On This Day

Friday, June 18, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 31 19 .620 --
Athletics 28 20 .583 2.0
Naps 25 23 .521 5.0
Red Sox 26 24 .520 5.0
Highlanders 23 23 .500 6.0
White Sox 22 24 .478 7.0
Browns 19 29 .396 11.0
Senators 17 29 .370 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 37 13 .740 --
Cubs 33 18 .647 4.5
Giants 24 21 .533 10.5
Reds 28 25 .528 10.5
Phillies 22 24 .478 13.0
Cardinals 21 30 .412 16.5
Superbas 17 31 .354 19.0
Doves 13 33 .283 22.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Pep Deininger 3
1 Wilbur Good 3
1 Tommy Leach 3
1 Larry McLean 3
5 19 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Browne 4
2 Ted Easterly 3
2 Wilbur Good 3
2 Tommy Leach 3
5 2 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Terry Turner 2
2 Bill Abstein 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Sam Crawford 1
2 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dode Criss 0.80
2 Addie Joss 0.67
3 Bob Ewing 0.62
4 Harry Krause 0.56
5 Howie Camnitz 0.55

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Harry Krause 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dode Criss 8
2 Howie Camnitz 6
2 Addie Joss 6
4 Bob Ewing 5
4 Harry Krause 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .383
2 Eddie Collins .350
3 Nap Lajoie .335
4 Solly Hofman .328
5 Mike Mitchell .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 5 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 30
2 Honus Wagner 20
3 Donie Bush 16
4 Eddie Collins 14
5 6 tied 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.96
2 Ed Walsh 1.74
3 Chief Bender 1.80
4 Christy Mathewson 1.85
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 11
1 George Mullin 11
3 Mordecai Brown 10
3 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 .514
2 George Browne .455
3 Tommy Leach .429
4 Bob Bescher .387
5 Eddie Collins .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Red Dooin 1
1 Clyde Engle 1
1 Ed Hahn 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 9
2 Whitey Alpermann 8
2 Tommy Leach 8
2 Dots Miller 8
2 3 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 5
1 Johnny Evers 5
3 Jap Barbeau 4
3 Al Burch 4
3 9 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 0.00
1 Rube Kroh 0.00
3 Ed Reulbach 0.43
4 Earl Moore 0.62
5 Ed Walsh 0.78

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 Vic Willis 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 22
2 Dode Criss 21
3 Heinie Berger 20
4 Earl Moore 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

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

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .421
2 Nap Lajoie .386
3 Honus Wagner .373
4 Patsy Dougherty .363
5 Fred Clarke .361

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 25
2 Home Run Baker 17
3 Harry Davis 15
3 Dots Miller 15
5 2 tied 14

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 0.77
2 Vic Willis 0.92
3 Earl Moore 1.15
4 Harry Krause 1.19
5 Rube Waddell 1.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 Addie Joss 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 Earl Moore 5
1 6 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 .376
2 Kitty Bransfield .333
3 Mike Donlin .333
4 Sam Crawford .325
5 Ty Cobb .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 10
3 Honus Wagner 7
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 105
2 Ty Cobb 90
3 Danny Murphy 86
4 Sam Crawford 83
5 Mike Donlin 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 59
1 Honus Wagner 59
3 Hans Lobert 48
4 Sherry Magee 39
5 Patsy Dougherty 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.62
2 Mordecai Brown 1.99
3 Chief Bender 2.01
4 Ed Reulbach 2.23
5 Ed Walsh 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 34
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 Walter Johnson 222
4 Christy Mathewson 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