1909 New York Giants season

The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1909 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John T. Brush
Manager(s)John McGraw
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 11042 0.724 — 56–21 54–21
Chicago Cubs 10449 0.680 6½ 47–29 57–20
New York Giants 9261 0.601 18½ 44–33 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 7776 0.503 33½ 39–38 38–38
Philadelphia Phillies 7479 0.484 36½ 40–37 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 5598 0.359 55½ 34–45 21–53
St. Louis Cardinals 5498 0.355 56 26–48 28–50
Boston Doves 45108 0.294 65½ 27–47 18–61

Record vs. opponents
1909 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–111–215–178–14–210–121–209–13
Brooklyn 11–11—5–165–17–17–1511–114–1812–10–1
Chicago 21–116–5—16–611–11–116–69–1315–7–1
Cincinnati 17–517–5–16–16—9–13–19–12–17–15–112–10
New York 14–8–215–711–11–113–9–1—12–1011–11–116–5
Philadelphia 12–1011–116–1612–9–110–12—7–1516–6
Pittsburgh 20–118–413–915–7–111–11–115–7—18–3
St. Louis 13–910–12–17–15–110–125–166–163–18—

Roster
1909 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CAdmiral Schlei9227968.244030
1BFred Tenney10137588.235330
2BLarry Doyle147570172.302649
3BArt Devlin143491130.265056
SSAl Bridwell145476140.294055
LFMoose McCormick121413120.291327
CFBill O'Hara11536085.236130
RFRed Murray149570150.263791

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
Cy Seymour8028087.311130
Fred Merkle7923645.191020
Chief Meyers9022061.277130
Buck Herzog4213024.18508
Art Fletcher339821.21406
Tillie Shafer388415.17907
Fred Snodgrass287021.30016
Art Wilson194210.23805
Josh Devore22284.14301
Arlie Latham420.00000

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
Christy Mathewson37275.12561.14149
Bugs Raymond3927018122.47121
Hooks Wiltse37269.120112.00119
Red Ames3424415102.69156
Rube Marquard291735132.60109
Louis Drucke324212.258
George Daly321036.008

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
Doc Crandall30122642.8855
Al Klawitter627112.006

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
Bull Durham40013.272
Jake Weimer10009.001
Red Waller10000.001

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

  • #5 strikeouts (156)

Al Bridwell

  • #3 on-base percentage (.386)
  • #5 batting average (.294)

Larry Doyle

  • #3 slugging percentage (.419)
  • #4 batting average (.302)

Christy Mathewson

  • #1 earned run average (1.14)
  • #2 wins (25)

Moose McCormick

  • #5 slugging percentage (.402)

Red Murray

  • #1 home runs (7)
  • #2 runs batted in (91)
  • #2 stolen bases (48)


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