On This Day

Thursday, May 27, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 21 12 .636 --
Athletics 18 12 .600 1.5
Highlanders 17 13 .567 2.5
Red Sox 17 14 .548 3.0
White Sox 15 17 .469 5.5
Browns 15 17 .469 5.5
Naps 14 19 .424 7.0
Senators 9 22 .290 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 22 11 .667 --
Cubs 22 13 .629 1.0
Phillies 15 14 .517 5.0
Reds 17 18 .486 6.0
Giants 14 15 .483 6.0
Superbas 13 17 .433 7.5
Cardinals 15 20 .429 8.0
Doves 11 21 .344 10.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jap Barbeau 3
1 Wilbur Good 3
3 Jimmy Austin 2
3 Bill Bradley 2
3 9 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmy Austin 2
1 Jap Barbeau 2
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
5 2 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Beals Becker 2
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Charlie Hemphill 2
4 Jimmy Austin 1
4 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Frank Smith 0.58
2 Addie Joss 0.29
3 Jack Warhop 0.22
4 Vive Lindaman 0.13
5 Vic Willis 0.10

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Vic Willis 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Frank Smith 7
2 Addie Joss 2
2 Vive Lindaman 2
2 Jack Warhop 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .382
2 Danny Hoffman .375
3 Ed Lennox .370
4 Solly Hofman .349
5 Mike Mitchell .342

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Tommy Leach 2
2 Red Murray 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 23
2 Tris Speaker 22
3 Honus Wagner 21
4 Bill Abstein 18
5 3 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 19
2 Honus Wagner 15
3 Donie Bush 13
4 Bobby Byrne 9
4 3 others tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Chief Bender 1.20
2 Bugs Raymond 1.52
3 Mordecai Brown 1.62
4 Orval Overall 1.69
5 Bill Grahame 1.71

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 8
1 Orval Overall 8
3 Howie Camnitz 7
3 Frank Smith 7
5 2 tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 65
2 Frank Smith 53
3 Rube Waddell 49
4 Bugs Raymond 43
5 2 tied 42

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Billy Campbell 2
3 Al Mattern 2
5 20 tied 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Danny Hoffman .444
1 Solly Hofman .444
3 Del Howard .433
4 Red Murray .405
5 Joe Tinker .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Frank Schulte 2
3 Al Burch 1
3 Jim Delahanty 1
3 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 11
2 Tim Jordan 9
2 Sherry Magee 9
4 Home Run Baker 8
4 2 others tied 8

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Jimmy Austin 5
2 Jack Barry 5
2 Hal Chase 5
2 Kid Elberfeld 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orval Overall 0.00
1 Harry Krause 0.00
3 Bob Ewing 0.75
4 Jim Scott 0.95
5 Hooks Wiltse 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Orval Overall 4
1 Rube Waddell 4
3 Frank Arellanes 2
3 George Bell 2
3 22 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 27
2 Nap Rucker 24
3 Rube Waddell 19
4 Heinie Berger 18
4 Bugs Raymond 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Bull Durham 1
1 Tom Hughes 1
1 Sam Leever 1
1 4 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .409
2 Solly Hofman .404
3 Nap Lajoie .358
3 Mike Mitchell .358
5 Sam Crawford .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Tenney 3
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Frank Schulte 2
4 Al Burch 1
4 18 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 19
1 Tris Speaker 19
1 Honus Wagner 19
4 Bill Abstein 14
4 2 others tied 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Honus Wagner 12
3 Donie Bush 11
4 Kid Elberfeld 8
5 5 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.69
2 Rip Hagerman 1.00
3 Chief Bender 1.25
4 Tully Sparks 1.55
5 Orval Overall 1.60

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 5
1 George Mullin 5
1 Orval Overall 5
1 Bugs Raymond 5
1 Rube Waddell 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 41
2 Heinie Berger 40
3 Frank Smith 38
4 Bugs Raymond 37
5 Rube Waddell 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 2
2 Mordecai Brown 1
2 Billy Campbell 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 12 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .372
2 Mike Donlin .340
3 Sam Crawford .320
4 Ty Cobb .316
5 Matty McIntyre .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 12
2 Honus Wagner 10
3 Red Murray 8
4 Sam Crawford 7
4 Tommy Leach 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 104
2 Ty Cobb 92
3 Sam Crawford 86
3 Mike Donlin 86
5 Claude Rossman 77

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 62
2 Ty Cobb 52
3 Hans Lobert 51
4 Patsy Dougherty 45
5 Red Murray 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.59
2 Mordecai Brown 1.82
3 Ed Walsh 2.09
4 George McQuillan 2.34
5 Addie Joss 2.39

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 35
2 Christy Mathewson 33
3 Mordecai Brown 30
4 Ed Summers 25
5 Vic Willis 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 247
1 Ed Walsh 247
3 Christy Mathewson 232
4 Orval Overall 213
5 Nap Rucker 206

Saves

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