1909 Major League Baseball season

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.

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

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 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 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

1. Adler, David (September 30, 2019). "Best MLB teams to miss the postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
2. 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