1909 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season
1909 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record61–89 (.407)
League place7th place
OwnersRobert Hedges
ManagersJimmy McAleer
← 1908 Seasons 1910 →

The 1909 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th place in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 89 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 98 54 0.645 — 57–19 41–35
Philadelphia Athletics 95 58 0.621 3½ 49–27 46–31
Boston Red Sox 88 63 0.583 9½ 47–28 41–35
Chicago White Sox 78 74 0.513 20 42–34 36–40
New York Highlanders 74 77 0.490 23½ 41–35 33–42
Cleveland Naps 71 82 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
St. Louis Browns 61 89 0.407 36 40–37 21–52
Washington Senators 42 110 0.276 56 27–48 15–62

Record vs. opponents

1909 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —

Roster

1909 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Lou Criger 74 212 36 .170 0 9
1B Tom Jones 97 337 84 .249 0 29
2B Jimmy Williams 110 374 73 .195 0 22
SS Bobby Wallace 116 403 96 .238 0 35
3B Hobe Ferris 148 556 120 .216 4 58
OF Roy Hartzell 152 595 161 .271 0 32
OF George Stone 83 310 89 .287 1 15
OF Danny Hoffman 110 387 104 .269 2 26

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
Art Griggs 108 364 102 .280 0 43
Jack McAleese 85 267 57 .213 0 12
Jim Stephens 79 223 49 .220 3 18
Al Schweitzer 27 76 17 .224 0 2
Walt Devoy 19 69 17 .246 0 8
Ned Crompton 17 63 10 .159 0 2
Burt Shotton 17 61 16 .262 0 0
Ham Patterson 17 49 10 .204 0 5
Wib Smith 17 42 8 .190 0 2
Harry Howell 18 34 6 .176 0 3
Bill Killefer 11 29 4 .138 0 1
Claude Rossman 2 8 1 .125 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
Jack Powell 34 239.0 12 16 2.11 82
Rube Waddell 31 220.1 11 14 2.37 141
Barney Pelty 27 199.1 11 11 2.30 88
Bill Dinneen 17 112.0 6 7 3.46 26
Chuck Rose 3 25.0 1 2 5.40 6
Ed Kusel 3 24.0 0 3 7.13 2
Jack Gilligan 3 23.0 1 2 5.48 4
Phil Stremmel 2 18.0 0 2 4.50 6
Bill McCorry 2 15.0 0 2 9.00 10

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
Bill Bailey 32 199.0 9 10 2.44 114
Bill Grahame 34 187.1 8 14 3.12 82
Dode Criss 11 55.1 1 5 3.42 43
Harry Howell 10 37.1 1 1 3.13 16

References

  • 1909 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1909 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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