1909 Boston Red Sox season

1909 Boston Red Sox
1909 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Huntington Avenue Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	88–63 (.583)
League place	3rd (9+1⁄2 GB)
Owners	John I. Taylor
Managers	Fred Lake
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

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.

Offseason

February 16, 1909: Cy Young was traded to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for pitchers Jack Ryan and Charlie Chech, and $12,500.^[1]
March: The team held spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.^[2]

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

v t e 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

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 v t e 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	—

Opening Day lineup

Amby McConnell	2B
Harry Lord	3B
Jake Stahl	1B
Doc Gessler	RF
Tris Speaker	CF
Heinie Wagner	SS
Jack Thoney	LF
Bill Carrigan	C
Frank Arellanes	P

Source:^[7]

Roster

1909 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Fred Lake

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	Bill Carrigan	94	280	83	.296	1	36
1B	Jake Stahl	127	435	128	.294	6	60
2B	Amby McConnell	121	453	108	.238	0	36
SS	Heinie Wagner	124	430	110	.256	1	49
3B	Harry Lord	136	534	168	.315	0	31
OF	Tris Speaker	143	544	168	.309	7	77
OF	Harry Niles	145	546	134	.245	1	38
OF	Doc Gessler	111	396	115	.290	0	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.	HR	RBI
Harry Hooper	81	255	72	.282	0	12
Pat Donahue	65	177	42	.237	2	25
Charlie French	51	167	42	.251	0	13
Harry Wolter	54	121	29	.240	2	10
Tubby Spencer	28	74	12	.162	0	9
Jack Thoney	13	40	5	.125	0	3
Larry Gardner	19	37	11	.297	0	5
Bunny Madden	10	17	4	.235	0	1
Paul Howard	6	15	3	.200	0	2
Babe Danzig	6	13	2	.154	0	0
Steve Yerkes	5	7	2	.286	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
Frank Arellanes	45	230+2⁄3	16	12	2.18	82
Eddie Cicotte	27	162+1⁄3	14	5	1.94	82
Smoky Joe Wood	24	160+2⁄3	11	7	2.18	88
Charlie Chech	17	106+2⁄3	7	5	2.95	40
Ray Collins	12	73+2⁄3	4	3	2.81	31
Cy Morgan	12	64+2⁄3	2	6	2.37	30
Charlie Smith	3	25	3	0	2.16	11
Fred Anderson	1	8	0	0	1.13	5
Jack Chesbro	1	6	0	1	4.50	3

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 Steele	16	75+2⁄3	4	4	2.85	32
Biff Schlitzer	13	69+2⁄3	4	4	3.49	23
Ed Karger	12	68	5	2	3.18	17
Charley Hall	11	59+2⁄3	6	4	2.56	27
Jack Ryan	13	59+1⁄3	3	3	3.34	24
Harry Wolter	11	59	4	9	3.51	21
Larry Pape	11	57+1⁄3	2	0	2.04	18
Fred Burchell	10	52	3	3	2.94	12
William Matthews	5	16+2⁄3	0	0	3.24	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
Chet Nourse	3	0	0	0	7.20	3

References

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