The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was the ninth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, 9+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
1909 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 88–63 (.583) | |
League place | 3rd (9+1⁄2 GB) | |
Owners | John I. Taylor | |
Managers | Fred Lake | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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Offseason
edit- February 16, 1909: Cy Young was traded to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for pitchers Jack Ryan and Charlie Chech, and $12,500.[1]
- March: The team held spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[2]
Regular season
edit- April 12: The regular season opens with an 8–1 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.[3]
- April 16: Harry Hooper makes his major league debut.[4]
- April 21: In the home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia, 6–2.[3]
- May 31: The team's longest losing streak of the season, six games, ends with a road win over Philadelphia.[3]
- August 19: The team's longest winning streak of the season, 11 games, ends with a loss to the New York Highlanders at Hilltop Park in New York City.[3]
- October 5: The regular season ends with home doubleheader against New York; Boston loses the first game, 6–5, then wins the second game, 6–1.[3]
The team's longest game of the season was 12 innings, which occurred three times.[3]
Statistical leaders
editThe offense was led by Tris Speaker, who hit seven home runs and had 77 RBIs while recording a .309 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Frank Arellanes with 16 wins, Eddie Cicotte with a 1.94 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 88 strikeouts.
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
The team had one game end in a tie; August 25 at Chicago White Sox.[5] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[6]
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
editAmby McConnell | 2B |
Harry Lord | 3B |
Jake Stahl | 1B |
Doc Gessler | RF |
Tris Speaker | CF |
Heinie Wagner | SS |
Jack Thoney | LF |
Bill Carrigan | C |
Frank Arellanes | P |
Source:[7]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Bill Carrigan | 94 | 280 | 83 | .296 | 1 | 36 |
1B | Jake Stahl | 127 | 435 | 128 | .294 | 6 | 60 |
2B | Amby McConnell | 121 | 453 | 108 | .238 | 0 | 36 |
SS | Heinie Wagner | 124 | 430 | 110 | .256 | 1 | 49 |
3B | Harry Lord | 136 | 534 | 168 | .315 | 0 | 31 |
OF | Tris Speaker | 143 | 544 | 168 | .309 | 7 | 77 |
OF | Harry Niles | 145 | 546 | 134 | .245 | 1 | 38 |
OF | Doc Gessler | 111 | 396 | 115 | .290 | 0 | 46 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Harry Hooper | 81 | 255 | 72 | .282 | 0 | 12 |
Pat Donahue | 65 | 177 | 42 | .237 | 2 | 25 |
Charlie French | 51 | 167 | 42 | .251 | 0 | 13 |
Harry Wolter | 54 | 121 | 29 | .240 | 2 | 10 |
Tubby Spencer | 28 | 74 | 12 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
Jack Thoney | 13 | 40 | 5 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
Larry Gardner | 19 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 5 |
Bunny Madden | 10 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Howard | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Babe Danzig | 6 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Yerkes | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Frank Arellanes | 45 | 230+2⁄3 | 16 | 12 | 2.18 | 82 |
Eddie Cicotte | 27 | 162+1⁄3 | 14 | 5 | 1.94 | 82 |
Smoky Joe Wood | 24 | 160+2⁄3 | 11 | 7 | 2.18 | 88 |
Charlie Chech | 17 | 106+2⁄3 | 7 | 5 | 2.95 | 40 |
Ray Collins | 12 | 73+2⁄3 | 4 | 3 | 2.81 | 31 |
Cy Morgan | 12 | 64+2⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 2.37 | 30 |
Charlie Smith | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2.16 | 11 |
Fred Anderson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 5 |
Jack Chesbro | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Elmer Steele | 16 | 75+2⁄3 | 4 | 4 | 2.85 | 32 |
Biff Schlitzer | 13 | 69+2⁄3 | 4 | 4 | 3.49 | 23 |
Ed Karger | 12 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 3.18 | 17 |
Charley Hall | 11 | 59+2⁄3 | 6 | 4 | 2.56 | 27 |
Jack Ryan | 13 | 59+1⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 3.34 | 24 |
Harry Wolter | 11 | 59 | 4 | 9 | 3.51 | 21 |
Larry Pape | 11 | 57+1⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 2.04 | 18 |
Fred Burchell | 10 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 2.94 | 12 |
William Matthews | 5 | 16+2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Chet Nourse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |
References
edit- ^ "Cy Young". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Red Sox at Hot Springs". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. February 28, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "The 1909 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "Harry Hooper". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ "Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. August 25, 1909. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Philadelphia Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 12, 1909. Retrieved November 12, 2018.