1909 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1909 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 28th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 18th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–98 during the season and finished seventh in the National League.

1909 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	League Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	54–98 (.355)
League place	7th
Owners	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Managers	Roger Bresnahan
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	42	.724	—	56‍–‍21	54‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs	104	49	.680	6½	47‍–‍29	57‍–‍20
New York Giants	92	61	.601	18½	44‍–‍33	48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	.503	33½	39‍–‍38	38‍–‍38
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	.484	36½	40‍–‍37	34‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	.359	55½	34‍–‍45	21‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	.355	56	26‍–‍48	28‍–‍50
Boston Doves	45	108	.294	65½	27‍–‍47	18‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	1–21	5–17	8–14–2	10–12	1–20	9–13
Brooklyn	11–11	—	5–16	5–17–1	7–15	11–11	4–18	12–10–1
Chicago	21–1	16–5	—	16–6	11–11–1	16–6	9–13	15–7–1
Cincinnati	17–5	17–5–1	6–16	—	9–13–1	9–12–1	7–15–1	12–10
New York	14–8–2	15–7	11–11–1	13–9–1	—	12–10	11–11–1	16–5
Philadelphia	12–10	11–11	6–16	12–9–1	10–12	—	7–15	16–6
Pittsburgh	20–1	18–4	13–9	15–7–1	11–11–1	15–7	—	18–3
St. Louis	13–9	10–12–1	7–15–1	10–12	5–16	6–16	3–18	—

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
C	Ed Phelps	104	306	76	.248	0	22
1B	Ed Konetchy	152	576	165	.286	4	80
2B	Chappy Charles	99	339	80	.236	0	29
SS	Rudy Hulswitt	82	289	81	.280	0	29
3B	Bobby Byrne	105	421	90	.214	1	33
OF	Steve Evans	143	498	129	.259	2	56
OF	Al Shaw	114	331	82	.248	2	34
OF	Rube Ellis	149	575	154	.268	3	46

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
Joe Delahanty	123	411	88	.214	2	54
Roger Bresnahan	72	234	57	.244	0	23
Jap Barbeau	48	175	44	.251	0	5
Alan Storke	48	174	49	.282	0	10
Jack Bliss	35	113	25	.221	1	8
Howard Murphy	25	60	12	.200	0	3
Champ Osteen	16	45	9	.200	0	7
Billy Gilbert	12	29	5	.172	0	1
Mike Mowrey	12	29	7	.241	0	4
Bert James	6	21	6	.286	0	0
Tom Reilly	5	7	2	.286	0	2
Charlie Enwright	3	7	1	.143	0	1
Coonie Blank	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Fred Beebe	44	287.2	15	21	2.82	105
Johnny Lush	34	221.1	11	18	3.13	66
Slim Sallee	32	219.0	10	11	2.42	55
Bob Harmon	21	159.0	6	11	3.68	48
Les Backman	21	128.1	3	11	4.14	35
Charlie Rhodes	12	61.0	3	5	3.98	25

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
John Raleigh	15	80.2	1	10	3.79	26
Eddie Higgins	16	66.0	3	3	4.50	15
Grover Lowdermilk	7	29.0	0	2	6.21	14
Irv Higginbotham	3	11.1	1	0	1.59	2
Harry Sullivan	2	1.0	0	0	36.00	1

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
Steve Melter	23	0	1	3	3.50	24
Forrest More	15	1	5	0	5.04	17
Joe Bernard	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

External links

• 1909 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1909 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com