On This Day

Monday, October 4, 1909

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 98 54 .645 --
Athletics 95 58 .621 3.5
Red Sox 88 63 .583 9.5
White Sox 78 74 .513 20.0
Highlanders 74 77 .490 23.5
Naps 71 82 .464 27.5
Browns 61 89 .407 36.0
Senators 42 110 .276 56.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 109 42 .722 --
Cubs 101 48 .678 7.0
Giants 91 59 .607 17.5
Reds 77 75 .507 32.5
Phillies 72 78 .480 36.5
Cardinals 53 95 .358 54.5
Superbas 53 96 .356 55.0
Doves 43 106 .289 65.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sherry Magee 4
1 Zack Wheat 4
3 Fred Beck 3
3 Wally Clement 3
3 Art Devlin 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pryor McElveen 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Fred Beck 2
1 Sherry Magee 2
1 Pryor McElveen 2
1 Dots Miller 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Art Devlin 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
3 Chick Autry 1
3 Bobby Byrne 1
3 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Red Ames 1.00
2 Mordecai Brown 0.57
3 Cliff Curtis 0.40
3 Lew Moren 0.40
5 Al Mattern 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 1
1 Mordecai Brown 1
1 Cliff Curtis 1
1 Eddie Dent 1
1 Hooks Wiltse 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Al Mattern 5
2 Red Ames 4
2 Mordecai Brown 4
4 Frank Corridon 2
4 5 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .376
2 Eddie Collins .346
3 Honus Wagner .339
4 Nap Lajoie .324
5 Sam Crawford .314

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Red Murray 7
2 Tris Speaker 7
4 Beals Becker 6
4 4 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 105
2 Sam Crawford 104
3 Honus Wagner 102
4 Dots Miller 88
5 Home Run Baker 86

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 76
2 Eddie Collins 63
3 Bob Bescher 54
4 Donie Bush 53
5 Red Murray 48

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.87
2 Ed Walsh 2.03
3 Mordecai Brown 2.05
4 Harry Krause 2.07
5 Orval Overall 2.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Mullin 29
2 Mordecai Brown 27
3 Howie Camnitz 25
3 Christy Mathewson 25
3 Frank Smith 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Orval Overall 211
2 Nap Rucker 200
3 Frank Smith 177
4 Earl Moore 173
5 Mordecai Brown 170

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 8
2 Mordecai Brown 6
3 Doc Crandall 5
4 Al Mattern 4
5 4 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .510
2 Home Run Baker .458
3 Harry Lord .422
3 Tris Speaker .422
5 Steve Evans .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 2
1 Al Shaw 2
1 Tris Speaker 2
4 Kitty Bransfield 1
4 23 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 17
2 Danny Murphy 14
3 Ty Cobb 13
3 Red Murray 13
5 Chief Wilson 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 9
1 Hans Lobert 9
3 Bob Bescher 8
4 Jimmy Austin 7
4 Mike Mitchell 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Howie Camnitz 0.00
2 Jack Warhop 0.36
3 Babe Adams 0.50
3 Bill Donovan 0.50
5 Cy Morgan 0.67

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Red Ames 3
1 Art Fromme 3
1 Eddie Higgins 3
1 Jack Pfiester 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ames 22
1 Doc Scanlan 22
3 Bill Bailey 21
4 Rube Marquard 19
5 4 tied 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Al Klawitter 1
1 George McQuillan 1
1 6 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .416
2 Home Run Baker .400
2 Tris Speaker .400
4 Clyde Engle .367
5 Honus Wagner .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hal Chase 4
2 Larry Doyle 3
2 Tris Speaker 3
4 Beals Becker 2
4 5 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 28
2 Ty Cobb 26
3 Home Run Baker 21
3 Clyde Engle 21
3 Danny Murphy 21

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 15
2 Bob Bescher 14
2 Red Murray 14
4 Ty Cobb 12
4 Hans Lobert 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Orval Overall 1.55
2 Babe Adams 1.67
3 Ed Walsh 1.69
4 Earl Moore 1.75
5 2 tied 1.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Nick Maddox 6
1 George Mullin 6
3 Red Ames 5
3 Bill Bailey 5
3 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Chief Bender 48
2 Orval Overall 44
3 Bill Bailey 40
4 Red Ames 39
5 Dolly Gray 37

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 1
1 George Bell 1
1 Heinie Berger 1
1 Doc Crandall 1
1 12 others tied 1