On This Day

Friday, May 14, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 16 6 .727 --
Red Sox 13 8 .619 2.5
Highlanders 12 9 .571 3.5
Athletics 10 9 .526 4.5
White Sox 11 11 .500 5.0
Naps 9 13 .409 7.0
Browns 7 14 .333 8.5
Senators 6 14 .300 9.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 15 9 .625 --
Phillies 12 9 .571 1.5
Cubs 14 12 .538 2.0
Superbas 11 11 .500 3.0
Doves 11 11 .500 3.0
Reds 13 14 .481 3.5
Giants 9 12 .429 4.5
Cardinals 10 17 .370 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Roy Hartzell 3
1 Dick Hoblitzell 3
3 Johnny Bates 2
3 Frank Bowerman 2
3 14 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Al Burch 1
1 Frank Schulte 1
1 Harry Steinfeldt 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Burch 3
1 Tim Jordan 3
1 Pryor McElveen 3
4 Ginger Beaumont 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 1
1 Jul Kustus 1
1 Rebel Oakes 1
1 Harry Steinfeldt 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Pfiester 0.60
2 Bob Groom 0.57
3 Rube Waddell 0.36
4 Harry Gaspar 0.33
4 3 others tied 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 1
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Jack Pfiester 1
1 Tully Sparks 1
1 Rube Waddell 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc Crandall 4
1 Harry Gaspar 4
1 Bob Groom 4
1 Rube Waddell 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Powell 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .398
2 Ginger Beaumont .387
3 Tris Speaker .377
4 Mike Mitchell .376
5 Tim Jordan .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
1 Red Murray 2
3 Home Run Baker 1
3 Joe Birmingham 1
3 15 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 18
2 Tris Speaker 17
3 Ginger Beaumont 13
4 Clyde Engle 12
4 2 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 13
2 Ty Cobb 12
3 Donie Bush 9
3 Bobby Byrne 9
3 Frank Chance 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 0.67
2 Doc White 0.97
3 Howie Camnitz 1.20
4 Mordecai Brown 1.56
5 Charlie Chech 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 6
1 George Mullin 6
3 Charlie Chech 5
3 Al Mattern 5
3 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 38
2 Frank Smith 36
3 Rube Waddell 34
4 Mordecai Brown 32
4 Rube Marquard 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mordecai Brown 3
2 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Billy Campbell 2
2 Al Mattern 2
5 15 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .457
2 Mike Mitchell .409
3 Matty McIntyre .382
4 Donie Bush .378
5 2 tied .371

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Crawford 2
2 Al Burch 1
2 Willie Keeler 1
2 Jul Kustus 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 11
2 Tris Speaker 10
3 Johnny Bates 9
3 Ginger Beaumont 9
5 3 tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 9
2 Ty Cobb 8
3 Donie Bush 6
3 Hans Lobert 6
5 5 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Doc White 0.24
2 Chief Bender 0.50
2 Rip Hagerman 0.50
4 Jack Pfiester 0.69
4 Tully Sparks 0.69

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Bell 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Al Mattern 3
1 Lew Moren 3
1 Vic Willis 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Heinie Berger 22
2 Rube Marquard 21
2 Frank Smith 21
4 Walter Johnson 17
5 Nap Rucker 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Billy Campbell 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Gus Dorner 1
1 5 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .368
2 Mike Donlin .338
3 Matty McIntyre .315
4 Doc Gessler .315
5 Sam Crawford .313

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 8
4 Sam Crawford 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 97
2 Mike Donlin 91
3 Ty Cobb 88
4 Sam Crawford 85
5 Kitty Bransfield 78

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 63
2 Hans Lobert 52
3 Ty Cobb 47
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
4 Red Murray 44

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.79
2 Christy Mathewson 1.99
3 George McQuillan 2.13
4 Ed Walsh 2.19
5 Doc White 2.31

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 36
2 Christy Mathewson 32
3 Mordecai Brown 31
4 Ed Summers 25
5 2 tied 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 243
2 Ed Walsh 241
3 Christy Mathewson 225
4 Nap Rucker 207
5 Orval Overall 186

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Sam Leever 4
3 Joe McGinnity 4
3 Orval Overall 4