	1.30

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	6
2	Mordecai Brown	5
2	Lefty Leifield	5
2	Earl Moore	5
2	6 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	43
2	Walter Johnson	39
3	Heinie Berger	38
3	Christy Mathewson	38
5	2 tied	35

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Babe Adams	1
1	Chief Bender	1
1	Lew Brockett	1
1	Bill Chappelle	1
1	11 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.373
2	Mike Donlin	.340
3	Kitty Bransfield	.331
4	Sam Crawford	.330
5	Ty Cobb	.318

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	110
2	Ty Cobb	90
3	Danny Murphy	84
4	Sam Crawford	83
5	Mike Donlin	81

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	60
2	Ty Cobb	57
3	Hans Lobert	48
4	Patsy Dougherty	41
4	Sherry Magee	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	1.60
2	Mordecai Brown	1.99
3	Chief Bender	2.01
4	Addie Joss	2.12
5	Ed Walsh	2.23

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	35
2	Ed Walsh	31
3	Mordecai Brown	29
4	Ed Reulbach	25
4	Vic Willis	25

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	246
2	Rube Waddell	239
3	Orval Overall	231
4	Christy Mathewson	229
5	Walter Johnson	222

Saves

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