On This Day

Saturday, May 29, 1909

Standings

American league

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Tigers	23	12	.657	--
Athletics	21	12	.636	1.0
Highlanders	18	13	.581	3.0
Red Sox	17	16	.515	5.0
Browns	15	18	.455	7.0
White Sox	15	19	.441	7.5
Naps	15	19	.441	7.5
Senators	9	24	.273	13.0

Games

Tigers 4, White Sox 3

Athletics 6, Red Sox 2

Athletics 4, Red Sox 2

Highlanders 4, Senators 2

National League

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Pirates	22	12	.647	--
Cubs	23	13	.639	0.0
Phillies	17	15	.531	4.0
Reds	18	19	.486	5.5
Giants	15	17	.469	6.0
Superbas	15	17	.469	6.0
Cardinals	16	21	.432	7.5
Doves	11	23	.324	11.0

Games

Superbas 4, Doves 1

Superbas 4, Doves 1

Cardinals 4, Reds 2

Reds 11, Cardinals 2

Phillies 3, Giants 2

Cubs 8, Pirates 3

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk	Player	H
1	Rebel Oakes	6
2	Eddie Collins	5
3	Home Run Baker	4
3	Ed Konetchy	4
3	Dode Paskert	4

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Home Run Baker	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Home Run Baker	3
1	Chappy Charles	3
1	Harry Davis	3
1	Danny Murphy	3
5	3 tied	2

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Dick Egan	3
2	Otis Clymer	2
2	Eddie Collins	2
2	Rebel Oakes	2
5	12 tied	1

Dominance

Rk	Player	DOM
1	Harry Krause	1.67
2	Eddie Plank	1.14
3	Walter Johnson	0.71
4	Mordecai Brown	0.62
5	2 tied	0.50

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Fred Beebe	1
1	Mordecai Brown	1
1	Billy Campbell	1
1	George Hunter	1
1	6 others tied	1

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Harry Krause	10
2	Mordecai Brown	8
2	Eddie Plank	8
4	Art Fromme	7
5	Walter Johnson	5

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Lew Brockett	1
1	Bill Chappelle	1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.383
2	Danny Hoffman	.375
3	Solly Hofman	.341
4	Ed Lennox	.337
5	Eddie Collins	.336

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Home Run Baker	2
2	Sam Crawford	2
2	Tommy Leach	2
2	3 others tied	2

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Sam Crawford	24
2	Tris Speaker	22
2	Honus Wagner	22
4	Joe Tinker	19
5	Bill Abstein	18

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	20
2	Honus Wagner	16
3	Donie Bush	13
4	Bobby Byrne	10
4	Rebel Oakes	10

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Harry Krause	1.03
2	Chief Bender	1.20
3	Christy Mathewson	1.62
4	Orval Overall	1.69
4	Bugs Raymond	1.69

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	George Mullin	8
1	Orval Overall	8
3	Mordecai Brown	7
3	Howie Camnitz	7
3	Frank Smith	7

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	65
2	Frank Smith	53
3	Rube Waddell	49
4	Mordecai Brown	47
5	Bugs Raymond	46

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	3
1	Mordecai Brown	3
3	Billy Campbell	2
3	Al Mattern	2
5	22 tied	1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Danny Hoffman	.471
2	Rebel Oakes	.459
3	Solly Hofman	.432
4	Del Howard	.424
5	Patsy Dougherty	.413

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Home Run Baker	1
2	Jim Delahanty	1
2	Steve Evans	1
2	11 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	12
2	Home Run Baker	11
3	Sherry Magee	9
4	Pat Moran	8
4	2 others tied	8

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	8
2	Eddie Collins	6
3	Jimmy Austin	5
3	Jack Barry	5
3	2 others tied	5

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Orval Overall	0.00
2	Rube Waddell	0.33
3	Bob Ewing	0.75
4	Earl Moore	0.82
5	Harry Krause	0.86

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Orval Overall	4
2	Mordecai Brown	3
2	Earl Moore	3
2	Eddie Plank	3
2	2 others tied	3

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Orval Overall	27
2	Tom Hughes	21
3	Walter Johnson	20
4	Bugs Raymond	19
5	2 tied	18

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	1
1	Lew Brockett	1
1	Bill Chappelle	1
1	Bull Durham	1
1	4 others tied	1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.407
2	Solly Hofman	.375
3	Patsy Dougherty	.371
4	Eddie Collins	.359
5	Nap Lajoie	.358

Home Runs

Rk	Player	HR
1	Fred Tenney	3
2	Sam Crawford	2
2	Frank Schulte	2
4	Home Run Baker	1
4	19 others tied	1

Runs Batted In

Rk	Player	RBI
1	Honus Wagner	20
2	Tris Speaker	18
3	Sam Crawford	17
4	Sherry Magee	15
4	Joe Tinker	15

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Ty Cobb	16
2	Honus Wagner	12
3	Donie Bush	10
4	Rebel Oakes	9
5	3 tied	8

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Rip Hagerman	1.00
2	Harry Krause	1.03
3	Chief Bender	1.25
4	Orval Overall	1.60
5	Christy Mathewson	1.62

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Mordecai Brown	6
2	Orval Overall	5
2	Rube Waddell	5
4	Fred Beebe	4
4	10 others tied	4

Strikeouts

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

Saves

Rk	Player	Sv
1	Frank Arellanes	2
2	Lew Brockett	1
2	Billy Campbell	1
2	Bill Chappelle	1
2	12 others tied	1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk	Player	Avg
1	Honus Wagner	.369
2	Mike Donlin	.342
3	Sam Crawford	.318
4	Ty Cobb	.316
5	Kitty Bransfield	.314

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	Mike Donlin	86
4	Sam Crawford	84
5	Danny Murphy	81

Stolen Bases

Rk	Player	SB
1	Honus Wagner	63
2	Ty Cobb	53
3	Hans Lobert	51
4	Patsy Dougherty	44
5	Red Murray	41

ERA

Rk	Player	ERA
1	Christy Mathewson	1.56
2	Mordecai Brown	1.84
3	Ed Walsh	2.16
4	George McQuillan	2.34
5	Cy Young	2.36

Wins

Rk	Player	W
1	Christy Mathewson	34
1	Ed Walsh	34
3	Mordecai Brown	31
4	Ed Summers	24
4	Vic Willis	24

Strikeouts

Rk	Player	SO
1	Rube Waddell	247
2	Ed Walsh	246
3	Christy Mathewson	237
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