On This Day

Monday, June 21, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 35 19 .648 --
Athletics 28 23 .549 5.5
Red Sox 29 24 .547 5.5
Naps 27 24 .529 6.5
Highlanders 25 25 .500 8.0
White Sox 23 26 .469 9.5
Senators 19 31 .380 14.0
Browns 19 33 .365 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 39 13 .750 --
Cubs 35 18 .660 4.5
Giants 24 22 .522 12.0
Reds 28 27 .509 12.5
Phillies 24 25 .490 13.5
Cardinals 23 30 .434 16.5
Superbas 17 33 .340 21.0
Doves 13 35 .271 24.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Austin 4
1 Ray Demmitt 4
1 Harry Lord 4
1 George McBride 4
1 Bob Unglaub 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Unglaub 3
2 Jack Barry 2
2 Bill Carrigan 2
2 Topsy Hartsel 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Lord 3
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Fred Clarke 2
2 Danny Hoffman 2
5 9 tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Donovan 1.12
2 Bill Grahame 0.50
3 Eddie Plank 0.42
4 Rube Manning 0.33
4 2 others tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 Rube Manning 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Donovan 9
2 Tom Hughes 5
2 Eddie Plank 5
4 Jack Warhop 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sam Frock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .380
2 Eddie Collins .345
3 Nap Lajoie .340
4 Rube Ellis .319
5 Solly Hofman .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 4
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 Tommy Leach 3
2 Frank Schulte 3
2 Fred Tenney 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 42
2 Sam Crawford 34
3 Tris Speaker 30
4 Dots Miller 28
5 3 tied 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 32
2 Honus Wagner 20
3 Donie Bush 16
4 Eddie Collins 15
5 Harry Lord 14

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.10
2 Ed Walsh 1.52
3 Chief Bender 1.80
4 Christy Mathewson 1.85
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 12
2 Howie Camnitz 11
3 Mordecai Brown 10
3 Frank Smith 10
5 4 tied 9

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 86
2 Frank Smith 79
3 Rube Waddell 73
4 Heinie Berger 72
5 Walter Johnson 71

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 4
2 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 32 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Browne .478
2 Fred Clarke .465
3 Tommy Leach .421
4 Bill Carrigan .400
5 Ty Cobb .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Ray Demmitt 1
1 Red Dooin 1
1 Clyde Engle 1
1 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 10
2 Bobby Byrne 9
2 Clyde Engle 9
2 Honus Wagner 9
5 8 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 6
1 Harry Lord 6
3 Fred Clarke 5
3 Jack McAleese 5
5 11 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Kroh 0.00
2 Ed Walsh 0.56
3 Heinie Berger 0.75
4 Vic Willis 0.90
5 Ed Reulbach 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
3 Howie Camnitz 3
3 Eddie Cicotte 3
3 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 26
2 Heinie Berger 25
3 Dode Criss 21
4 Chief Bender 17
4 Howie Camnitz 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Sam Frock 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .429
2 Honus Wagner .388
3 Ty Cobb .375
4 Nap Lajoie .372
5 George Browne .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dick Hoblitzell 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Red Murray 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 24 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 26
2 Home Run Baker 16
3 Harry Davis 14
3 Tommy Leach 14
3 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Jap Barbeau 10
2 Eddie Collins 10
2 George Moriarty 10
5 Harry Lord 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vic Willis 0.87
2 Ed Reulbach 0.88
3 Harry Krause 1.44
4 Addie Joss 1.60
5 Tom Hughes 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Willett 6
1 Vic Willis 6
3 Heinie Berger 5
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 42
2 Walter Johnson 40
3 Frank Smith 37
4 Rube Waddell 36
5 Orval Overall 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Lew Brockett 1
1 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .379
2 Kitty Bransfield .326
3 Ty Cobb .324
4 Sam Crawford .323
5 Eddie Collins .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 8
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 92
3 Danny Murphy 87
4 Sam Crawford 86
5 Mike Donlin 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 60
2 Honus Wagner 57
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Sherry Magee 39
5 Patsy Dougherty 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.66
2 Mordecai Brown 1.99
3 Chief Bender 2.01
4 Ed Reulbach 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
2 Mordecai Brown 30
2 Ed Walsh 30
4 Ed Reulbach 26
4 Ed Summers 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 241
2 Rube Waddell 235
3 Walter Johnson 233
4 Orval Overall 231
5 Christy Mathewson 216

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 5
2 Frank Arellanes 4
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 Orval Overall 4