On This Day

Friday, May 20, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 19 5 .792 --
Highlanders 17 8 .680 2.5
Tigers 16 12 .571 5.0
Red Sox 15 12 .556 5.5
Naps 13 13 .500 7.0
Senators 11 17 .393 10.0
White Sox 8 16 .333 11.0
Browns 4 20 .167 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 15 9 .625 --
Cubs 15 11 .577 1.0
Giants 16 13 .552 1.5
Reds 13 11 .542 2.0
Phillies 13 12 .520 2.5
Cardinals 14 14 .500 3.0
Doves 10 16 .385 6.0
Superbas 9 19 .321 8.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bob Bescher 3
1 Larry Doyle 3
1 Tom Jones 3
1 Hans Lobert 3
1 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rube Oldring 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Merkle 3
1 Cy Seymour 3
3 Bill Carrigan 2
3 Ed Phelps 2
5 18 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 4
2 Eddie Grant 2
3 Jack Barry 1
3 Charlie Hemphill 1
3 11 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Joe Lake 1.20
2 Dixie Walker 0.83
3 Irv Young 0.60
4 Eddie Plank 0.50
5 Vic Willis 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Louis Drucke 1
1 Rube Manning 1
1 Lew Moren 1
1 Eddie Plank 1
1 Charlie Smith 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Lake 6
1 Eddie Plank 6
3 Dixie Walker 5
4 Louis Drucke 4
4 Vic Willis 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .420
2 Sherry Magee .395
3 Larry McLean .373
4 Ty Cobb .361
5 Bob Bescher .358

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 28
2 Hal Chase 22
3 Jake Stahl 21
4 Bill Carrigan 20
4 2 others tied 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 16
2 Ty Cobb 15
3 Eddie Collins 12
3 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 10 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 72
2 Ed Walsh 45
3 Smoky Joe Wood 40
4 Russ Ford 36
5 4 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 .458
2 Hans Lobert .424
3 Davy Jones .405
4 John Hummel .405
5 2 tied .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 2
2 Ginger Beaumont 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 11 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 13
1 John Hummel 13
3 Sam Crawford 12
4 Bill Carrigan 11
4 Larry McLean 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 11
2 Hans Lobert 7
3 Eddie Grant 6
4 Ty Cobb 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 George Mullin 3
2 Smoky Joe Wood 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 28
2 Cy Morgan 18
3 Joe Lake 17
4 Russ Ford 16
5 6 tied 14

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .393
2 Nap Lajoie .348
3 Eddie Collins .348
4 Harry Lord .321
5 Sam Crawford .312

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 2 tied 89

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Eddie Collins 71
3 Bob Bescher 70
4 Red Murray 54
5 Donie Bush 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.75
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 Vic Willis 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