On This Day

Friday, May 6, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 10 4 .714 --
Tigers 11 6 .647 0.5
Naps 10 6 .625 1.0
Highlanders 8 5 .615 1.5
Red Sox 7 9 .438 4.0
White Sox 6 8 .429 4.0
Senators 6 13 .316 6.5
Browns 3 10 .231 6.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 10 4 .714 --
Giants 12 5 .706 -0.5
Phillies 9 5 .643 1.0
Cubs 8 7 .533 2.5
Reds 6 7 .462 3.5
Doves 6 9 .400 4.5
Cardinals 5 11 .313 6.0
Superbas 5 13 .278 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rube Oldring 4
1 Amos Strunk 4
3 Bill Collins 3
3 Peaches Graham 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 5
2 Rube Oldring 3
3 Bobby Byrne 2
3 Fred Clarke 2
3 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Collins 2
1 Al Schweitzer 2
3 Jimmy Austin 1
3 Wid Conroy 1
3 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 John Frill 3.00
2 Cliff Curtis 0.75
3 Harry Krause 0.60
4 Walter Johnson 0.50
4 Lefty Leifield 0.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Buster Brown 1
1 John Frill 1
1 Harry Krause 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 8
2 Cliff Curtis 6
2 John Frill 6
2 Harry Krause 6
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Link 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .450
2 Sherry Magee .413
3 Harry Lord .394
4 Ty Cobb .377
5 Johnny Bates .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 Fred Beck 1
3 21 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 16
2 Hal Chase 14
2 Kid Elberfeld 14
4 Jake Stahl 13
5 2 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Harry Wolter 9
3 Donie Bush 7
3 Eddie Collins 7
3 Red Murray 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Powell 0.35
2 Orval Overall 0.89
3 Frank Smith 0.94
4 Harry Krause 1.00
4 Cy Morgan 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 George Mullin 4
4 Babe Adams 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 52
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Smoky Joe Wood 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Bugs Raymond 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2
5 5 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .394
2 Nap Lajoie .345
3 Eddie Collins .340
4 Harry Lord .324
5 Honus Wagner .320

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 112
2 Sam Crawford 106
3 Honus Wagner 98
4 Red Murray 97
5 Dots Miller 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Eddie Collins 67
3 Bob Bescher 59
4 Donie Bush 56
5 Red Murray 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.75
2 Orval Overall 1.88
3 Harry Krause 1.91
4 Ed Reulbach 2.03
5 Cy Morgan 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 George Mullin 28
3 Mordecai Brown 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 215
2 Nap Rucker 206
3 Orval Overall 196
4 Earl Moore 177
5 Frank Smith 174

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