1909 Philadelphia Phillies season

1909 Philadelphia Phillies
1909 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Shettsline
Managers	Billy Murray

The following lists the events of the 1909 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e 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	—

Notable transactions

July 16, 1909: Buster Brown, Lew Richie, and Dave Shean were traded by the Phillies to the Boston Doves for Charlie Starr and Johnny Bates.^[1]

Roster

1909 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Billy Murray

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	Red Dooin	141	468	105	.224	2	38
1B	Kitty Bransfield	140	527	154	.292	1	59
2B	Otto Knabe	113	402	94	.234	0	34
SS	Mickey Doolin	147	493	108	.219	1	35
3B	Eddie Grant	154	631	170	.269	1	37
OF	Sherry Magee	143	522	141	.270	2	66
OF	Johnny Bates	77	266	78	.293	1	15
OF	John Titus	151	540	146	.270	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.	RBI
Fred Osborn	58	189	35	.185	19
Joe Ward	74	184	49	.266	23
Pep Deininger	55	169	44	.260	16
Dave Shean	36	112	26	.232	4
Doc Martell	24	41	11	.268	7
Fred Jacklitsch	20	32	10	.313	1
Wally Clement	3	3	0	.000	0
Charlie Starr	3	3	0	.000	0
Al Froehlich	1	1	0	.000	0
Ed McDonough	1	1	0	.000	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
Earl Moore	38	299.2	18	12	2.10	173
Lew Moren	40	257.2	16	15	2.65	110
George McQuillan	41	247.2	13	16	2.14	96
Frank Corridon	27	171.0	7	11	2.11	69
Tully Sparks	24	121.2	6	11	2.96	40
Harry Coveleski	24	121.2	6	10	2.74	56

Other pitchers