1909 Boston Red Sox season

The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was the ninth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, 9+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

1909 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record88–63 (.583)
League place3rd (9+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
ManagersFred Lake
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons
Opening Day pitcher Frank Arellanes

Offseason

Regular season
  • April 12: The regular season opens with an 8–1 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.[3]
  • April 16: Harry Hooper makes his major league debut.[4]
  • April 21: In the home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia, 6–2.[3]
  • May 31: The team's longest losing streak of the season, six games, ends with a road win over Philadelphia.[3]
  • August 19: The team's longest winning streak of the season, 11 games, ends with a loss to the New York Highlanders at Hilltop Park in New York City.[3]
  • October 5: The regular season ends with home doubleheader against New York; Boston loses the first game, 6–5, then wins the second game, 6–1.[3]

The team's longest game of the season was 12 innings, which occurred three times.[3]

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Tris Speaker, who hit seven home runs and had 77 RBIs while recording a .309 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Frank Arellanes with 16 wins, Eddie Cicotte with a 1.94 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 88 strikeouts.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9854 0.645 — 57–19 41–35
Philadelphia Athletics 9558 0.621 3½ 49–27 46–31
Boston Red Sox 8863 0.583 9½ 47–28 41–35
Chicago White Sox 7874 0.513 20 42–34 36–40
New York Highlanders 7477 0.490 23½ 41–35 33–42
Cleveland Naps 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6189 0.407 36 40–37 21–52
Washington Senators 42110 0.276 56 27–48 15–62

The team had one game end in a tie; August 25 at Chicago White Sox.[5] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[6]

Record vs. opponents
1909 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —13–9–114–89–1313–910–1113–716–6
Chicago 9–13–1—8–13–16–15–214–8–112–1010–12–119–3–1
Cleveland 8–1413–8–1—8–14–18–149–1314–811–11
Detroit 13–915–6–214–8–1—14–88–1418–3–116–6–2
New York 9–138–14–114–88–14—8–1413–8–114–6
Philadelphia 11–1010–1213–914–814–8—14–819–3
St. Louis 7–1312–10–18–143–18–18–13–18–14—15–7–1
Washington 6–163–19–111–116–16–26–143–197–15–1—

Opening Day lineup
Amby McConnell2B
Harry Lord3B
Jake Stahl1B
Doc GesslerRF
Tris SpeakerCF
Heinie WagnerSS
Jack ThoneyLF
Bill CarriganC
Frank ArellanesP

Source:[7]

Roster
1909 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • Fred Anderson
  • Frank Arellanes
  • Fred Burchell
  • Charlie Chech
  • Jack Chesbro
  • Eddie Cicotte
  • Ray Collins
  • Charley Hall
  • Ed Karger
  • William Matthews
  • Cy Morgan
  • Chet Nourse
  • Larry Pape
  • Jack Ryan
  • Biff Schlitzer
  • Charlie Smith
  • Elmer Steele
  • Smoky Joe Wood
 Catchers

Infielders

  • Babe Danzig
  • Charlie French
  • Larry Gardner
  • Amby McConnell
  • Harry Lord
  • Jake Stahl
  • Heinie Wagner
  • Harry Wolter
  • Steve Yerkes
 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBill Carrigan9428083.296136
1BJake Stahl127435128.294660
2BAmby McConnell121453108.238036
SSHeinie Wagner124430110.256149
3BHarry Lord136534168.315031
OFTris Speaker143544168.309777
OFHarry Niles145546134.245138
OFDoc Gessler111396115.290046

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
Harry Hooper8125572.282012
Pat Donahue6517742.237225
Charlie French5116742.251013
Harry Wolter5412129.240210
Tubby Spencer287412.16209
Jack Thoney13405.12503
Larry Gardner193711.29705
Bunny Madden10174.23501
Paul Howard6153.20002
Babe Danzig6132.15400
Steve Yerkes572.28600

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
Frank Arellanes45230+2⁄316122.1882
Eddie Cicotte27162+1⁄31451.9482
Smoky Joe Wood24160+2⁄31172.1888
Charlie Chech17106+2⁄3752.9540
Ray Collins1273+2⁄3432.8131
Cy Morgan1264+2⁄3262.3730
Charlie Smith325302.1611
Fred Anderson18001.135
Jack Chesbro16014.503

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
Elmer Steele1675+2⁄3442.8532
Biff Schlitzer1369+2⁄3443.4923
Ed Karger1268523.1817
Charley Hall1159+2⁄3642.5627
Jack Ryan1359+1⁄3333.3424
Harry Wolter1159493.5121
Larry Pape1157+1⁄3202.0418
Fred Burchell1052332.9412
William Matthews516+2⁄3003.246

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
Chet Nourse30007.203

References
  1. "Cy Young". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  2. "Red Sox at Hot Springs". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. February 28, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "The 1909 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. "Harry Hooper". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  5. "Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. August 25, 1909. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  6. Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  7. "Philadelphia Athletics 8, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 12, 1909. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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