On This Day

Monday, June 28, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 42 20 .677 --
Red Sox 35 25 .583 6.0
Athletics 33 25 .569 7.0
Naps 31 28 .525 9.5
Highlanders 27 30 .474 12.5
White Sox 26 31 .456 13.5
Senators 20 37 .351 19.5
Browns 21 39 .350 20.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 44 14 .759 --
Cubs 37 21 .638 7.0
Giants 31 22 .585 10.5
Reds 31 30 .508 14.5
Phillies 26 30 .464 17.0
Cardinals 24 34 .414 20.0
Superbas 20 36 .357 23.0
Doves 15 41 .268 28.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Eddie Collins 4
1 George Gibson 4
3 Harry Lord 3
3 Heinie Wagner 3
5 22 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 Heinie Wagner 2
1 Joe Ward 2
1 Smoky Joe Wood 2
5 18 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Atz 1
1 Art Griggs 1
1 Jack Lelivelt 1
1 Sherry Magee 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Barney Pelty 1.20
2 Ed Summers 0.71
3 Slow Joe Doyle 0.67
4 Cy Morgan 0.43
5 Carl Sitton 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Frank Corridon 1
1 Slow Joe Doyle 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Barney Pelty 6
2 Ed Summers 5
3 Slow Joe Doyle 4
3 Cy Falkenberg 4
5 Cy Morgan 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Rube Manning 1
1 George McQuillan 1
1 Ed Willett 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .394
2 Eddie Collins .356
3 Nap Lajoie .350
4 Danny Hoffman .331
5 Sam Crawford .329

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 48
2 Sam Crawford 39
3 Tris Speaker 33
4 Dots Miller 31
5 2 tied 29

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 33
2 Honus Wagner 22
3 Donie Bush 18
4 Eddie Collins 16
5 2 tied 15

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.95
2 Chief Bender 1.56
3 Ed Walsh 1.60
4 Christy Mathewson 1.78
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 13
1 George Mullin 13
3 Mordecai Brown 11
3 Vic Willis 11
5 3 tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 94
2 Heinie Berger 83
3 Frank Smith 82
4 Rube Waddell 79
5 2 tied 73

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Browne .500
2 Rube Ellis .421
3 Ty Cobb .418
4 Jimmy Sheckard .414
5 Bill Carrigan .406

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
1 Red Murray 2
4 Johnny Bates 1
4 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 John Titus 13
2 Sam Crawford 11
2 Red Murray 11
2 Heinie Wagner 11
5 4 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kid Elberfeld 7
2 Ty Cobb 6
2 Ed Konetchy 6
2 Harry Lord 6
2 Bill O'Hara 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.67
2 Harry Krause 0.95
3 Ed Killian 1.15
4 Vic Willis 1.15
5 Ed Summers 1.41

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 Vic Willis 4
4 Frank Arellanes 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 21
1 Walter Johnson 21
3 Nap Rucker 17
3 Ed Walsh 17
5 Rube Waddell 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
3 Sam Frock 1
3 Art Fromme 1
3 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .411
2 George Browne .411
3 Eddie Collins .406
4 Fred Clarke .400
5 Nap Lajoie .384

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 3
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Larry Doyle 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 27 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 27
2 John Titus 17
3 Sam Crawford 16
3 Ed Konetchy 16
3 Dots Miller 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 13
2 Harry Lord 10
3 Eddie Collins 9
3 Dick Egan 9
3 Johnny Evers 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 0.72
2 Vic Willis 1.09
3 Harry Krause 1.12
4 Ed Walsh 1.53
5 Addie Joss 1.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 7
1 Vic Willis 7
3 Howie Camnitz 6
3 Ed Willett 6
5 5 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 41
2 Walter Johnson 40
3 Art Fromme 33
4 Nap Rucker 31
5 4 tied 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .384
2 Sam Crawford .333
3 Ty Cobb .328
4 Eddie Collins .321
5 Kitty Bransfield .321

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 9
3 Sam Crawford 6
3 Tommy Leach 6
3 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 108
2 Ty Cobb 89
3 Sam Crawford 88
4 Danny Murphy 83
5 Claude Rossman 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 59
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Hans Lobert 46
4 Sherry Magee 39
5 Patsy Dougherty 38

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.64
2 Chief Bender 1.87
3 Mordecai Brown 2.01
4 Ed Walsh 2.09
5 Ed Reulbach 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 34
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Reulbach 26
4 Ed Summers 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 250
2 Orval Overall 239
2 Rube Waddell 239
4 Walter Johnson 230
5 Christy Mathewson 203

Saves

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