On This Day

Thursday, April 15, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 2 0 1.000 --
Naps 2 0 1.000 0.0
Highlanders 2 1 .667 0.5
Athletics 1 1 .500 1.0
Red Sox 1 1 .500 1.0
Senators 1 2 .333 1.5
White Sox 0 2 .000 2.0
Browns 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Superbas 1 0 1.000 --
Cubs 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Doves 1 0 1.000 0.0
Reds 1 1 .500 0.5
Pirates 1 1 .500 0.5
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Phillies 0 1 .000 1.0
Cardinals 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Danny Hoffman 3
2 Whitey Alpermann 2
2 Bobby Byrne 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 13 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Solly Hofman 3
2 Bill Abstein 2
2 Chappy Charles 2
2 Clyde Engle 2
2 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Abstein 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Hans Lobert 1
1 Honus Wagner 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 1.11
2 Bob Ewing 0.70
3 Doc White 0.67
4 Jack Quinn 0.60
4 Ed Summers 0.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Jack Quinn 1
1 Ed Summers 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 10
2 Bob Ewing 7
3 Doc White 6
4 Cy Young 5
5 2 tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Solly Hofman .800
2 Danny Murphy .667
3 Danny Hoffman .625
4 Eddie Collins .500
4 3 others tied .500

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gavvy Cravath 1
1 Bill Dahlen 1
1 Danny Hoffman 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Danny Murphy 5
2 Bill Abstein 3
2 Chappy Charles 3
2 Bill Dahlen 3
2 Solly Hofman 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wid Conroy 2
2 Bill Abstein 1
2 Neal Ball 1
2 Bobby Byrne 1
2 14 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Kaiser Wilhelm 0.00
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
1 Joe Lake 0.00
1 George Mullin 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 1
1 Charlie Chech 1
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Cecil Ferguson 1
1 11 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Charlie Smith 12
2 Red Ames 10
3 Bob Ewing 7
3 Orval Overall 7
5 Doc White 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Al Mattern 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .356
2 Mike Donlin .334
3 Ty Cobb .317
4 Sam Crawford .308
5 Doc Gessler .308

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Sam Crawford 7
3 Red Murray 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 103
2 Mike Donlin 100
3 Honus Wagner 97
4 Cy Seymour 91
5 Sam Crawford 80

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 54
2 Red Murray 48
3 Hans Lobert 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 46
5 Charlie Hemphill 42

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.83
2 Christy Mathewson 1.98
3 Cy Young 2.11
4 Addie Joss 2.15
5 Ed Walsh 2.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 40
2 Christy Mathewson 36
3 Mordecai Brown 29
4 Addie Joss 25
4 Ed Summers 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 271
2 Christy Mathewson 254
3 Rube Waddell 233
4 Nap Rucker 195
5 Orval Overall 172

Saves

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