On This Day

Saturday, May 28, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 24 7 .774 --
Highlanders 20 10 .667 3.5
Red Sox 17 14 .548 7.0
Tigers 19 16 .543 7.0
Senators 16 19 .457 10.0
Naps 13 17 .433 10.5
White Sox 10 19 .345 13.0
Browns 7 24 .226 17.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 20 11 .645 --
Giants 20 14 .588 1.5
Reds 18 13 .581 2.0
Pirates 16 14 .533 3.5
Cardinals 16 19 .457 6.0
Phillies 13 17 .433 6.5
Doves 14 20 .412 7.5
Superbas 13 22 .371 9.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Solly Hofman 4
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 Jim Delahanty 3
2 Peaches Graham 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Roy Hartzell 1
1 Duffy Lewis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Barry 2
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
2 Home Run Baker 1
2 Jack Barry 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 15 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Joe Lake 1.60
2 Eddie Plank 1.17
3 Dixie Walker 0.67
4 Christy Mathewson 0.45
5 Harry Gaspar 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Barger 1
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Joe Lake 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Lake 8
2 Eddie Plank 7
3 Christy Mathewson 5
4 Harry Gaspar 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 1
1 Doc Reisling 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sherry Magee .398
2 Nap Lajoie .397
3 Ty Cobb .378
4 Larry McLean .352
5 Zack Wheat .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 30
2 Ty Cobb 24
2 Jake Stahl 24
4 Hal Chase 23
5 2 tied 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 19
2 Ty Cobb 18
3 Eddie Collins 15
4 Hans Lobert 13
5 Red Murray 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Willett 1.50
2 Chief Bender 1.58
3 Russ Ford 1.81
4 Jack Pfiester 1.85
5 Orval Overall 1.93

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 87
2 Ed Walsh 65
3 Smoky Joe Wood 50
4 Joe Lake 47
5 Russ Ford 44

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 3
2 Les Backman 2
2 Doc Crandall 2
2 Bert Humphries 2
2 Deacon Phillippe 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ed Konetchy .412
1 George McBride .412
3 Ty Cobb .404
3 Frank LaPorte .404
5 Nap Lajoie .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Nap Lajoie 2
2 Red Ames 1
2 Bob Bescher 1
2 Buster Brown 1
2 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 13
2 Eddie Collins 11
2 Birdie Cree 11
4 Donie Bush 9
4 2 others tied 9

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 13
2 Dode Paskert 9
3 Hans Lobert 8
4 Rollie Zeider 7
5 2 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Lush 0.47
2 Walter Johnson 0.75
3 Jack Coombs 0.78
4 Lew Richie 0.96
5 Hippo Vaughn 1.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Curtis 4
1 Walter Johnson 4
1 Hippo Vaughn 4
4 Jack Coombs 3
4 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 32
2 Walter Johnson 31
3 Joe Lake 26
4 Hippo Vaughn 20
5 Russ Ford 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 2
2 George Bell 1
2 Jack Coombs 1
2 Sam Frock 1
2 3 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .388
2 Sherry Magee .379
3 Ty Cobb .374
4 Bob Bescher .372
5 Zack Wheat .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Bescher 2
1 Hal Chase 2
1 John Flynn 2
1 Nap Lajoie 2
5 30 tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hal Chase 19
1 Ty Cobb 19
1 Sam Crawford 19
1 John Hummel 19
5 Eddie Collins 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 17
2 Ty Cobb 11
2 Hans Lobert 11
4 Eddie Collins 10
4 Dode Paskert 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Pfiester 1.67
2 Chief Bender 1.77
3 George Mullin 1.83
4 King Cole 1.97
5 George Bell 2.01

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 6
2 Chief Bender 5
2 Cliff Curtis 5
2 Walter Johnson 5
2 5 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 63
2 Ed Walsh 52
3 Joe Lake 42
4 Russ Ford 35
5 2 tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 3
2 Les Backman 1
2 George Bell 1
2 Jack Coombs 1
2 11 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .395
2 Nap Lajoie .341
3 Eddie Collins .339
4 Harry Lord .315
5 Tris Speaker .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 10
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 116
2 Sam Crawford 111
3 Red Murray 96
4 Honus Wagner 89
5 Dots Miller 87

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 75
2 Eddie Collins 72
3 Bob Bescher 71
4 Red Murray 54
5 Dick Egan 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Reulbach 1.75
2 Cy Morgan 2.14
3 Orval Overall 2.18
4 Christy Mathewson 2.19
5 Harry Krause 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 30
2 George Mullin 29
3 Mordecai Brown 23
4 Cy Morgan 21
4 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 220
2 Nap Rucker 196
3 Orval Overall 184
4 Ed Walsh 175
5 Earl Moore 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Doc Crandall 6
2 Frank Arellanes 5
3 Frank Browning 3
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 4 others tied 3