On This Day

Tuesday, May 3, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 8 4 .667 --
Tigers 9 5 .643 0.0
Naps 8 6 .571 1.0
Highlanders 6 5 .545 1.5
Red Sox 7 8 .467 2.5
White Sox 5 6 .455 2.5
Senators 6 10 .375 4.0
Browns 3 8 .273 4.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 8 3 .727 --
Giants 10 4 .714 -0.5
Phillies 8 4 .667 0.5
Cubs 7 5 .583 1.5
Reds 5 6 .455 3.0
Superbas 5 10 .333 5.0
Doves 4 9 .308 5.0
Cardinals 4 10 .286 5.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Donie Bush 3
1 Topsy Hartsel 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Doc Gessler 4
2 Red Murray 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Hal Chase 1
3 10 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 2
1 Eddie Collins 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Birdie Cree 1
3 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Willett 1.67
2 Smoky Joe Wood 0.86
3 Harry Krause 0.80
4 Nap Rucker 0.75
5 Frank Smith 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Groom 1
1 Harry Krause 1
1 Nap Rucker 1
1 Ed Willett 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 6
1 Frank Smith 6
1 Smoky Joe Wood 6
4 Russ Ford 5
4 Ed Willett 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .469
2 Ty Cobb .407
3 Sherry Magee .400
4 Harry Lord .397
5 Duffy Lewis .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 Fred Beck 1
3 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 14
2 Kid Elberfeld 13
2 Jake Stahl 13
4 Sherry Magee 11
5 2 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harry Wolter 8
2 Ty Cobb 7
2 Eddie Collins 7
2 Red Murray 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
1 Bill Powell 0.00
3 Doc White 0.50
4 Frank Smith 0.94
5 Christy Mathewson 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 3
1 Chief Bender 3
1 Addie Joss 3
1 Christy Mathewson 3
1 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 44
2 Smoky Joe Wood 27
3 Ed Walsh 26
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Bugs Raymond 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
3 Les Backman 1
3 Lefty Leifield 1
3 3 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .393
2 Nap Lajoie .346
3 Eddie Collins .344
4 Honus Wagner .331
5 Harry Lord .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Larry Doyle 8
2 Tris Speaker 8
4 Jake Stahl 7
5 Beals Becker 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 111
2 Sam Crawford 105
3 Honus Wagner 98
4 Red Murray 96
5 Dots Miller 93

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 74
2 Eddie Collins 69
3 Bob Bescher 57
4 Donie Bush 55
5 Red Murray 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.79
2 Harry Krause 1.91
3 Orval Overall 1.95
4 Ed Reulbach 2.03
5 Mordecai Brown 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
2 Mordecai Brown 27
2 George Mullin 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Vic Willis 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 209
2 Nap Rucker 207
3 Orval Overall 193
4 Earl Moore 181
5 Frank Smith 177

Saves

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