On This Day

Thursday, July 1, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 44 21 .677 --
Athletics 36 26 .581 6.5
Red Sox 36 28 .563 7.5
Naps 32 30 .516 10.5
Highlanders 30 31 .492 12.0
White Sox 26 34 .433 15.5
Browns 24 39 .381 19.0
Senators 21 40 .344 21.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 45 15 .750 --
Cubs 38 22 .633 7.0
Giants 33 23 .589 10.0
Reds 32 30 .516 14.0
Phillies 27 31 .466 17.0
Cardinals 24 35 .407 20.5
Superbas 21 38 .356 23.5
Doves 16 42 .276 28.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sam Crawford 3
1 Art Griggs 3
1 Amby McConnell 3
1 Bob Unglaub 3
5 9 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Donie Bush 2
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Art Griggs 2
4 Jimmy Austin 1
4 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
2 Donie Bush 1
2 Patsy Dougherty 1
2 Charlie Hemphill 1
2 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Manning 0.38
2 Ed Willett 0.33
3 Doc White 0.27
4 Barney Pelty 0.25
4 Charlie Smith 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Barney Pelty 1
1 Jack Quinn 1
1 Ed Willett 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Glenn Liebhardt 4
2 Rube Manning 3
2 Doc White 3
2 Ed Willett 3
5 4 tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .398
2 Eddie Collins .364
3 Nap Lajoie .350
4 Danny Hoffman .333
5 Sam Crawford .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
3 Home Run Baker 3
3 Tommy Leach 3
3 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 49
2 Sam Crawford 41
3 Dots Miller 37
4 Tris Speaker 34
5 2 tied 32

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 36
2 Honus Wagner 22
3 Donie Bush 20
4 Eddie Collins 18
5 Kid Elberfeld 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.84
2 Christy Mathewson 1.61
3 Ed Walsh 1.64
4 Chief Bender 1.70
5 Barney Pelty 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 14
2 Howie Camnitz 13
3 Mordecai Brown 11
3 Christy Mathewson 11
3 2 others tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 94
2 Rube Waddell 84
3 Heinie Berger 83
4 Frank Smith 82
5 Walter Johnson 76

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 .475
2 Honus Wagner .452
3 Eddie Collins .417
4 Harry Lord .392
5 Johnny Evers .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Johnny Bates 1
3 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Austin 12
1 Sam Crawford 12
1 Red Murray 12
1 Heinie Wagner 12
5 7 tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 8
2 Jimmy Austin 6
2 Hal Chase 6
2 Harry Lord 6
2 Bill O'Hara 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Barney Pelty 0.00
2 Christy Mathewson 0.53
3 Harry Krause 0.64
4 Ed Reulbach 1.00
5 Nap Rucker 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
4 Howie Camnitz 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 22
2 Heinie Berger 21
3 Bill Donovan 16
3 Walter Johnson 16
3 3 others tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
3 Sam Frock 1
3 Art Fromme 1
3 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Browne .429
2 Honus Wagner .413
3 Eddie Collins .410
4 Fred Clarke .393
5 Harry Lord .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 3
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Ray Demmitt 2
2 Larry Doyle 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 21
2 Clyde Engle 19
3 Dots Miller 17
4 Sam Crawford 16
5 2 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 13
2 Harry Lord 10
3 Eddie Collins 9
4 Bob Bescher 8
4 Kid Elberfeld 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.67
2 Ed Reulbach 0.75
3 Christy Mathewson 1.15
4 Ed Walsh 1.20
5 Vic Willis 1.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 7
2 Walter Johnson 6
2 Ed Willett 6
2 Vic Willis 6
5 6 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 38
2 Heinie Berger 36
3 Ed Walsh 31
4 Chief Bender 29
4 Christy Mathewson 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Chief Bender 1
3 14 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .388
2 Sam Crawford .334
3 Ty Cobb .327
4 Eddie Collins .325
5 Kitty Bransfield .317

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 8
3 Sam Crawford 7
4 Tommy Leach 6
4 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 109
2 Ty Cobb 90
2 Sam Crawford 90
4 Danny Murphy 83
5 Claude Rossman 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 61
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Hans Lobert 46
4 Sherry Magee 40
5 Patsy Dougherty 39

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.59
2 Chief Bender 1.94
3 Ed Walsh 1.95
4 Addie Joss 2.10
5 Mordecai Brown 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 35
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Reulbach 26
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 250
2 Rube Waddell 243
3 Orval Overall 233
4 Walter Johnson 228
5 Christy Mathewson 211

Saves

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