On This Day

Monday, June 9, 1919

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 25 13 .658 --
Yankees 21 12 .636 1.5
Indians 23 14 .622 1.5
Tigers 18 18 .500 6.0
Browns 18 18 .500 6.0
Red Sox 16 17 .485 6.5
Senators 12 23 .343 11.5
Athletics 8 26 .235 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 11 .694 --
Reds 24 16 .600 3.0
Cubs 21 18 .538 5.5
Robins 20 20 .500 7.0
Pirates 18 21 .462 8.5
Phillies 15 20 .429 9.5
Cardinals 16 22 .421 10.0
Braves 13 24 .351 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Heinie Groh 3
1 Jim Thorpe 3
3 Rube Bressler 2
3 Max Flack 2
3 15 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Morrie Rath 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Greasy Neale 3
2 Joe Dugan 2
3 Rube Bressler 1
3 Bill Doak 1
3 13 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Johnston 3
2 Rube Bressler 1
2 Rogers Hornsby 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bill Doak 0.50
2 Socks Seibold 0.36
3 Hippo Vaughn 0.22
4 Al Demaree 0.17
4 Johnny Enzmann 0.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Doak 1
1 Slim Sallee 1
1 Socks Seibold 1
1 Hippo Vaughn 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Doak 5
2 Socks Seibold 4
3 Johnny Enzmann 2
3 Hippo Vaughn 2
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gavvy Cravath .432
2 Bobby Veach .362
3 Ty Cobb .359
4 Doc Johnston .357
4 Ross Youngs .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
1 Benny Kauff 5
1 Cy Williams 5
4 Larry Doyle 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 32
2 Babe Ruth 27
3 Eddie Collins 26
3 Larry Gardner 26
5 2 tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Doc Johnston 14
2 Eddie Collins 13
2 Ross Youngs 13
4 Carson Bigbee 12
4 Buck Herzog 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 1.00
2 Claude Hendrix 1.01
3 Hippo Vaughn 1.38
4 Bob Shawkey 1.51
5 Dick Rudolph 1.52

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Cicotte 10
2 Red Causey 8
2 Bob Shawkey 8
4 Jesse Barnes 7
4 3 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 59
2 Burleigh Grimes 46
3 Hod Eller 43
4 Lefty Williams 42
5 2 tied 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Bob Shawkey 2
2 Jesse Winters 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 21 others tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Braggo Roth .491
2 Doc Johnston .476
3 Bobby Veach .452
4 Babe Ruth .441
5 Sam Rice .418

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Braggo Roth 4
2 Gavvy Cravath 3
3 Home Run Baker 2
3 Ping Bodie 2
3 7 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 15
1 Babe Ruth 15
1 Billy Southworth 15
4 Heinie Groh 14
5 Home Run Baker 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Cutshaw 7
1 Doc Johnston 7
3 Billy Southworth 6
4 Carson Bigbee 5
4 Ross Youngs 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Speed Martin 0.00
2 Claude Hendrix 0.33
3 Dick Rudolph 0.53
4 Walt Kinney 0.61
5 Roy Mitchell 0.63

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Shawkey 5
2 Eddie Cicotte 3
2 Hooks Dauss 3
2 Bill Doak 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 22
2 Phil Douglas 18
3 Rube Marquard 17
4 Jeff Pfeffer 16
5 2 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Babe Adams 1
1 Doc Ayers 1
1 Ray Fisher 1
1 Walt Kinney 1
1 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gavvy Cravath .410
2 Doc Johnston .400
3 Edd Roush .398
4 Braggo Roth .393
5 George Sisler .392

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 5
2 Benny Kauff 4
2 Braggo Roth 4
4 Babe Ruth 3
4 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gavvy Cravath 28
2 Home Run Baker 20
2 Heinie Groh 20
2 Babe Ruth 20
5 3 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carson Bigbee 11
1 Doc Johnston 11
3 Ross Youngs 9
4 George Cutshaw 8
4 Fred Merkle 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eddie Cicotte 0.94
2 Claude Hendrix 1.01
3 Art Nehf 1.20
4 Dick Rudolph 1.21
5 Phil Douglas 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Causey 6
1 Eddie Cicotte 6
1 Bob Shawkey 6
4 Rube Benton 5
4 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 39
2 Burleigh Grimes 29
2 Lefty Williams 29
4 Phil Douglas 27
4 Rube Marquard 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Coveleski 3
2 Jesse Winters 2
3 Babe Adams 1
3 Pete Alexander 1
3 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .400
2 George Sisler .344
3 Zack Wheat .333
4 George Burns .321
5 Heinie Groh .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 12
2 Cy Williams 10
3 Babe Ruth 8
4 Edd Roush 7
4 Tillie Walker 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bobby Veach 84
2 George Cutshaw 71
3 Ty Cobb 70
4 Gavvy Cravath 69
4 2 others tied 69

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 40
2 Ray Chapman 32
2 Eddie Collins 32
2 George Sisler 32
5 George Burns 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Walter Johnson 1.51
2 Hippo Vaughn 1.75
3 Allan Sothoron 1.79
4 Lefty Tyler 1.89
5 Burleigh Grimes 2.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Burleigh Grimes 23
2 Wilbur Cooper 20
2 Stan Coveleski 20
2 Hippo Vaughn 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 180
2 Jim Shaw 135
3 Burleigh Grimes 126
4 Wilbur Cooper 123
5 Hippo Vaughn 116

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 George Mogridge 5
2 Jim Bagby 4
2 Stan Coveleski 4
2 Walter Johnson 4
5 4 tied 3