On This Day

Sunday, August 29, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 76 43 .639 --
Athletics 73 46 .613 3.0
Red Sox 73 48 .603 4.0
White Sox 59 59 .500 16.5
Naps 60 60 .500 16.5
Highlanders 53 65 .449 22.5
Browns 48 68 .414 26.5
Senators 33 86 .277 43.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 85 32 .726 --
Cubs 77 37 .675 6.5
Giants 68 44 .607 14.5
Reds 57 57 .500 26.5
Phillies 54 61 .470 30.0
Cardinals 45 70 .391 39.0
Superbas 41 74 .357 43.0
Doves 32 84 .276 52.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Heinie Heitmuller 3
2 Home Run Baker 2
2 Sam Crawford 2
2 Art Griggs 2
2 5 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 3
2 Home Run Baker 2
2 Harry Davis 2
4 Ty Cobb 1
4 5 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Moriarty 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Walsh 1.20
2 Chief Bender 0.71
3 Rube Manning 0.33
4 Bill Donovan 0.25
5 Rube Waddell 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Bill Donovan 1
1 Ed Walsh 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 10
2 Ed Walsh 6
3 Rube Manning 4
4 Bill Donovan 3
4 Bill Grahame 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .360
2 Eddie Collins .352
3 Honus Wagner .333
4 Nap Lajoie .331
5 Mike Mitchell .319

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 7
2 Tommy Leach 6
3 Sam Crawford 5
3 Red Murray 5
3 Jake Stahl 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 80
2 Ty Cobb 75
3 Sam Crawford 70
4 Dots Miller 69
5 Home Run Baker 64

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 60
2 Eddie Collins 45
3 Donie Bush 41
4 Bob Bescher 36
5 3 tied 31

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.63
2 Christy Mathewson 1.97
3 Ed Walsh 2.06
4 Smoky Joe Wood 2.07
5 Mordecai Brown 2.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 22
1 Howie Camnitz 22
1 George Mullin 22
1 Frank Smith 22
5 Christy Mathewson 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 165
2 Orval Overall 162
3 Walter Johnson 156
4 Frank Smith 140
5 Mordecai Brown 138

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Al Mattern 4
4 Doc Crandall 3
4 3 others tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .511
2 Jack Lelivelt .444
3 Davy Jones .431
4 Sam Crawford .426
5 Dave Shean .424

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tommy Leach 2
1 Honus Wagner 2
1 Chief Wilson 2
4 Bobby Byrne 1
4 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 15
2 Sam Crawford 14
2 Honus Wagner 14
4 Dots Miller 13
5 3 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Al Burch 9
1 Dode Paskert 9
3 Eddie Collins 8
3 Dick Egan 8
5 2 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.00
1 Jack Coombs 0.00
3 Lew Brockett 0.92
4 George Mullin 1.00
5 Jack Rowan 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Babe Adams 3
1 Mordecai Brown 3
1 Howie Camnitz 3
1 Bill Donovan 3
1 7 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 26
2 Eddie Cicotte 21
2 Christy Mathewson 21
2 Ed Walsh 21
5 Orval Overall 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 2
2 Babe Adams 1
2 Frank Arellanes 1
2 Bill Donovan 1
2 8 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .433
2 Frank LaPorte .363
3 Eddie Collins .355
4 Larry Doyle .347
5 Dick Hoblitzell .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 3
1 Chief Wilson 3
3 Ty Cobb 2
3 Ed Konetchy 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 29
2 Home Run Baker 22
3 Bill Abstein 19
3 Sam Crawford 19
5 4 tied 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 18
2 Donie Bush 13
2 Dick Egan 13
4 Dode Paskert 12
5 3 tied 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.00
2 Jack Rowan 1.21
3 Lew Brockett 1.41
4 Slow Joe Doyle 1.48
5 Charley Hall 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Frank Arellanes 5
2 Howie Camnitz 5
2 Christy Mathewson 5
2 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Nap Rucker 42
2 Orval Overall 38
2 Jim Scott 38
4 Mordecai Brown 37
4 Walter Johnson 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Al Mattern 2
1 Orval Overall 2
1 Lew Richie 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Honus Wagner .352
2 Eddie Collins .348
3 Ty Cobb .342
4 Nap Lajoie .323
5 Sam Crawford .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 7
1 Tommy Leach 7
1 Red Murray 7
4 Ed Konetchy 6
4 Honus Wagner 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Honus Wagner 106
2 Ty Cobb 96
3 Sam Crawford 88
4 Red Murray 79
5 3 tied 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 75
2 Honus Wagner 48
3 Bob Bescher 46
4 Eddie Collins 45
5 Donie Bush 43

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 1.63
2 Ed Walsh 1.82
3 Ed Reulbach 1.87
4 Christy Mathewson 1.92
5 Addie Joss 2.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 32
2 Christy Mathewson 30
2 Frank Smith 30
4 George Mullin 28
5 Howie Camnitz 26

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 237
2 Walter Johnson 229
3 Nap Rucker 220
4 Rube Waddell 207
5 Ed Walsh 200

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Mordecai Brown 5
3 Al Mattern 4
3 Lew Richie 4
5 5 tied 3