On This Day

Monday, August 30, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	76	43	.639	--
Athletics	74	46	.617	2.5
Red Sox	73	49	.598	4.5
Naps	61	60	.504	16.0
White Sox	59	60	.496	17.0
Highlanders	53	65	.449	22.5
Browns	49	68	.419	26.0
Senators	33	87	.275	43.5

Games

Athletics 5, White Sox 0

Naps 4, Red Sox 2

Browns 8, Senators 0

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	86	32	.729	--
Cubs	78	38	.672	7.0
Giants	69	45	.605	15.0
Reds	58	57	.504	26.5
Phillies	55	61	.474	30.0
Cardinals	45	71	.388	40.0
Superbas	41	75	.353	44.0
Doves	32	85	.274	53.5

Games

Pirates 2, Superbas 1

Reds 5, Doves 3

Cubs 2, Giants 0

Giants 5, Cubs 0

Phillies 3, Cardinals 2

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Cy Seymour	4
1	Harry Steinfeldt	4
3	George Perring	3
3	George Stone	3
5	19 tied	2

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Danny Murphy	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ginger Beaumont	2
1	Dick Egan	2
1	Hans Lobert	2
1	Mike Mowrey	2
1	2 others tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Red Murray	2
1	Cy Seymour	2
3	Beals Becker	1
3	Patsy Dougherty	1
3	10 others tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Bill Bailey	1.00
1	Eddie Plank	1.00
3	Red Ames	0.78
4	Earl Moore	0.70
5	Ed Reulbach	0.62

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Bill Bailey	1
1	Heinie Berger	1
1	Lefty Leifield	1
1	Christy Mathewson	1
1	4 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Bill Bailey	9
2	Heinie Berger	8
3	Red Ames	7
3	Earl Moore	7
5	Eddie Plank	6

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.360
2	Eddie Collins	.353
3	Nap Lajoie	.331
4	Honus Wagner	.330
5	Sam Crawford	.318

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	80
2	Ty Cobb	75
3	Sam Crawford	70
4	Dots Miller	69
5	Home Run Baker	64

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	60
2	Eddie Collins	45
3	Donie Bush	41
4	Bob Bescher	36
5	Red Murray	33

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	1.63
2	Christy Mathewson	1.89
3	Ed Walsh	2.06
4	Mordecai Brown	2.13
5	Cy Morgan	2.23

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Nap Rucker	165
2	Orval Overall	162
3	Walter Johnson	156
4	Heinie Berger	145
5	Frank Smith	140

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	.512
2	Jack Lelivelt	.459
3	Beals Becker	.417
4	Eddie Collins	.415
5	Davy Jones	.404

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Tommy Leach	2
1	Honus Wagner	2
1	Chief Wilson	2
4	Fred Clarke	1
4	13 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	15
2	Honus Wagner	14
3	Dots Miller	13
4	Home Run Baker	11
4	2 others tied	11

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Dick Egan	9
2	Al Burch	8
2	Eddie Collins	8
4	Ty Cobb	7
4	Sam Crawford	7

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Babe Adams	0.00
1	Jack Coombs	0.00
3	Lew Brockett	0.92
4	George Mullin	1.00
5	Tully Sparks	1.35

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Babe Adams	3
1	Howie Camnitz	3
1	Bill Donovan	3
1	Cy Falkenberg	3
1	8 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Red Ames	23
1	Heinie Berger	23
1	Christy Mathewson	23
4	Eddie Cicotte	21
4	2 others tied	21

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Al Mattern	2
2	Babe Adams	1
2	Frank Arellanes	1
2	Bill Donovan	1
2	8 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Ty Cobb	.430
2	Amby McConnell	.368
3	Eddie Collins	.361
4	Frank LaPorte	.351
5	Larry Doyle	.350

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Ty Cobb	29
2	Home Run Baker	21
3	Bill Abstein	19
3	Sam Crawford	19
5	3 tied	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Eddie Collins	18
2	Dick Egan	14
3	Donie Bush	13
3	Dode Paskert	13
5	Tris Speaker	12

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Babe Adams	0.00
2	Lew Brockett	1.41
3	Jack Rowan	1.45
4	Slow Joe Doyle	1.48
4	Charley Hall	1.48

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
1	Christy Mathewson	6
3	Frank Arellanes	5
3	Howie Camnitz	5
3	6 others tied	5

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Heinie Berger	40
2	Nap Rucker	39
2	Jim Scott	39
4	Christy Mathewson	38
5	3 tied	37

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Al Mattern	2
1	Orval Overall	2
1	Lew Richie	2
4	Babe Adams	1
4	11 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.350
2	Eddie Collins	.349
3	Ty Cobb	.343
4	Nap Lajoie	.326
5	Sam Crawford	.317

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Ty Cobb	7
1	Tommy Leach	7
1	Red Murray	7
4	Ed Konetchy	6
4	Honus Wagner	6

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	105
2	Ty Cobb	95
3	Sam Crawford	88
4	Red Murray	79
5	2 tied	73

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	74
2	Honus Wagner	47
3	Bob Bescher	46
4	Eddie Collins	45
5	Red Murray	44

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	1.63
2	Ed Walsh	1.82
3	Christy Mathewson	1.84
4	Ed Reulbach	1.98
5	Addie Joss	2.11

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	31
1	Christy Mathewson	31
3	Frank Smith	29
4	George Mullin	28
5	Howie Camnitz	26

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	237
2	Walter Johnson	229
3	Nap Rucker	214
4	Rube Waddell	207
5	Ed Walsh	200

Saves

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