1909 Washington Senators season
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Owner(s) | Thomas C. Noyes |
Manager(s) | Joe Cantillon |
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The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth (last) place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park. The Senators still hold the Major League record for the most games lost in one month of a season, with 29 losses (and only 5 wins) in July.[1]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 13–7 | 16–6 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 8–13–1 | 6–15–2 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 19–3–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–8–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 15–6–2 | 14–8–1 | — | 14–8 | 8–14 | 18–3–1 | 16–6–2 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 8–14 | 13–8–1 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 19–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–13 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 3–18–1 | 8–13–1 | 8–14 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
Washington | 6–16 | 3–19–1 | 11–11 | 6–16–2 | 6–14 | 3–19 | 7–15–1 | — |
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gabby Street | 137 | 407 | 86 | .211 | 0 | 29 |
1B | Jiggs Donahue | 84 | 283 | 67 | .237 | 0 | 28 |
2B | Jim Delahanty | 90 | 302 | 67 | .222 | 1 | 21 |
SS | George McBride | 156 | 504 | 118 | .234 | 0 | 34 |
3B | Wid Conroy | 139 | 488 | 119 | .244 | 1 | 20 |
OF | Clyde Milan | 130 | 400 | 80 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
OF | George Browne | 103 | 393 | 107 | .272 | 1 | 16 |
OF | Jack Lelivelt | 91 | 318 | 93 | .292 | 0 | 24 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bob Unglaub | 130 | 480 | 127 | .265 | 3 | 41 |
Otis Clymer | 45 | 138 | 27 | .196 | 0 | 6 |
Germany Schaefer | 37 | 128 | 31 | .242 | 1 | 4 |
Red Killefer | 40 | 121 | 21 | .174 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Yohe | 21 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Ganley | 19 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 0 | 5 |
Cliff Blankenship | 39 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
Jack Slattery | 32 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
Doc Gessler | 17 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 0 | 8 |
Warren Miller | 26 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry Freeman | 19 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Speed Kelly | 17 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Jesse Tannehill | 16 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Hardy | 10 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
Bill Shipke | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kahoe | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Crooke | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Orth Collins | 8 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Gavvy Cravath | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Hemphill | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Sebring | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Walter Johnson | 40 | 296.1 | 13 | 25 | 2.22 | 164 |
Bob Groom | 44 | 260.2 | 7 | 26 | 2.87 | 131 |
Dolly Gray | 36 | 218 | 5 | 19 | 3.59 | 87 |
Charlie Smith | 23 | 145.2 | 3 | 12 | 3.27 | 72 |
Dixie Walker | 4 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2.50 | 25 |
Bill Forman | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 2 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Hughes | 22 | 120.1 | 4 | 7 | 2.69 | 77 |
Roy Witherup | 12 | 68 | 1 | 5 | 4.24 | 26 |
Doc Reisling | 10 | 66.2 | 2 | 4 | 2.43 | 22 |
Frank Oberlin | 9 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 3.73 | 13 |
Nick Altrock | 9 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 5.45 | 9 |
Bill Burns | 6 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.23 | 13 |
Jesse Tannehill | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3.43 | 8 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Ohl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
Joe Hovlik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Burt Keeley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 0 |
Orth Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
See also[]
- List of worst Major League Baseball season records
References[]
- ^ "Single Season Games Lost Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
External links[]
- 1909 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1909 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1909 Major League Baseball season
- 1909 in sports in Washington, D.C.
- Baseball season stubs
- Washington, D.C. sport stubs