1909 St. Louis Browns season

1909 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record61–89 (.407)
League place7th place
OwnersRobert Hedges
ManagersJimmy McAleer
← 1908 Seasons 1910 →

The 1909 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th place in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 89 losses.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
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

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1909 American League record

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

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1909 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Lou Criger 74 212 36 .170 0 9
1B Tom Jones 97 337 84 .249 0 29
2B Jimmy Williams 110 374 73 .195 0 22
SS Bobby Wallace 116 403 96 .238 0 35
3B Hobe Ferris 148 556 120 .216 4 58
OF Roy Hartzell 152 595 161 .271 0 32
OF George Stone 83 310 89 .287 1 15
OF Danny Hoffman 110 387 104 .269 2 26

Other batters

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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
Art Griggs 108 364 102 .280 0 43
Jack McAleese 85 267 57 .213 0 12
Jim Stephens 79 223 49 .220 3 18
Al Schweitzer 27 76 17 .224 0 2
Walt Devoy 19 69 17 .246 0 8
Ned Crompton 17 63 10 .159 0 2
Burt Shotton 17 61 16 .262 0 0
Ham Patterson 17 49 10 .204 0 5
Wib Smith 17 42 8 .190 0 2
Harry Howell 18 34 6 .176 0 3
Bill Killefer 11 29 4 .138 0 1
Claude Rossman 2 8 1 .125 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Powell 34 239.0 12 16 2.11 82
Rube Waddell 31 220.1 11 14 2.37 141
Barney Pelty 27 199.1 11 11 2.30 88
Bill Dinneen 17 112.0 6 7 3.46 26
Chuck Rose 3 25.0 1 2 5.40 6
Ed Kusel 3 24.0 0 3 7.13 2
Jack Gilligan 3 23.0 1 2 5.48 4
Phil Stremmel 2 18.0 0 2 4.50 6
Bill McCorry 2 15.0 0 2 9.00 10

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Bailey 32 199.0 9 10 2.44 114
Bill Grahame 34 187.1 8 14 3.12 82
Dode Criss 11 55.1 1 5 3.42 43
Harry Howell 10 37.1 1 1 3.13 16

References

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