On This Day

Wednesday, August 11, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	62	41	.602	--
Athletics	62	41	.602	0.0
Red Sox	62	44	.585	1.5
Naps	53	51	.510	9.5
Highlanders	49	53	.480	12.5
White Sox	48	54	.471	13.5
Browns	45	55	.450	15.5
Senators	31	73	.298	31.5

Games

Red Sox 4, Naps 2

Highlanders 2, White Sox 1

Browns 1, Athletics 0

Senators 3, Tigers 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	72	27	.727	--
Cubs	67	31	.684	4.5
Giants	57	37	.606	12.5
Reds	48	51	.485	24.0
Phillies	45	53	.459	26.5
Cardinals	40	56	.417	30.5
Superbas	36	62	.367	35.5
Doves	26	74	.260	46.5

Games

Pirates 1, Doves 0

Giants 19, Cardinals 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Cy Seymour	4
2	Joe Birmingham	3
2	Bill Carrigan	3
2	Art Devlin	3
2	4 others tied	3

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Doc Crandall	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Joe Birmingham	2
1	Bill Carrigan	2
3	Heinie Beckendorf	1
3	Howie Camnitz	1
3	9 others tied	1

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Dave Altizer	1
1	Jake Atz	1
1	Lou Criger	1
1	Larry Doyle	1
1	10 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Slow Joe Doyle	1.12
2	Howie Camnitz	0.60
3	Lew Richie	0.43
4	Cy Morgan	0.42
5	Frank Arellanes	0.31

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Slow Joe Doyle	9
2	Cy Morgan	5
3	Frank Arellanes	4
4	Howie Camnitz	3
4	2 others tied	3

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.345
2	Eddie Collins	.343
3	Honus Wagner	.342
4	Nap Lajoie	.326
5	Mike Mitchell	.312

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	6
2	Red Murray	5
2	Jake Stahl	5
4	Home Run Baker	4
4	6 others tied	4

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	62
2	Ty Cobb	55
2	Sam Crawford	55
2	Dots Miller	55
5	Harry Steinfeldt	51

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	52
2	Donie Bush	34
2	Eddie Collins	34
4	Bob Bescher	32
5	Red Murray	30

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	1.21
2	Mordecai Brown	1.95
3	Christy Mathewson	2.04
4	Ed Walsh	2.07
5	Ed Reulbach	2.10

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	19
1	Howie Camnitz	19
1	George Mullin	19
4	Frank Smith	18
5	Christy Mathewson	17

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	138
1	Nap Rucker	138
3	Walter Johnson	137
4	Frank Smith	123
5	Heinie Berger	121

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	6
2	Mordecai Brown	5
3	Doc Crandall	3
3	Jack Powell	3
5	8 tied	2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Frank LaPorte	.500
2	Ty Cobb	.423
3	Tris Speaker	.400
4	Doc Gessler	.378
5	Ed Konetchy	.375

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Hobe Ferris	3
2	Ty Cobb	2
3	Ed Abbaticchio	1
3	Jimmy Archer	1
3	19 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Jake Stahl	12
2	Ty Cobb	11
2	Hobe Ferris	11
4	Home Run Baker	9
4	Frank LaPorte	9

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Collins	8
2	Johnny Bates	7
2	Donie Bush	7
4	Al Bridwell	5
4	5 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Hooks Wiltse	0.00
1	Harry Gaspar	0.00
3	Smoky Joe Wood	0.50
4	Chick Brandom	0.64
5	George Bell	0.71

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Ed Reulbach	5
2	Frank Arellanes	4
2	Mordecai Brown	4
2	Harry Krause	4
2	Eddie Plank	4

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	28
2	Harry Krause	27
3	Mordecai Brown	25
4	Eddie Plank	19
5	3 tied	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Fred Beebe	1
1	Chick Brandom	1
1	Sam Leever	1
1	Steve Melter	1
1	3 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.378
2	Al Bridwell	.369
3	Moose McCormick	.354
4	Kitty Bransfield	.346
5	Art Griggs	.342

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	5
2	Hobe Ferris	3
3	Harry Davis	2
3	Rube Ellis	2
3	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	24
2	Harry Steinfeldt	17
2	Lee Tannehill	17
4	Jake Stahl	16
5	3 tied	15

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Red Murray	15
2	Bob Bescher	14
2	Ty Cobb	14
2	Eddie Collins	14
5	Donie Bush	12

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rube Kroh	0.75
2	Slow Joe Doyle	0.87
3	Cy Morgan	0.99
4	Ed Reulbach	1.14
5	Jim Scott	1.15

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Frank Smith	8
2	Mordecai Brown	7
2	Ed Reulbach	7
4	Frank Arellanes	5
4	5 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Mordecai Brown	50
2	Walter Johnson	49
3	Nap Rucker	43
4	Frank Smith	41
5	Red Ames	40

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Chick Brandom	2
1	Mordecai Brown	2
1	Lew Richie	2
4	Fred Beebe	1
4	9 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.359
2	Eddie Collins	.352
3	Ty Cobb	.324
4	Sam Crawford	.317
5	Kitty Bransfield	.317

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ed Konetchy	7
1	Red Murray	7
3	Ty Cobb	6
3	Tim Jordan	6
5	5 tied	5

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	92
2	Ty Cobb	80
3	Sam Crawford	79
4	Harry Davis	72
4	2 others tied	72

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	67
2	Honus Wagner	50
3	Red Murray	48
4	Bob Bescher	42
5	2 tied	39

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Ed Reulbach	1.65
2	Christy Mathewson	1.78
3	Ed Walsh	1.88
4	Mordecai Brown	1.93
5	Addie Joss	2.09

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	32
2	Mordecai Brown	31
3	Frank Smith	27
4	Ed Reulbach	26
5	George Mullin	25

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Walter Johnson	242
2	Orval Overall	237
3	Rube Waddell	220
4	Nap Rucker	209
5	Ed Walsh	208

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	6
1	Mordecai Brown	6
3	Fred Beebe	3
3	Chick Brandom	3
3	5 others tied	3