1909 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1909 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1909 in baseball.

The 1909 Pirates in a poster celebrating their National League pennant. Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs and John McGraw of the New York Giants, two teams the Pirates beat for the pennant, are being made to walk the plank.

The 1909 Major League Baseball season. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers 4–3 to win the World Series.

MLB statistical leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.377	Honus Wagner PIT	.339
HR	Ty Cobb DET	9	Red Murray NYG	7
RBIs	Ty Cobb DET	107	Honus Wagner PIT	100
Wins	George Mullin DET	29	Mordecai Brown CHC	27
ERA	Harry Krause PHA	1.39	Christy Mathewson NYG	1.14
Ks	Frank Smith CWS	177	Orval Overall CHC	205

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Detroit Tigers	98	54	.645	–
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	.621	3.5
Boston Red Sox	88	63	.583	9.5
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	20.0
New York Highlanders	74	77	.490	23.5
Cleveland Naps	71	82	.464	27.5
St. Louis Browns	61	89	.407	36.0
Washington Senators	42	110	.276	56.0

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	42	.724	–
Chicago Cubs	104	49	.680	6.5
New York Giants	92	61	.601	18.5
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	.503	33.5
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	.484	36.5
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	.359	55.5
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	.355	56.0
Boston Doves	45	108	.294	65.5

1909 World Series

Main article: 1909 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Detroit Tigers – 1, Pittsburgh Pirates – 4	October 8	Forbes Field	29,624
2	Detroit Tigers – 7, Pittsburgh Pirates – 2	October 9	Forbes Field	30,915
3	Pittsburgh Pirates – 8, Detroit Tigers – 6	October 11	Bennett Park	18,277
4	Pittsburgh Pirates – 0, Detroit Tigers – 5	October 12	Bennett Park	17,036
5	Detroit Tigers – 4, Pittsburgh Pirates – 8	October 13	Forbes Field	21,706
6	Pittsburgh Pirates – 4, Detroit Tigers – 5	October 14	Bennett Park	10,535
7	Pittsburgh Pirates – 8, Detroit Tigers – 0	October 16	Bennett Park	17,562

Events

August 28 – Dolly Gray of the Washington Senators walks eight batters in an inning.^[1]

References

↑ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. p. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links

1909 season at Baseball-Reference.com
1909 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

1909 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburg St. Louis

1909 World Series

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