On This Day

Friday, August 27, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 74 43 .632 --
Athletics 71 46 .607 3.0
Red Sox 72 48 .600 3.5
Naps 60 59 .504 15.0
White Sox 56 59 .487 17.0
Highlanders 53 63 .457 20.5
Browns 48 66 .421 24.5
Senators 33 83 .284 40.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 83 32 .722 --
Cubs 76 37 .673 6.0
Giants 68 43 .613 13.0
Reds 56 57 .496 26.0
Phillies 52 61 .460 30.0
Cardinals 45 68 .398 37.0
Superbas 41 72 .363 41.0
Doves 32 83 .278 51.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ty Cobb 4
2 Bobby Byrne 3
2 Fred Clarke 3
2 Sam Crawford 3
2 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Del Howard 1
1 Joe Tinker 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 6
2 Jim Delahanty 4
3 Sam Crawford 3
3 Art Devlin 3
5 8 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Beals Becker 2
1 Eddie Collins 2
3 Chick Autry 1
3 Johnny Bates 1
3 20 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.70
2 Barney Pelty 0.57
3 Ed Willett 0.50
4 Cy Falkenberg 0.44
5 Orval Overall 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Curtis 1
1 Cy Falkenberg 1
1 Irv Higginbotham 1
1 George McQuillan 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Cicotte 7
2 Cy Falkenberg 4
2 Irv Higginbotham 4
2 Barney Pelty 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Lelivelt 1
1 Frank Scanlan 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .356
2 Eddie Collins .352
3 Nap Lajoie .334
4 Honus Wagner .329
5 Mike Mitchell .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 7
2 Tommy Leach 6
3 Sam Crawford 5
3 Red Murray 5
3 Jake Stahl 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 76
2 Ty Cobb 73
3 Dots Miller 67
4 Sam Crawford 66
5 Home Run Baker 62

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 60
2 Eddie Collins 45
3 Donie Bush 41
4 Bob Bescher 35
5 Red Murray 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.63
2 Christy Mathewson 1.82
3 Smoky Joe Wood 2.07
4 Mordecai Brown 2.17
5 Ed Walsh 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 22
2 Mordecai Brown 21
2 Howie Camnitz 21
2 Frank Smith 21
5 Christy Mathewson 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 162
2 Nap Rucker 158
3 Walter Johnson 155
4 Frank Smith 138
5 2 tied 135

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Al Mattern 4
4 Doc Crandall 3
4 3 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .469
2 Davy Jones .412
3 Joe Ward .409
4 Eddie Collins .392
5 2 tied .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Joe Tinker 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
1 Chief Wilson 2
5 15 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 17
2 Joe Delahanty 14
3 Frank Schulte 12
4 Home Run Baker 11
4 2 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Burch 9
1 Dode Paskert 9
3 Ty Cobb 8
3 Eddie Collins 8
5 Sam Crawford 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.00
2 Lew Brockett 0.92
3 Bill Donovan 0.98
4 George Mullin 1.00
5 Jack Rowan 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Morgan 4
2 Fred Beebe 3
2 Eddie Cicotte 3
2 Bill Donovan 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Eddie Cicotte 24
1 Orval Overall 24
3 George McQuillan 23
4 Ed Walsh 21
5 2 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Jack Coombs 1
2 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .433
2 Frank LaPorte .388
3 Eddie Collins .371
4 Ed Konetchy .360
5 Larry Doyle .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 3
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 Chief Wilson 3
4 Ed Konetchy 2
4 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 29
2 Home Run Baker 21
3 Bill Abstein 19
3 Ed Konetchy 19
5 4 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 19
2 Donie Bush 14
3 Dode Paskert 12
4 Al Burch 11
4 2 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Rowan 1.21
2 Lew Brockett 1.41
3 Sam Leever 1.50
4 Charley Hall 1.53
5 Bob Ewing 1.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Arellanes 6
1 Mordecai Brown 6
1 Cy Morgan 6
1 Ed Reulbach 6
1 Hooks Wiltse 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 46
2 Mordecai Brown 42
3 Orval Overall 38
4 Jim Scott 36
5 2 tied 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 2
1 Orval Overall 2
1 Lew Richie 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Eddie Collins .353
2 Honus Wagner .351
3 Ty Cobb .334
4 Nap Lajoie .324
5 Sam Crawford .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 7
1 Tommy Leach 7
1 Red Murray 7
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 103
2 Ty Cobb 94
3 Sam Crawford 86
4 Red Murray 78
5 Harry Steinfeldt 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 75
2 Honus Wagner 48
3 Eddie Collins 46
4 Bob Bescher 45
5 Donie Bush 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.63
2 Christy Mathewson 1.83
3 Ed Walsh 1.85
4 Ed Reulbach 1.87
5 Addie Joss 2.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 31
2 Christy Mathewson 30
3 Frank Smith 29
4 George Mullin 28
5 2 tied 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 237
2 Walter Johnson 233
3 Nap Rucker 213
4 Rube Waddell 205
5 Frank Smith 199

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Al Mattern 4
3 Lew Richie 4
5 5 tied 3