On This Day

Friday, September 17, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 89 48 .650 --
Athletics 85 52 .620 4.0
Red Sox 79 58 .577 10.0
White Sox 69 67 .507 19.5
Naps 68 71 .489 22.0
Highlanders 63 73 .463 25.5
Browns 58 79 .423 31.0
Senators 37 100 .270 52.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 99 36 .733 --
Cubs 91 44 .674 8.0
Giants 79 52 .603 18.0
Reds 66 68 .493 32.5
Phillies 65 70 .481 34.0
Cardinals 47 83 .362 49.5
Superbas 47 86 .353 51.0
Doves 38 93 .290 59.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Charlie Hemphill 3
2 Home Run Baker 2
2 Donie Bush 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Clarke 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Engle 4
2 Earle Gardner 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Sam Crawford 2
3 4 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Sam Crawford 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 4 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dixie Walker 1.40
2 Harry Krause 0.67
3 Slow Joe Doyle 0.38
4 Lefty Leifield 0.33
4 Hooks Wiltse 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Slow Joe Doyle 1
1 Lefty Leifield 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Dixie Walker 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Harry Krause 8
2 Dixie Walker 7
3 Bill McCorry 4
4 Slow Joe Doyle 3
4 George Mullin 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .365
2 Eddie Collins .354
3 Honus Wagner .336
4 Nap Lajoie .329
5 Dick Hoblitzell .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Beals Becker 6
2 Larry Doyle 6
2 Tommy Leach 6
2 Red Murray 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 96
2 Ty Cobb 92
3 Sam Crawford 87
4 Home Run Baker 79
5 Dots Miller 76

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Eddie Collins 54
3 Donie Bush 49
4 Bob Bescher 44
5 Red Murray 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.86
2 Harry Krause 1.94
3 Orval Overall 2.06
4 Ed Walsh 2.07
5 Mordecai Brown 2.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 27
2 Mordecai Brown 26
3 Frank Smith 25
4 Christy Mathewson 24
5 Howie Camnitz 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 194
2 Nap Rucker 179
3 Frank Smith 167
4 Mordecai Brown 165
5 Heinie Berger 162

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Doc Crandall 5
4 Al Mattern 4
5 4 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Solly Hofman .420
2 Donie Bush .400
3 Danny Murphy .382
4 Johnny Bates .378
5 Clyde Engle .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 3
2 Beals Becker 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Eddie Collins 2
5 27 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Home Run Baker 14
2 Ty Cobb 13
3 Hal Chase 12
3 Harry Davis 12
3 3 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Eddie Collins 7
2 Sam Crawford 7
2 George Moriarty 7
5 3 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Buster Brown 0.67
1 Earl Moore 0.67
3 Sam Leever 0.69
4 Ralph Works 0.73
5 Orval Overall 0.97

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Maddox 4
1 George Mullin 4
1 Orval Overall 4
4 Bill Bailey 3
4 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 27
2 George Mullin 25
3 Mordecai Brown 24
4 Chief Bender 23
5 Harry Krause 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .444
2 Eddie Collins .412
3 Donie Bush .387
4 Jack Lelivelt .365
5 Davy Jones .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Larry Doyle 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
3 Beals Becker 2
3 Hal Chase 2
3 10 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 32
2 Honus Wagner 29
3 Sam Crawford 28
4 Home Run Baker 24
5 Jim Delahanty 23

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 20
2 Eddie Collins 16
2 Sam Crawford 16
4 Dick Egan 13
5 4 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Coombs 1.20
2 Babe Adams 1.24
3 Orval Overall 1.37
4 Cliff Curtis 1.48
5 Christy Mathewson 1.62

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Cy Falkenberg 6
2 Christy Mathewson 6
2 3 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 44
2 Red Ames 43
2 Orval Overall 43
4 Ed Walsh 42
5 3 tied 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Al Mattern 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Frank Arellanes 1
3 18 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .352
2 Eddie Collins .350
3 Honus Wagner .345
4 Nap Lajoie .331
5 Sam Crawford .316

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Red Murray 8
3 Tommy Leach 7
4 Beals Becker 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 109
2 Ty Cobb 100
3 Sam Crawford 93
4 Red Murray 81
5 Home Run Baker 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 83
2 Eddie Collins 54
3 Donie Bush 51
4 Bob Bescher 50
5 Red Murray 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 1.76
2 Christy Mathewson 1.93
3 Harry Krause 1.94
4 Ed Reulbach 2.03
5 Mordecai Brown 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 33
2 George Mullin 30
3 Christy Mathewson 29
3 Frank Smith 29
5 Howie Camnitz 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 225
2 Nap Rucker 203
3 Walter Johnson 198
4 Frank Smith 193
5 Mordecai Brown 187

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Doc Crandall 5
4 Al Mattern 4
5 5 tied 3