On This Day

Thursday, June 17, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 31 18 .633 --
Athletics 27 20 .574 3.0
Red Sox 26 24 .520 5.5
Highlanders 23 22 .511 6.0
Naps 24 23 .511 6.0
White Sox 22 24 .478 7.5
Browns 19 28 .404 11.0
Senators 16 29 .356 13.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 36 13 .735 --
Cubs 33 18 .647 4.0
Giants 24 20 .545 9.5
Reds 27 25 .519 10.5
Phillies 22 23 .489 12.0
Cardinals 21 30 .412 16.0
Superbas 17 31 .354 18.5
Doves 13 33 .283 21.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Neal Ball 3
1 Patsy Dougherty 3
1 Rube Ellis 3
1 Frank Isbell 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Frank Isbell 3
1 Billy Purtell 3
1 Heinie Wagner 3
4 Fred Beck 2
4 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Sheckard 2
2 Al Burch 1
2 Donie Bush 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 9 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Burns 0.70
2 Heinie Berger 0.50
2 Mordecai Brown 0.50
2 Bob Groom 0.50
5 Frank Smith 0.45

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bill Burns 1
1 Bob Groom 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Burns 7
2 Jack Warhop 6
3 Heinie Berger 5
3 Frank Smith 5
5 Mordecai Brown 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .385
2 Eddie Collins .344
3 Nap Lajoie .335
4 Solly Hofman .328
5 Fred Clarke .326

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 31
3 Dots Miller 28
3 Tris Speaker 28
5 3 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 29
2 Honus Wagner 19
3 Donie Bush 16
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 Mordecai Brown 10
2 Howie Camnitz 10
2 Frank Smith 10
5 Orval Overall 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 86
2 Frank Smith 77
3 Rube Waddell 68
4 Heinie Berger 67
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 .543
2 Art Devlin .379
3 Kitty Bransfield .375
3 Tommy Leach .375
5 Dick Egan .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Red Dooin 1
1 Clyde Engle 1
1 9 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Mike Mitchell 9
2 Harry Steinfeldt 9
4 Whitey Alpermann 8
4 6 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jap Barbeau 5
1 Bob Bescher 5
1 Johnny Evers 5
1 Harry Lord 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 Addie Joss 0.50
5 Earl Moore 0.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 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 Heinie Berger 20
3 Art Fromme 19
4 Earl Moore 18
5 Chief Bender 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Ed Walsh 1
1 Jack Warhop 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .406
2 Nap Lajoie .384
3 Fred Clarke .381
4 Honus Wagner .373
5 Patsy Dougherty .357

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 28
2 Home Run Baker 17
3 Dots Miller 16
4 Harry Davis 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Jap Barbeau 10
2 Eddie Collins 10
2 George Moriarty 10
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Hughes 1.04
2 Earl Moore 1.15
3 Vic Willis 1.16
4 Rube Waddell 1.30
5 Addie Joss 1.37

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 Earl Moore 5
1 George Mullin 5
1 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 43
2 Frank Smith 40
3 Walter Johnson 39
4 Heinie Berger 37
5 Chief Bender 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 .375
2 Mike Donlin .340
3 Kitty Bransfield .333
4 Sam Crawford .327
5 Ty Cobb .320

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 109
2 Ty Cobb 91
3 Danny Murphy 84
4 Sam Crawford 83
5 Mike Donlin 81

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 59
2 Ty Cobb 58
3 Hans Lobert 48
4 Patsy Dougherty 40
4 Sherry Magee 40

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 Reulbach 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 35
2 Mordecai Brown 30
2 Ed Walsh 30
4 Ed Reulbach 25
4 Ed Summers 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 242
2 Rube Waddell 233
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