1909 Major League Baseball season

1909 MLB season
1909 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 16, 1909
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
NL champions	Pittsburgh Pirates
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
AL champions	Detroit Tigers
AL runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
World Series
Champions	Pittsburgh Pirates
Runners-up	Detroit Tigers
MLB seasons
	← 1908 1910 →

The 1909 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 16, 1909. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Pirates then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to three.

In the National League, the Chicago Cubs had a record of 104–49, but finished 6+1⁄2 games behind the Pirates, setting a record for the most wins in an MLB regular season without reaching the postseason, which has only been equalled once, by the 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers, who had a record of 104–50.^[1]

MLB statistical leaders[]

	American League		National League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.377	Honus Wagner PIT	.339
HR	Ty Cobb DET	9	Red Murray NYG	7
RBIs	Ty Cobb DET	107	Honus Wagner PIT	100
Wins	George Mullin DET	29	Mordecai Brown CHC	27
ERA	Harry Krause PHA	1.39	Christy Mathewson NYG	1.14
Ks	Frank Smith CHW	177	Orval Overall CHC	205

Standings[]

American League[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	54	0.645	—	57–19	41–35
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	0.621	3½	49–27	46–31
Boston Red Sox	88	63	0.583	9½	47–28	41–35
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	20	42–34	36–40
New York Highlanders	74	77	0.490	23½	41–35	33–42
Cleveland Naps	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
St. Louis Browns	61	89	0.407	36	40–37	21–52
Washington Senators	42	110	0.276	56	27–48	15–62

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	42	0.724	—	56–21	54–21
Chicago Cubs	104	49	0.680	6½	47–29	57–20
New York Giants	92	61	0.601	18½	44–33	48–28
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	0.503	33½	39–38	38–38
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	0.484	36½	40–37	34–42
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	0.359	55½	34–45	21–53
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	0.355	56	26–48	28–50
Boston Doves	45	108	0.294	65½	27–47	18–61

Postseason[]

Bracket[]

World Series

AL	Detroit Tigers	3
NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Fred Lake
Chicago White Sox	Billy Sullivan
Cleveland Naps	Nap Lajoie Deacon McGuire
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders	George Stallings
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Joe Cantillon

National League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Doves	Harry Smith Frank Bowerman
Brooklyn Superbas	Harry Lumley
Chicago Orphans	Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds	Clark Griffith
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Billy Murray
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Roger Bresnahan

Events[]

August 28 – Dolly Gray of the Washington Senators walks eight batters in an inning.^[2]

References[]

^ Adler, David (September 30, 2019). "Best MLB teams to miss the postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links[]

1909 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference
1909 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

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[1] Adler, David (September 30, 2019). "Best MLB teams to miss the postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

[Pellowski-2] Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

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v t 1909 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1909 World Series