1909_New_York_Giants_season
1909 New York Giants season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1909 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | John T. Brush | |||
Managers | John McGraw | |||
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Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 42 | 0.724 | — | 56–21 | 54–21 |
Chicago Cubs | 104 | 49 | 0.680 | 6½ | 47–29 | 57–20 |
New York Giants | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 18½ | 44–33 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 33½ | 39–38 | 38–38 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 36½ | 40–37 | 34–42 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 55 | 98 | 0.359 | 55½ | 34–45 | 21–53 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 98 | 0.355 | 56 | 26–48 | 28–50 |
Boston Doves | 45 | 108 | 0.294 | 65½ | 27–47 | 18–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
1909 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Admiral Schlei | 92 | 279 | 68 | .244 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Fred Tenney | 101 | 375 | 88 | .235 | 3 | 30 |
2B | Larry Doyle | 147 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 6 | 49 |
3B | Art Devlin | 143 | 491 | 130 | .265 | 0 | 56 |
SS | Al Bridwell | 145 | 476 | 140 | .294 | 0 | 55 |
LF | Moose McCormick | 121 | 413 | 120 | .291 | 3 | 27 |
CF | Bill O'Hara | 115 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 1 | 30 |
RF | Red Murray | 149 | 570 | 150 | .263 | 7 | 91 |
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 |
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Cy Seymour | 80 | 280 | 87 | .311 | 1 | 30 |
Fred Merkle | 79 | 236 | 45 | .191 | 0 | 20 |
Chief Meyers | 90 | 220 | 61 | .277 | 1 | 30 |
Buck Herzog | 42 | 130 | 24 | .185 | 0 | 8 |
Art Fletcher | 33 | 98 | 21 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
Tillie Shafer | 38 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
Fred Snodgrass | 28 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
Art Wilson | 19 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 5 |
Josh Devore | 22 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Arlie Latham | 4 | 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 |
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Christy Mathewson | 37 | 275.1 | 25 | 6 | 1.14 | 149 |
Bugs Raymond | 39 | 270.0 | 18 | 12 | 2.47 | 121 |
Hooks Wiltse | 37 | 269.1 | 20 | 11 | 2.00 | 119 |
Red Ames | 34 | 244.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.69 | 156 |
Rube Marquard | 29 | 173.0 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 109 |
Louis Drucke | 3 | 24.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 8 |
George Daly | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 8 |
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 |
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Doc Crandall | 30 | 122.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.88 | 55 |
Al Klawitter | 6 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 6 |
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 |
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Bull Durham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.27 | 2 |
Jake Weimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Red Waller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
League top five finishers
- #5 strikeouts (156)
- #3 on-base percentage (.386)
- #5 batting average (.294)
- #3 slugging percentage (.419)
- #4 batting average (.302)
- #1 earned run average (1.14)
- #2 wins (25)
- #5 slugging percentage (.402)
- #1 home runs (7)
- #2 runs batted in (91)
- #2 stolen bases (48)
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