On This Day

Friday, July 16, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 50 28 .641 --
Athletics 46 30 .605 3.0
Red Sox 47 34 .580 4.5
Naps 44 33 .571 5.5
Highlanders 35 43 .449 15.0
White Sox 34 44 .436 16.0
Browns 32 47 .405 18.5
Senators 23 52 .307 25.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 56 21 .727 --
Cubs 49 26 .653 6.0
Giants 45 28 .616 9.0
Reds 40 39 .506 17.0
Phillies 33 42 .440 22.0
Cardinals 30 43 .411 24.0
Superbas 27 49 .355 28.5
Doves 22 54 .289 33.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Johnny Evers 3
1 Harry Lord 3
3 Lou Criger 2
3 Bill Dahlen 2
3 10 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Eddie Collins 2
1 Solly Hofman 2
3 Fred Beck 1
3 Larry Doyle 1
3 10 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Altizer 1
1 Jake Atz 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Bob Ganley 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Kroh 1.25
2 Ed Summers 1.11
3 Cecil Ferguson 1.09
4 Cy Morgan 1.00
5 Bill Bailey 0.70

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Rube Kroh 1
1 Christy Mathewson 1
1 Cy Morgan 1
1 Biff Schlitzer 1
1 Jim Scott 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Cecil Ferguson 12
2 Ed Summers 10
3 Bill Bailey 7
3 Bob Groom 7
5 Cy Morgan 6

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .364
2 Nap Lajoie .350
3 Eddie Collins .349
4 Ty Cobb .330
5 Danny Hoffman .324

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Red Murray 5
2 Sam Crawford 4
2 Tommy Leach 4
2 Jake Stahl 4
5 9 tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 58
2 Sam Crawford 47
3 Dots Miller 44
4 Harry Steinfeldt 42
5 Tris Speaker 39

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 41
2 Bob Bescher 24
2 Donie Bush 24
2 Honus Wagner 24
5 Red Murray 21

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.79
2 Christy Mathewson 1.55
3 Addie Joss 1.98
4 Rube Kroh 2.04
5 Ed Walsh 2.07

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Howie Camnitz 15
1 George Mullin 15
3 Christy Mathewson 14
4 Mordecai Brown 13
4 2 others tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 108
2 Nap Rucker 99
3 Walter Johnson 91
3 Frank Smith 91
3 Rube Waddell 91

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Mordecai Brown 4
3 Doc Crandall 3
3 Jack Powell 3
5 3 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Johnny Evers .396
2 Doc Gessler .380
3 Ty Cobb .364
4 Al Bridwell .357
5 Ginger Beaumont .354

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jake Stahl 3
2 Ty Cobb 2
2 John Hummel 2
2 Ed Konetchy 2
2 2 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Steinfeldt 12
2 Ty Cobb 11
2 Pat Donahue 11
2 Alan Storke 11
5 4 tied 10

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 13
2 Freddy Parent 11
3 Red Murray 10
4 Billy Purtell 9
5 Patsy Dougherty 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Rube Kroh 0.50
2 Bill Dinneen 0.62
3 Harry Krause 0.67
4 Mordecai Brown 0.92
5 Cy Young 0.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Dinneen 4
1 Cy Young 4
3 Harry Gaspar 3
3 Addie Joss 3
3 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Earl Moore 29
2 Nap Rucker 26
3 Cy Morgan 22
4 Red Ames 21
4 Jim Scott 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jean Dubuc 2
1 Jack Powell 2
3 Frank Arellanes 1
3 Mordecai Brown 1
3 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Browne .413
2 Johnny Evers .380
3 Doc Gessler .374
4 Ty Cobb .371
5 Al Bridwell .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jake Stahl 4
2 Beals Becker 3
2 Ty Cobb 3
2 John Hummel 3
5 6 tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 21
2 Ed Konetchy 20
2 Red Murray 20
4 Sam Crawford 18
4 2 others tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Bescher 17
2 Ty Cobb 14
2 Red Murray 14
4 Freddy Parent 13
5 Patsy Dougherty 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.65
2 Ed Reulbach 0.78
3 Christy Mathewson 1.22
4 Ed Killian 1.34
5 Deacon Phillippe 1.49

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 8
2 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Addie Joss 6
2 Harry Krause 6
2 Cy Young 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 43
2 Earl Moore 39
3 Ed Walsh 35
4 Harry Krause 34
5 Chief Bender 32

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 3
2 Doc Crandall 2
2 Jean Dubuc 2
2 Jack Powell 2
5 17 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .380
2 Eddie Collins .334
3 Nap Lajoie .326
4 Sam Crawford .324
5 Ty Cobb .322

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 11
2 Ed Konetchy 7
2 Red Murray 7
4 Sam Crawford 6
4 Tommy Leach 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 112
2 Ty Cobb 81
3 Sam Crawford 80
3 Danny Murphy 80
5 Claude Rossman 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 63
2 Honus Wagner 51
3 Red Murray 45
4 Patsy Dougherty 44
5 Sherry Magee 41

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.61
2 Ed Walsh 1.94
3 Addie Joss 1.96
4 Ed Reulbach 2.04
5 Mordecai Brown 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 34
2 Mordecai Brown 28
2 Ed Walsh 28
4 George Mullin 24
4 Frank Smith 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 244
2 Orval Overall 237
3 Rube Waddell 236
4 Walter Johnson 222
5 Christy Mathewson 206

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 6
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Orval Overall 4
4 Doc Crandall 3
4 4 others tied 3