On This Day

Thursday, May 5, 1910

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Athletics 9 4 .692 --
Tigers 11 5 .688 -0.5
Naps 9 6 .600 1.0
Highlanders 7 5 .583 1.5
Red Sox 7 8 .467 3.0
White Sox 5 8 .385 4.0
Senators 6 12 .333 5.5
Browns 3 9 .250 5.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Phillies 9 4 .692 --
Pirates 9 4 .692 0.0
Giants 11 5 .688 -0.5
Cubs 8 6 .571 1.5
Reds 6 7 .462 3.0
Doves 5 9 .357 4.5
Cardinals 5 11 .313 5.5
Superbas 5 12 .294 6.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bruno Block 3
1 Bill Bradley 3
1 Sherry Magee 3
4 Home Run Baker 2
4 16 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Red Dooin 3
2 Mickey Doolin 2
2 Tom Downey 2
2 Danny Murphy 2
2 Boss Schmidt 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Donie Bush 2
1 Tom Downey 2
3 Bob Bescher 1
3 Ty Cobb 1
3 10 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Addie Joss 1.80
2 Cy Morgan 1.25
3 Jack Powell 1.20
4 Orval Overall 1.00
5 Ed Walsh 0.56

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Ewing 1
1 Harry Gaspar 1
1 Addie Joss 1
1 Al Mattern 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Addie Joss 9
2 Orval Overall 7
3 Jack Powell 6
4 Cy Morgan 5
4 Ed Walsh 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Browning 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nap Lajoie .439
2 Sherry Magee .422
3 Harry Lord .397
4 Ty Cobb .385
5 2 tied .362

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Carrigan 2
1 Larry Doyle 2
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 Fred Beck 1
3 20 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Sam Crawford 16
2 Kid Elberfeld 13
2 Jake Stahl 13
4 Sherry Magee 12
5 Red Murray 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 10
2 Harry Wolter 8
3 Donie Bush 7
3 Eddie Collins 7
3 Red Murray 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Harry Krause 0.00
2 Bill Powell 0.35
3 Orval Overall 0.89
4 Frank Smith 0.94
5 2 tied 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Addie Joss 4
1 George Mullin 4
3 Babe Adams 3
3 Chief Bender 3
3 6 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 44
2 Ed Walsh 31
3 Smoky Joe Wood 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 Bugs Raymond 23

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Les Backman 2
1 Doc Crandall 2
1 Bert Humphries 2
1 Deacon Phillippe 2
5 4 tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ty Cobb .394
2 Nap Lajoie .342
3 Eddie Collins .340
4 Harry Lord .324
5 Honus Wagner .323

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ty Cobb 9
2 Larry Doyle 8
3 Tris Speaker 7
3 Jake Stahl 7
5 Beals Becker 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 112
2 Sam Crawford 106
3 Honus Wagner 98
4 Red Murray 97
5 Dots Miller 91

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 77
2 Eddie Collins 67
3 Bob Bescher 59
4 Donie Bush 56
5 Red Murray 51

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Christy Mathewson 1.74
2 Harry Krause 1.87
3 Orval Overall 1.88
4 Ed Reulbach 2.03
5 Cy Morgan 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Christy Mathewson 28
1 George Mullin 28
3 Mordecai Brown 27
4 Frank Smith 24
5 3 tied 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Walter Johnson 207
2 Nap Rucker 206
3 Orval Overall 200
4 Earl Moore 181
5 Frank Smith 174

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Frank Arellanes 7
2 Doc Crandall 6
3 Mordecai Brown 3
3 Al Mattern 3
3 3 others tied 3