1909 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses. The A's also moved into the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, Shibe Park.[1]

1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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Regular season
Fans in Shibe Park watching the inaugural game in 1909.

In 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9854 0.645 — 57–19 41–35
Philadelphia Athletics 9558 0.621 3½ 49–27 46–31
Boston Red Sox 8863 0.583 9½ 47–28 41–35
Chicago White Sox 7874 0.513 20 42–34 36–40
New York Highlanders 7477 0.490 23½ 41–35 33–42
Cleveland Naps 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6189 0.407 36 40–37 21–52
Washington Senators 42110 0.276 56 27–48 15–62

Record vs. opponents
1909 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–9–114–89–1313–910–1113–716–6
Chicago 9–13–1—8–13–16–15–214–8–112–1010–12–119–3–1
Cleveland 8–1413–8–1—8–14–18–149–1314–811–11
Detroit 13–915–6–214–8–1—14–88–1418–3–116–6–2
New York 9–138–14–114–88–14—8–1413–8–114–6
Philadelphia 11–1010–1213–914–814–8—14–819–3
St. Louis 7–1312–10–18–143–18–18–13–18–14—15–7–1
Washington 6–163–19–111–116–16–26–143–197–15–1—

Roster
1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • Danny Murphy
 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
CIra Thomas8425657.223031
1BHarry Davis149530142.268475
2BEddie Collins153571198.347356
SSJack Barry12440988.215123
3BFrank Baker148541165.305485
OFRube Oldring9032675.230128
OFBob Ganley8027454.19709
OFDanny Murphy149541152.281569

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
Topsy Hartsel8326772.270118
Heinie Heitmuller6421060.286015
Paddy Livingston6417541.234015
Simon Nicholls217115.21103
Scotty Barr22514.07801
Jack Lapp215619.339010
Stuffy McInnis194611.23914
Amos Strunk11354.11402
Morrie Rath7267.26903
Shoeless Joe Jackson5173.17603
Ed Larkin261.16701
Doc Powers141.25000
Jim Curry141.25000

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
Eddie Plank34265.119101.76132
Chief Bender342501881.66161
Cy Morgan28228.216111.6581
Jack Coombs30205.212112.3297
Tommy Atkins16004.504

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
Harry Krause322131881.39139
Jimmy Dygert32137.1952.4279
Rube Vickers1855.2223.4025
Biff Schlitzer413.1035.406

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
John Kull11003.004

Notes
  1. Shibe Park at Ballparks.com

References


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