On This Day

Sunday, September 20, 1908

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 79 58 .577 --
Naps 80 60 .571 0.5
White Sox 79 61 .564 1.5
Browns 76 62 .551 3.5
Athletics 65 71 .478 13.5
Red Sox 65 72 .474 14.0
Senators 59 75 .440 18.5
Highlanders 46 90 .338 32.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 87 47 .649 --
Cubs 86 53 .619 3.5
Pirates 86 54 .614 4.0
Phillies 73 61 .545 14.0
Reds 66 72 .478 23.0
Doves 57 81 .413 32.0
Superbas 47 90 .343 41.5
Cardinals 47 91 .341 42.0

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank LaPorte 3
1 George Stone 3
3 Neal Ball 2
3 Wid Conroy 2
3 3 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Hoffman 1
1 George McBride 1
1 Freddy Parent 1
1 Claude Rossman 1
1 Boss Schmidt 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Neal Ball 1
1 George Davis 1
1 Jim Delahanty 1
1 Jerry Freeman 1
1 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Smith 2.00
2 Rube Waddell 1.70
3 Eddie Plank 1.00
4 Pete Wilson 0.67
5 Ed Summers 0.40

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Frank Smith 1
1 Ed Summers 1
1 Rube Waddell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 17
2 Pete Wilson 6
3 Eddie Plank 5
4 Ed Summers 4
5 Walter Johnson 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .348
2 Mike Donlin .337
3 Ty Cobb .333
4 Kitty Bransfield .309
5 Larry Doyle .308

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 9
3 Sam Crawford 7
4 Mike Donlin 6
4 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 99
2 Mike Donlin 90
3 Honus Wagner 87
4 Cy Seymour 85
5 Sam Crawford 75

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 49
2 Red Murray 43
3 Charlie Hemphill 41
4 Patsy Dougherty 40
4 Hans Lobert 40

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.83
2 Christy Mathewson 1.85
3 George McQuillan 2.03
4 Cy Young 2.06
5 Addie Joss 2.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 23
4 Addie Joss 22
4 2 others tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 221
2 Rube Waddell 218
3 Ed Walsh 210
4 Nap Rucker 179
5 Jimmy Dygert 164

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Sam Leever 3
3 5 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .415
2 Mike Donlin .415
3 Jim Delahanty .415
4 Buck Herzog .385
5 Fred Clarke .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 2
1 Ed Konetchy 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 13 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 16
2 Frank Isbell 13
2 Honus Wagner 13
4 Cy Seymour 12
5 3 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Hans Lobert 10
2 Honus Wagner 9
3 Kitty Bransfield 8
3 Mike Donlin 8
3 Frank Isbell 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 0.88
2 Ed Reulbach 0.93
3 Fred Burchell 1.00
4 Cy Young 1.04
5 Pete Wilson 1.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
1 Glenn Liebhardt 4
1 Christy Mathewson 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 11 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 48
2 Orval Overall 33
3 Ed Walsh 32
4 Walter Johnson 29
5 2 tied 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Fred Beebe 1
1 Chick Brandom 1
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Kitty Bransfield .405
2 Honus Wagner .397
3 Jim Delahanty .364
4 Matty McIntyre .358
5 Moose McCormick .347

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 4
2 Ed Konetchy 3
2 Simon Nicholls 3
4 Mike Donlin 2
4 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mike Donlin 30
2 Frank Isbell 23
3 Cy Seymour 20
4 Doc Gessler 18
5 3 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 17
2 Kitty Bransfield 13
3 Neal Ball 11
3 Bob Ganley 11
3 3 others tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.09
2 Ed Reulbach 1.50
3 Orval Overall 1.51
4 Lew Richie 1.57
5 Walter Johnson 1.64

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 8
1 Ed Walsh 8
3 Walter Johnson 7
3 Orval Overall 7
5 5 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 74
2 Rube Waddell 69
3 Ed Walsh 62
4 Walter Johnson 57
5 Ed Reulbach 47

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dummy Taylor 2
2 Fred Beebe 1
2 Chick Brandom 1
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .356
2 Ty Cobb .345
3 Mike Donlin .337
4 Johnny Evers .313
5 Sam Crawford .312

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 9
3 Sam Crawford 7
4 Ty Cobb 6
4 3 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 115
2 Mike Donlin 90
2 Honus Wagner 90
4 Sam Crawford 85
4 Cy Seymour 85

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 57
2 Red Murray 45
3 Charlie Hemphill 44
4 Hans Lobert 43
5 Ty Cobb 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.85
2 George McQuillan 1.88
3 Mordecai Brown 2.08
4 Addie Joss 2.31
5 Cy Young 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 36
2 Christy Mathewson 35
3 George McQuillan 26
4 Mordecai Brown 24
5 2 tied 23

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Christy Mathewson 235
2 Rube Waddell 230
3 Ed Walsh 222
4 Jimmy Dygert 190
5 Nap Rucker 187

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
2 Tom Hughes 4
2 Orval Overall 4
4 Mordecai Brown 3
4 6 others tied 3