On This Day

Wednesday, May 11, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 12 4 .750 --
Naps 12 6 .667 1.0
Tigers 13 8 .619 1.5
Highlanders 10 7 .588 2.5
Red Sox 10 10 .500 4.0
White Sox 8 9 .471 4.5
Senators 6 16 .273 9.0
Browns 3 14 .176 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 12 5 .706 --
Giants 13 8 .619 1.0
Phillies 10 7 .588 2.0
Cubs 11 8 .579 2.0
Reds 8 8 .500 3.5
Doves 7 11 .389 5.5
Superbas 7 14 .333 7.0
Cardinals 6 13 .316 7.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Harry Hooper 3
1 Frank Schulte 3
3 Ginger Beaumont 2
3 Bill Carrigan 2
3 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ginger Beaumont 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ginger Beaumont 2
1 Harry Hooper 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
1 Jake Stahl 2
5 11 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Harry Lord 1
1 Fred Merkle 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Russ Ford 1.40
2 Rube Kroh 0.38
3 Charlie Smith 0.30
4 Rube Marquard 0.18
5 2 tied 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Russ Ford 1
1 Rube Kroh 1
1 Charlie Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Russ Ford 7
2 Louis Drucke 3
2 Rube Kroh 3
2 Charlie Smith 3
5 Rube Marquard 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .437
2 Johnny Bates .412
3 Sherry Magee .392
4 Harry Lord .371
5 Otto Knabe .369

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 John Flynn 2
5 23 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 20
2 Kid Elberfeld 16
3 Hal Chase 15
3 Jake Stahl 15
5 Red Murray 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 11
2 Harry Wolter 10
3 Eddie Collins 9
3 Red Murray 9
5 2 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Powell 0.68
2 Cy Morgan 0.90
3 Harry Krause 1.00
4 Frank Smith 1.11
5 Russ Ford 1.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 5
2 Chief Bender 4
2 Addie Joss 4
2 Christy Mathewson 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 56
2 Ed Walsh 33
3 Smoky Joe Wood 32
4 Frank Smith 28
5 2 tied 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2
5 8 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .393
2 Eddie Collins .347
3 Nap Lajoie .344
4 Harry Lord .325
5 Sam Crawford .314

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 108
3 Red Murray 99
3 Honus Wagner 99
5 Dots Miller 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 78
2 Eddie Collins 69
3 Bob Bescher 59
4 Donie Bush 57
5 Red Murray 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.83
2 Christy Mathewson 1.83
3 Orval Overall 1.98
4 Harry Krause 1.99
5 Cy Morgan 2.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 George Mullin 28
3 Mordecai Brown 26
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Vic Willis 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 205
1 Nap Rucker 205
3 Orval Overall 200
4 Earl Moore 179
5 Frank Smith 173

Saves

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