On This Day

Tuesday, July 6, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	46	24	.657	--
Athletics	42	26	.618	3.0
Red Sox	41	30	.577	5.5
Naps	37	31	.544	8.0
Highlanders	31	36	.463	13.5
White Sox	28	38	.424	16.0
Browns	26	42	.382	19.0
Senators	22	46	.324	23.0

Games

Red Sox 3, Senators 2

Red Sox 2, Senators 0

Naps 6, Tigers 0

Athletics 3, Highlanders 2

White Sox 5, Browns 4

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	49	18	.731	--
Cubs	41	24	.631	7.0
Giants	38	24	.613	8.5
Reds	35	34	.507	15.0
Phillies	30	35	.462	18.0
Cardinals	26	38	.406	21.5
Superbas	23	42	.354	25.0
Doves	19	46	.292	29.0

Games

Superbas 2, Doves 1

Cubs 4, Cardinals 1

Phillies 3, Giants 1

Pirates 5, Reds 0

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Johnny Evers	4
2	Bill Bradley	3
2	Al Burch	3
2	Art Devlin	3
2	5 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Harry Davis	1
1	Ray Demmitt	1
1	Jake Stahl	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Harry Davis	2
1	Ray Demmitt	2
1	Harry Hooper	2
1	Tom Jones	2
1	3 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Joe Birmingham	2
1	Johnny Evers	2
1	Harry Lord	2
4	Kitty Bransfield	1
4	13 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Larry Pape	1.40
2	George McQuillan	0.83
3	Deacon Phillippe	0.62
3	Smoky Joe Wood	0.62
5	Cy Young	0.60

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Lou Fiene	1
1	Irv Higginbotham	1
1	George McQuillan	1
1	Cy Morgan	1
1	5 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Larry Pape	7
2	George McQuillan	5
2	Cy Morgan	5
2	Deacon Phillippe	5
2	Smoky Joe Wood	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.381
2	Eddie Collins	.362
3	Nap Lajoie	.350
4	Ty Cobb	.327
5	Sam Crawford	.322

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Red Murray	5
2	Sam Crawford	4
3	Home Run Baker	3
3	Beals Becker	3
3	6 others tied	3

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	51
2	Sam Crawford	42
3	Dots Miller	40
4	Home Run Baker	35
4	Tris Speaker	35

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	37
2	Honus Wagner	23
3	Donie Bush	22
4	Eddie Collins	19
5	Kid Elberfeld	18

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.75
2	Christy Mathewson	1.55
3	Chief Bender	1.80
4	Ed Walsh	1.88
5	Addie Joss	2.05

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	94
2	Rube Waddell	90
3	Walter Johnson	84
4	Heinie Berger	83
5	Frank Smith	82

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	Johnny Evers	.429
2	Eddie Collins	.409
3	Dots Miller	.397
4	Sam Crawford	.389
4	Doc Gessler	.389

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Beals Becker	3
1	Jake Stahl	3
3	Ray Demmitt	2
3	Larry Doyle	2
5	18 tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Red Murray	14
2	Jake Stahl	13
3	Dots Miller	12
4	Jimmy Austin	10
4	2 others tied	10

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Jake Atz	6
1	Bob Bescher	6
1	Al Burch	6
1	Donie Bush	6
1	4 others tied	6

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.00
1	Jack Powell	0.00
3	Deacon Phillippe	0.60
4	Ed Reulbach	0.64
5	Christy Mathewson	0.84

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Frank Arellanes	5
1	Christy Mathewson	5
3	Bugs Raymond	4
4	George Bell	3
4	13 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	27
2	Christy Mathewson	23
3	Nap Rucker	20
4	Harry Krause	19
5	2 tied	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	2
1	Doc Crandall	2
1	Jean Dubuc	2
4	Art Fromme	1
4	5 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Johnny Evers	.390
2	Eddie Collins	.387
3	Doc Gessler	.381
4	Ty Cobb	.369
5	Harry Lord	.367

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Beals Becker	3
1	Ray Demmitt	3
1	Jake Stahl	3
4	Larry Doyle	2
4	2 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Dots Miller	20
2	Jake Stahl	18
2	Honus Wagner	18
4	Harry Davis	17
4	Clyde Engle	17

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Bob Bescher	11
1	Ty Cobb	11
3	Al Burch	10
3	Kid Elberfeld	10
3	Terry Turner	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	0.49
2	Ed Reulbach	0.62
3	Christy Mathewson	1.07
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	3 others tied	6

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	41
2	Walter Johnson	39
3	Christy Mathewson	37
3	Earl Moore	37
5	Heinie Berger	36

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	3
2	Doc Crandall	2
2	Jean Dubuc	2
4	Babe Adams	1
4	10 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.385
2	Eddie Collins	.330
3	Sam Crawford	.328
4	Ty Cobb	.328
5	Nap Lajoie	.324

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tim Jordan	11
2	Red Murray	7
3	Sam Crawford	6
3	Ed Konetchy	6
3	Tommy Leach	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	108
2	Ty Cobb	87
3	Sam Crawford	83
4	Danny Murphy	81
5	Claude Rossman	75

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	62
2	Honus Wagner	52
3	Hans Lobert	43
4	Sherry Magee	42
5	Patsy Dougherty	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	1.54
2	Ed Walsh	1.88
3	Chief Bender	2.03
4	Addie Joss	2.07
5	Ed Reulbach	2.12

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	35
2	Ed Walsh	30
3	Mordecai Brown	29
4	George Mullin	26
5	Ed Reulbach	25

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Ed Walsh	253
2	Rube Waddell	249
3	Orval Overall	230
4	Walter Johnson	229
5	Christy Mathewson	214

Saves

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