On This Day

Thursday, May 26, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 22 7 .759 --
Highlanders 20 8 .714 1.5
Red Sox 17 13 .567 5.5
Tigers 18 15 .545 6.0
Naps 13 16 .448 9.0
Senators 14 19 .424 10.0
White Sox 9 18 .333 12.0
Browns 6 23 .207 16.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 19 11 .633 --
Pirates 16 12 .571 2.0
Reds 17 13 .567 2.0
Giants 18 14 .563 2.0
Cardinals 16 18 .471 5.0
Phillies 13 16 .448 5.5
Doves 13 19 .406 7.0
Superbas 12 21 .364 8.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dick Egan 3
1 Steve Evans 3
1 Charlie French 3
1 Rudy Hulswitt 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Bescher 1
1 Birdie Cree 1
1 Steve Evans 1
1 Nap Lajoie 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Birdie Cree 4
2 Dick Egan 3
2 Steve Evans 3
2 Nap Lajoie 3
5 5 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dick Egan 2
2 Fred Beck 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Eddie Collins 1
2 14 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Orval Overall 1.67
2 Earl Moore 0.83
3 Jim Scott 0.50
4 Buster Brown 0.40
5 Bob Harmon 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Buster Brown 1
1 Eddie Cicotte 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 5
1 Orval Overall 5
3 Willie Mitchell 4
3 Jim Scott 4
3 George Suggs 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .405
2 Nap Lajoie .395
3 Ty Cobb .378
4 Larry McLean .356
5 Tris Speaker .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 3
2 Ginger Beaumont 2
2 Bob Bescher 2
2 Hal Chase 2
2 6 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 29
2 Hal Chase 23
2 Jake Stahl 23
4 Ty Cobb 22
5 2 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 18
2 Ty Cobb 16
3 Eddie Collins 13
4 Hans Lobert 12
4 Red Murray 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Leifield 1.13
2 Ed Willett 1.50
3 Chief Bender 1.52
4 Russ Ford 1.81
5 Jack Pfiester 1.85

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 81
2 Ed Walsh 56
3 Smoky Joe Wood 49
4 Russ Ford 44
5 Hippo Vaughn 40

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 Sherry Magee .424
2 Ty Cobb .422
3 Ed Konetchy .407
4 Jake Daubert .396
5 Hans Lobert .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Nap Lajoie 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 12
1 Larry McLean 12
3 Birdie Cree 11
4 Donie Bush 10
4 2 others tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 13
2 Dode Paskert 9
3 Hans Lobert 7
4 Hal Chase 6
4 3 others tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 0.67
2 Jack Coombs 0.78
3 Chief Bender 1.33
4 Hippo Vaughn 1.50
5 Johnny Lush 1.61

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Lush 4
1 Hippo Vaughn 4
3 Jack Coombs 3
3 Cliff Curtis 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 25
2 Joe Lake 23
2 Ed Walsh 23
4 Hippo Vaughn 20
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Bell 1
1 Frank Browning 1
1 Jack Coombs 1
1 Sam Frock 1
1 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .386
2 Nap Lajoie .383
3 Bob Bescher .378
4 Tris Speaker .370
5 Ty Cobb .368

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Bescher 2
1 Hal Chase 2
1 John Flynn 2
1 Nap Lajoie 2
1 Tris Speaker 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 19
1 Ty Cobb 19
3 Sam Crawford 18
3 John Hummel 18
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 16
2 Hans Lobert 10
2 Dode Paskert 10
4 Donie Bush 9
4 2 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Leifield 0.79
2 Jack Pfiester 1.67
3 Chief Bender 1.72
4 Smoky Joe Wood 1.77
5 George Mullin 1.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 5
1 George Mullin 5
1 Orval Overall 5
1 George Suggs 5
1 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 57
2 Ed Walsh 49
3 Russ Ford 35
4 Joe Lake 34
5 Smoky Joe Wood 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 2
2 Les Backman 1
2 George Bell 1
2 Jack Coombs 1
2 10 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .394
2 Eddie Collins .338
3 Nap Lajoie .337
4 Harry Lord .317
5 Tris Speaker .314

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 115
2 Sam Crawford 110
3 Red Murray 96
4 Honus Wagner 94
5 Dots Miller 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 73
2 Bob Bescher 70
2 Eddie Collins 70
4 Red Murray 54
5 Donie Bush 52

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.75
2 Orval Overall 2.10
3 Cy Morgan 2.14
4 Christy Mathewson 2.20
5 Harry Krause 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 29
2 George Mullin 28
3 Mordecai Brown 23
4 Vic Willis 22
5 3 tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 214
2 Nap Rucker 196
3 Orval Overall 194
4 Earl Moore 176
5 2 tied 166

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