On This Day

Wednesday, July 14, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 48 28 .632 --
Athletics 45 29 .608 2.0
Red Sox 46 32 .590 3.0
Naps 43 32 .573 4.5
Highlanders 35 41 .461 13.0
White Sox 32 44 .421 16.0
Browns 30 46 .395 18.0
Senators 23 50 .315 23.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 56 20 .737 --
Cubs 47 26 .644 7.5
Giants 43 28 .606 10.5
Reds 40 37 .519 16.5
Phillies 31 42 .425 23.5
Cardinals 30 41 .423 23.5
Superbas 26 49 .347 29.5
Doves 22 52 .297 33.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Kitty Bransfield 5
2 Dave Altizer 4
2 Patsy Dougherty 4
2 Steve Evans 4
2 Frank LaPorte 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Dots Miller 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 4
2 Kitty Bransfield 3
2 Joe Delahanty 3
2 Patsy Dougherty 3
2 Chief Wilson 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Patsy Dougherty 3
2 Bob Bescher 2
2 Bobby Byrne 2
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 3 others tied 2

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Earl Moore 1.25
2 Mordecai Brown 0.62
3 Deacon Phillippe 0.56
3 Cy Young 0.56
5 Jim Scott 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Bob Harmon 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 10
2 Joe Lake 6
3 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Deacon Phillippe 5
3 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Lake 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .366
2 Eddie Collins .356
3 Nap Lajoie .350
4 Danny Hoffman .335
5 Ty Cobb .332

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
2 Tommy Leach 4
2 Jake Stahl 4
5 7 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 58
2 Sam Crawford 46
3 Dots Miller 44
4 Harry Steinfeldt 40
5 Tris Speaker 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 39
2 Honus Wagner 24
3 Donie Bush 23
4 Bob Bescher 21
4 Red Murray 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.79
2 Christy Mathewson 1.59
3 Addie Joss 1.98
4 Chief Bender 2.01
5 Ed Walsh 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 15
1 George Mullin 15
3 Mordecai Brown 13
3 Christy Mathewson 13
3 Cy Young 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 108
2 Nap Rucker 99
3 Walter Johnson 91
3 Rube Waddell 91
5 Frank Smith 86

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .404
2 Johnny Evers .400
3 Al Burch .386
4 Dick Hoblitzell .362
5 Mike Mitchell .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jake Stahl 4
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 Mike Mitchell 2
4 Jimmy Austin 1
4 25 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jake Stahl 12
2 Pat Donahue 11
2 Harry Steinfeldt 11
2 Alan Storke 11
5 3 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 11
1 Freddy Parent 11
3 Red Murray 10
4 Billy Purtell 9
5 Patsy Dougherty 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Dinneen 0.00
2 Harry Krause 0.67
3 Mordecai Brown 0.92
4 Cy Young 0.92
5 Ed Reulbach 0.95

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Cy Young 4
3 Frank Arellanes 3
3 George Bell 3
3 11 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 29
2 Nap Rucker 26
3 Hooks Wiltse 23
4 Red Ames 21
4 Christy Mathewson 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jean Dubuc 2
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Howie Camnitz 1
2 5 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .396
2 Johnny Evers .372
3 Eddie Collins .370
4 Harry Lord .364
5 Doc Gessler .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jake Stahl 4
2 Beals Becker 3
2 Ray Demmitt 3
4 Larry Doyle 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dots Miller 20
1 Red Murray 20
3 Honus Wagner 19
4 Sam Crawford 18
4 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 15
2 Red Murray 14
3 Freddy Parent 13
4 Ty Cobb 12
5 2 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.65
2 Ed Reulbach 0.78
3 Christy Mathewson 1.26
4 Ed Killian 1.34
5 Deacon Phillippe 1.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 7
1 Christy Mathewson 7
3 Frank Arellanes 6
3 Harry Krause 6
3 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 44
2 Nap Rucker 43
3 Walter Johnson 39
4 Harry Krause 34
4 Ed Walsh 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
2 Doc Crandall 2
2 Jean Dubuc 2
4 Mordecai Brown 1
4 16 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .380
2 Eddie Collins .334
3 Ty Cobb .327
4 Sam Crawford .327
5 Nap Lajoie .324

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 112
2 Sam Crawford 81
3 Ty Cobb 79
3 Danny Murphy 79
5 Claude Rossman 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 61
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Red Murray 45
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Hans Lobert 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.63
2 Ed Walsh 1.92
3 Addie Joss 1.96
4 Ed Reulbach 2.04
5 Chief Bender 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 33
2 Ed Walsh 29
3 Mordecai Brown 28
4 George Mullin 25
5 5 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 245
2 Orval Overall 242
3 Rube Waddell 238
4 Walter Johnson 222
5 Christy Mathewson 204

Saves

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