On This Day

Thursday, June 24, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 38 19 .667 --
Athletics 31 23 .574 5.5
Red Sox 32 24 .571 5.5
Naps 30 25 .545 7.0
Highlanders 25 28 .472 11.0
White Sox 24 29 .453 12.0
Senators 19 34 .358 17.0
Browns 19 36 .345 18.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 41 13 .759 --
Cubs 35 19 .648 6.0
Giants 28 22 .560 11.0
Reds 29 27 .518 13.0
Phillies 24 28 .462 16.0
Cardinals 23 32 .418 18.5
Superbas 20 33 .377 20.5
Doves 13 39 .250 27.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Murray 5
1 Fred Tenney 5
3 Donie Bush 4
4 Johnny Bates 3
4 5 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Birdie Cree 1
1 Larry Doyle 1
1 Fred Snodgrass 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Larry Doyle 3
2 Al Bridwell 2
2 Al Burch 2
2 Bobby Byrne 2
2 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill O'Hara 2
2 Chappy Charles 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 Wid Conroy 1
2 8 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Cy Young 1.33
2 Rube Manning 0.71
3 Red Ames 0.67
4 George Bell 0.50
5 George Mullin 0.44

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 George Bell 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 6
1 George Bell 6
3 Rube Manning 5
4 George Mullin 4
4 Cy Young 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .386
2 Nap Lajoie .350
3 Eddie Collins .345
4 Harry Lord .322
5 Sam Crawford .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 5
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 43
2 Sam Crawford 37
3 Tris Speaker 33
4 Dots Miller 30
5 4 tied 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 32
2 Honus Wagner 22
3 Donie Bush 16
3 Eddie Collins 16
5 Harry Lord 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
2 Ed Walsh 1.69
3 Chief Bender 1.72
4 Christy Mathewson 1.89
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 13
2 Howie Camnitz 12
3 Mordecai Brown 10
3 Frank Smith 10
3 2 others tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 88
2 Frank Smith 82
3 Heinie Berger 77
3 Rube Waddell 77
5 Walter Johnson 71

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 5
2 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Doc Crandall 2
3 Al Mattern 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Browne .500
2 Tommy Leach .429
3 Harry Lord .423
4 Bill Carrigan .400
4 3 others tied .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 2
2 Beals Becker 1
2 Ty Cobb 1
2 Birdie Cree 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 12
2 Sam Crawford 10
2 Red Murray 10
4 Clyde Engle 9
4 3 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 6
1 Harry Lord 6
3 Fred Clarke 5
3 Eddie Collins 5
3 Honus Wagner 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 George Suggs 0.71
2 Harry Krause 0.95
3 Ed Reulbach 1.00
4 Rube Kroh 1.04
5 Bob Ewing 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
3 Chief Bender 3
3 Heinie Berger 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 26
2 Heinie Berger 23
3 Frank Smith 18
3 Rube Waddell 18
5 Howie Camnitz 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Doc Crandall 1
2 Sam Frock 1
2 Art Fromme 1
2 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .407
2 Eddie Collins .404
3 George Browne .388
3 Harry Lord .388
5 Nap Lajoie .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 3
2 Dick Hoblitzell 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 27 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 27
2 Dots Miller 15
2 Mike Mitchell 15
2 John Titus 15
5 5 tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 14
2 Eddie Collins 10
2 Harry Lord 10
4 Jap Barbeau 9
4 George Moriarty 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.88
2 Vic Willis 0.95
3 Harry Krause 1.12
4 Heinie Berger 1.62
5 Ed Walsh 1.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 7
1 Vic Willis 7
3 Addie Joss 6
3 George Mullin 6
3 Ed Willett 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 38
1 Walter Johnson 38
3 Orval Overall 37
4 Frank Smith 36
4 Rube Waddell 36

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Chief Bender 1
2 Lew Brockett 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .387
2 Sam Crawford .331
3 Ty Cobb .324
4 Kitty Bransfield .323
5 Eddie Collins .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 9
3 Honus Wagner 7
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 106
2 Ty Cobb 90
3 Sam Crawford 87
4 Danny Murphy 86
5 Mike Donlin 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 58
2 Honus Wagner 56
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Sherry Magee 39
5 Patsy Dougherty 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.63
2 Chief Bender 1.97
3 Mordecai Brown 1.99
4 Ed Reulbach 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 35
2 Mordecai Brown 30
2 Ed Walsh 30
4 Ed Reulbach 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 245
2 Rube Waddell 239
3 Orval Overall 233
4 Walter Johnson 228
5 Christy Mathewson 218

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 5
1 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Tom Hughes 4
3 Orval Overall 4
5 4 tied 3