MLB 1909

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Major League Baseball logo Major League Baseball
season 1909
Period April 14 - October 16, 1909
Postseason
AL Champion Detroit Tigers (3)
Second AL Philadelphia Athletics
NL champion Pittsburgh Pirates (4)
Second NL Chicago Cubs
World Series
champion Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
Playing times
◄ 1908 1910 ►Logo of the MLB

The 1909 MLB season was the eighth season of Major League Baseball (MLB).

For the third time in a row, the Detroit Tigers won the American League (AL). The team of manager Hughie Jennings finished the regular season with 3½ games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics .

In the National League (NL), after three years of dominance by the Chicago Cubs , the Pittsburgh Pirates had a new champion, who ended the season 6½ games ahead of the Cubs. For the Pirates it was the fourth title and the first since the 1903 season .

The Pirates won the 1909 World Series at the end of the season, celebrating their first World Series title. For the defeated Tigers it was the third World Series participation in which they left the field as a loser.

Result at the end of the season

American League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 Detroit Tigers 98 054 64.5% 0-
2 Philadelphia Athletics 95 058 62.1% 03½
3 Boston Red Sox 88 063 58.3% 09½
4th Chicago White Sox 78 074 51.3% 20th
5 New York Highlanders 74 077 49.0% 23½
6th Cleveland Naps 71 082 46.4% 27½
7th St. Louis Browns 61 089 40.7% 36
8th Washington Senators 42 110 27.6% 56
National League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 Pittsburgh Pirates 110 042 72.4% 0-
2 Chicago Cubs 104 049 68.0% 06½
3 New York Giants 092 061 60.1% 18½
4th Cincinnati Reds 077 076 50.3% 33½
5 Philadelphia Phillies 074 079 48.4% 36½
6th Brooklyn superbas 055 098 35.9% 55½
7th St. Louis Cardinals 054 098 35.5% 56
8th Boston Doves 045 108 29.4% 65½

W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

Player statistics

Hitting

Ty Cobb (left) and Honus Wagner (seen here during the 1909 World Series ) dominated the most important stroke statistics in their respective leagues
American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
AVG Ty Cobb DET .377 AVG Honus Wagner PIT .339
MR Ty Cobb DET 9 MR Red Murray NYG 7th
RBI Ty Cobb DET 107 RBI Honus Wagner PIT 100
R. Ty Cobb DET 116 R. Tommy Leach PIT 126
H Ty Cobb DET 216 H Larry Doyle NYG 172
SB Ty Cobb DET 76 SB Bob Bescher CIN 54

Pitching

American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
W. George Mullin DET 29 W. Mordecai Brown CHC 27
WL% George Mullin DET 78.4% WL% Howie Camnitz
Christy Mathewson 		PIT
NYG 		80.6%
ERA Harry Krause PHA 1.39 ERA Christy Mathewson NYG 1.14
K Frank Smith CHW 177 K Orval jumpsuit CHC 205
IP Frank Smith CHW 365 IP Mordecai Brown CHC 342.2

World Series

game date guest Result home Total
status DET – PIT 		place Playtime spectator box
Game 1 0October 8, 1909 Detroit Tigers 1-4 Pittsburgh Pirates 0-1 Forbes Field 1:55 29,264
Game 2 0October 9, 1909 Detroit Tigers 7-2 Pittsburgh Pirates 1-1 Forbes Field 1:45 30,915
Game 3 October 11, 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 Detroit Tigers 1-2 Bennett Park 1:56 18,277
Game 4 October 12, 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 0-5 Detroit Tigers 2–2 Bennett Park 1:57 17,036
Game 5 October 13, 1909 Detroit Tigers 4-8 Pittsburgh Pirates 2-3 Forbes Field 1:46 21,706
Game 6 October 14, 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 4-5 Detroit Tigers 3–3 Bennett Park 2:00 10,535
Game 7 October 16, 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 Detroit Tigers 3-4 Bennett Park 2:10 17,562
The Pittsburgh Pirates win the series 4-3

Web links

Commons : 1909 in Major League Baseball  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1909 American League batting leader. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 1909 National League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ 1909 American League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 1909 National League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 1 - Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 2 - Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 3 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 4 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 5 - Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 6 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ 1909 World Series Game 7 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.