On This Day

Thursday, May 19, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 18 5 .783 --
Highlanders 16 8 .667 2.5
Tigers 16 11 .593 4.0
Red Sox 14 12 .538 5.5
Naps 13 12 .520 6.0
Senators 11 17 .393 9.5
White Sox 8 15 .348 10.0
Browns 4 20 .167 14.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 15 9 .625 --
Cubs 15 11 .577 1.0
Reds 13 10 .565 1.5
Giants 15 13 .536 2.0
Cardinals 14 13 .519 2.5
Phillies 12 12 .500 3.0
Doves 10 16 .385 6.0
Superbas 9 19 .321 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Fred Beck 3
1 Bob Bescher 3
1 Hal Chase 3
1 Peaches Graham 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 1
1 Nap Lajoie 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Mitchell 3
2 Bob Bescher 2
2 Donie Bush 2
2 Bill Carrigan 2
2 9 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rube Ellis 2
1 Hans Lobert 2
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 Al Burch 1
3 17 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Walter Johnson 0.80
2 Jack Quinn 0.57
3 Orval Overall 0.50
4 Cliff Curtis 0.40
4 Harry Krause 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Cliff Curtis 1
1 Walter Johnson 1
1 Johnny Lush 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 8
2 Orval Overall 5
3 Addie Joss 4
3 Harry Krause 4
3 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 1
1 Sam Frock 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .433
2 Sherry Magee .380
3 Tris Speaker .363
4 Ty Cobb .356
5 Bob Bescher .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 Larry Doyle 2
2 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 27
2 Hal Chase 22
3 Jake Stahl 21
4 Kid Elberfeld 20
4 Red Murray 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Bob Bescher 12
2 Eddie Collins 12
2 Red Murray 12
5 Harry Wolter 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 1.13
2 Cy Morgan 1.31
3 Lefty Leifield 1.45
4 Ed Willett 1.50
5 Russ Ford 1.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 7
2 Chief Bender 6
3 Christy Mathewson 5
3 George Suggs 5
5 8 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 72
2 Ed Walsh 45
3 Smoky Joe Wood 40
4 Russ Ford 36
5 3 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Frank Browning 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bob Bescher .426
2 Zack Wheat .413
3 Tris Speaker .409
4 Rube Ellis .400
5 2 tied .394

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 10 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 13
1 John Hummel 13
3 Sam Crawford 11
3 Larry McLean 11
5 3 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 8
2 Hans Lobert 7
3 Ty Cobb 6
4 Donie Bush 5
4 5 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Smoky Joe Wood 0.42
2 Jack Coombs 0.75
3 Jack Pfiester 0.95
4 Chief Bender 1.00
5 Lefty Leifield 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hippo Vaughn 4
2 Chief Bender 3
2 Cliff Curtis 3
2 Cy Morgan 3
2 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 28
2 Cy Morgan 23
3 Addie Joss 22
4 Orval Overall 21
5 Ed Walsh 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 2
2 Sam Frock 1
2 Harry Gaspar 1
2 Fred Link 1
2 4 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .390
2 Nap Lajoie .354
3 Eddie Collins .348
4 Harry Lord .321
5 Sam Crawford .313

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 112
2 Sam Crawford 110
3 Red Murray 97
4 Honus Wagner 94
5 Home Run Baker 90

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Eddie Collins 71
3 Bob Bescher 66
4 Red Murray 55
5 Donie Bush 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.83
2 Orval Overall 2.08
3 Cy Morgan 2.15
4 Frank Smith 2.23
5 Christy Mathewson 2.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 30
2 Christy Mathewson 28
3 Mordecai Brown 24
4 Frank Smith 23
5 2 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 217
2 Orval Overall 201
3 Nap Rucker 194
4 Earl Moore 178
5 Christy Mathewson 172

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 6
2 Frank Arellanes 5
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Harry Gaspar 3
3 3 others tied 3