1909 Philadelphia Athletics season
1909 Philadelphia Athletics | |
---|---|
League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough |
Managers | Connie Mack |
The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses. The A's also moved into the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, Shibe Park.[1]
Regular season
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rooftopbleachers.jpg/250px-Rooftopbleachers.jpg)
In 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detroit Tigers | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 57–19 | 41–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 58 | .621 | 3½ | 49–27 | 46–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 63 | .583 | 9½ | 47–28 | 41–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 42–34 | 36–40 |
New York Highlanders | 74 | 77 | .490 | 23½ | 41–35 | 33–42 |
Cleveland Naps | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27½ | 39–37 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 61 | 89 | .407 | 36 | 40–37 | 21–52 |
Washington Senators | 42 | 110 | .276 | 56 | 27–48 | 15–62 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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
[edit]1909 Philadelphia Athletics | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Ira Thomas | 84 | 256 | 57 | .223 | 0 | 31 |
1B | Harry Davis | 149 | 530 | 142 | .268 | 4 | 75 |
2B | Eddie Collins | 153 | 571 | 198 | .347 | 3 | 56 |
SS | Jack Barry | 124 | 409 | 88 | .215 | 1 | 23 |
3B | Frank Baker | 148 | 541 | 165 | .305 | 4 | 85 |
OF | Rube Oldring | 90 | 326 | 75 | .230 | 1 | 28 |
OF | Bob Ganley | 80 | 274 | 54 | .197 | 0 | 9 |
OF | Danny Murphy | 149 | 541 | 152 | .281 | 5 | 69 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Topsy Hartsel | 83 | 267 | 72 | .270 | 1 | 18 |
Heinie Heitmuller | 64 | 210 | 60 | .286 | 0 | 15 |
Paddy Livingston | 64 | 175 | 41 | .234 | 0 | 15 |
Simon Nicholls | 21 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
Jack Lapp | 21 | 56 | 19 | .339 | 0 | 10 |
Scotty Barr | 22 | 51 | 4 | .078 | 0 | 1 |
Stuffy McInnis | 19 | 46 | 11 | .239 | 1 | 4 |
Amos Strunk | 11 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 2 |
Morrie Rath | 7 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 3 |
Shoeless Joe Jackson | 5 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
Ed Larkin | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Doc Powers | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Curry | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Plank | 34 | 265.1 | 19 | 10 | 1.76 | 132 |
Chief Bender | 34 | 250.0 | 18 | 8 | 1.66 | 161 |
Cy Morgan | 28 | 228.2 | 16 | 11 | 1.65 | 81 |
Jack Coombs | 30 | 205.2 | 12 | 11 | 2.32 | 97 |
Tommy Atkins | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Krause | 32 | 213.0 | 18 | 8 | 1.39 | 139 |
Jimmy Dygert | 32 | 137.1 | 9 | 5 | 2.42 | 79 |
Rube Vickers | 18 | 55.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 25 |
Biff Schlitzer | 4 | 13.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Kull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1909 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1909 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com