On This Day

Saturday, May 7, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 11 4 .733 --
Naps 11 6 .647 1.0
Highlanders 9 5 .643 1.5
Tigers 11 7 .611 1.5
White Sox 7 8 .467 4.0
Red Sox 7 10 .412 5.0
Senators 6 14 .300 7.5
Browns 3 11 .214 7.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 13 5 .722 --
Pirates 10 4 .714 1.0
Phillies 9 6 .600 2.5
Cubs 8 7 .533 3.5
Reds 6 7 .462 4.5
Doves 6 10 .375 6.0
Superbas 6 13 .316 7.5
Cardinals 5 11 .313 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Murray 4
2 Willis Cole 3
2 Bill Collins 3
2 Chick Gandil 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Barry 2
1 Chief Bender 2
1 Willis Cole 2
1 Art Fletcher 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Josh Devore 2
2 Bill Bradley 1
2 Al Burch 1
2 Harry Davis 1
2 13 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Chief Bender 1.33
2 Willie Mitchell 0.60
3 Hippo Vaughn 0.57
4 Nap Rucker 0.56
5 2 tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Rube Marquard 1
1 Willie Mitchell 1
1 Fred Olmstead 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 8
2 Nap Rucker 5
3 Frank Browning 4
3 Hippo Vaughn 4
5 4 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc White 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .453
2 Sherry Magee .404
3 Otto Knabe .382
4 Ty Cobb .375
5 Harry Lord .368

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 17
2 Hal Chase 15
2 Kid Elberfeld 15
4 Red Murray 13
4 Jake Stahl 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
1 Harry Wolter 10
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 Chief Bender 4
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
1 George Mullin 4
1 Nap Rucker 4

Strikeouts

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

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2
5 7 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .396
2 Nap Lajoie .347
3 Eddie Collins .339
4 Harry Lord .320
5 Honus Wagner .319

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 113
2 Sam Crawford 105
3 Red Murray 99
4 Honus Wagner 98
5 Dots Miller 89

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 Mordecai Brown 27
2 George Mullin 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Vic Willis 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 215
2 Nap Rucker 211
3 Orval Overall 196
4 Earl Moore 179
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