On This Day

Sunday, July 4, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 46 22 .676 --
Athletics 39 26 .600 5.5
Red Sox 38 29 .567 7.5
Naps 34 31 .523 10.5
Highlanders 31 33 .484 13.0
White Sox 27 36 .429 16.5
Browns 25 41 .379 20.0
Senators 21 43 .328 23.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 46 18 .719 --
Cubs 40 24 .625 6.0
Giants 36 23 .610 7.5
Reds 35 31 .530 12.0
Phillies 29 33 .468 16.0
Cardinals 26 37 .413 19.5
Superbas 21 41 .339 24.0
Doves 18 44 .290 27.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Matty McIntyre 3
1 Rebel Oakes 3
1 Honus Wagner 3
4 Bob Bescher 2
4 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Ted Easterly 1
1 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Dick Hoblitzell 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Addie Joss 0.67
2 Howie Camnitz 0.55
3 Rube Waddell 0.42
4 Ed Willett 0.40
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Bob Spade 1
1 Ed Willett 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Howie Camnitz 6
2 Rube Waddell 5
3 Irv Higginbotham 4
4 Slim Sallee 3
4 Bob Spade 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .392
2 Eddie Collins .375
3 Nap Lajoie .350
4 Sam Crawford .328
5 Ty Cobb .324

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 50
2 Sam Crawford 42
3 Dots Miller 37
4 Tris Speaker 35
5 Home Run Baker 34

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 37
2 Honus Wagner 23
3 Donie Bush 21
4 Eddie Collins 19
5 2 tied 16

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.75
2 Christy Mathewson 1.51
3 Chief Bender 1.70
4 Ed Walsh 1.75
5 Barney Pelty 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 15
2 Howie Camnitz 13
3 Mordecai Brown 12
3 Christy Mathewson 12
3 Ed Willett 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 94
2 Rube Waddell 89
3 Heinie Berger 83
4 Frank Smith 82
5 Nap Rucker 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Doc Crandall 3
4 Billy Campbell 2
4 2 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .443
2 Honus Wagner .429
3 Dick Hoblitzell .400
3 Harry Lord .400
5 Dots Miller .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 3
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 Jake Stahl 2
4 Home Run Baker 1
4 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Red Murray 13
2 Heinie Wagner 11
3 Jimmy Austin 10
3 Sam Crawford 10
3 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jake Atz 6
1 Hal Chase 6
1 Ty Cobb 6
4 Jimmy Austin 5
4 9 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
1 Barney Pelty 0.00
3 Christy Mathewson 0.39
4 Tom Hughes 0.69
5 Ed Reulbach 0.73

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 5
1 Christy Mathewson 5
3 George Mullin 4
3 Ed Reulbach 4
5 8 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 23
2 Rube Waddell 21
3 Nap Rucker 20
4 Harry Krause 19
4 Ed Reulbach 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Jean Dubuc 2
4 Sam Frock 1
4 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .424
2 Honus Wagner .375
3 Harry Lord .368
4 Fred Clarke .363
5 Heinie Wagner .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Beals Becker 3
2 Ray Demmitt 2
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 Dick Hoblitzell 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 17
1 Dots Miller 17
1 Honus Wagner 17
4 Ed Konetchy 16
4 John Titus 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 Bob Bescher 10
3 Al Burch 9
4 Eddie Collins 8
4 4 others tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.49
2 Ed Reulbach 0.62
3 Christy Mathewson 1.02
4 Vic Willis 1.23
5 Addie Joss 1.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Walter Johnson 6
2 Addie Joss 6
2 4 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 42
2 Heinie Berger 36
3 Christy Mathewson 34
4 Earl Moore 33
5 2 tied 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
2 Doc Crandall 2
2 Jean Dubuc 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .386
2 Eddie Collins .330
3 Sam Crawford .329
4 Ty Cobb .324
5 Nap Lajoie .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Red Murray 8
3 Sam Crawford 6
3 Ed Konetchy 6
3 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 107
2 Ty Cobb 88
3 Sam Crawford 84
4 Danny Murphy 80
5 Claude Rossman 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 62
2 Honus Wagner 52
3 Hans Lobert 45
4 Sherry Magee 42
5 Patsy Dougherty 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.53
2 Chief Bender 1.98
3 Ed Walsh 1.99
4 Addie Joss 2.04
5 Mordecai Brown 2.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 35
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 George Mullin 26
4 Ed Reulbach 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 249
2 Rube Waddell 248
3 Walter Johnson 232
4 Orval Overall 230
5 Christy Mathewson 209

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Tom Hughes 4
3 Orval Overall 4
5 4 tied 3