1909 New York Highlanders | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Hilltop Park |
City | New York City, New York |
Owners | William Devery and Frank Farrell |
Managers | George Stallings |
The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the "team finishing with a total of 74 wins." And 77 losses, coming in fifth in the American League.
New York was managed by, George Stallings, the team's fourth manager in as many years. Games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and "equally unofficial nickname," "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media. The eventually-famous curving "NY" logo appeared for the first time, "on the sleeve and cap of the uniform."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 98 | 54 | .645 | β | 57β19 | 41β35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 58 | .621 | 3Β½ | 49β27 | 46β31 |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 63 | .583 | 9Β½ | 47β28 | 41β35 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 42β34 | 36β40 |
New York Highlanders | 74 | 77 | .490 | 23Β½ | 41β35 | 33β42 |
Cleveland Naps | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27Β½ | 39β37 | 32β45 |
St. Louis Browns | 61 | 89 | .407 | 36 | 40β37 | 21β52 |
Washington Senators | 42 | 110 | .276 | 56 | 27β48 | 15β62 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 13β9β1 | 14β8 | 9β13 | 13β9 | 10β11 | 13β7 | 16β6 | |||||
Chicago | 9β13β1 | β | 8β13β1 | 6β15β2 | 14β8β1 | 12β10 | 10β12β1 | 19β3β1 | |||||
Cleveland | 8β14 | 13β8β1 | β | 8β14β1 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 14β8 | 11β11 | |||||
Detroit | 13β9 | 15β6β2 | 14β8β1 | β | 14β8 | 8β14 | 18β3β1 | 16β6β2 | |||||
New York | 9β13 | 8β14β1 | 14β8 | 8β14 | β | 8β14 | 13β8β1 | 14β6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11β10 | 10β12 | 13β9 | 14β8 | 14β8 | β | 14β8 | 19β3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7β13 | 12β10β1 | 8β14 | 3β18β1 | 8β13β1 | 8β14 | β | 15β7β1 | |||||
Washington | 6β16 | 3β19β1 | 11β11 | 6β16β2 | 6β14 | 3β19 | 7β15β1 | β |
Rosterβ»
1909 New York Highlanders | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other positions |
Manager
Coaches |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Red Kleinow | 78 | 206 | 47 | .228 | 0 | 15 |
1B | Hal Chase | 118 | 474 | 134 | .283 | 4 | 63 |
2B | Frank LaPorte | 89 | 309 | 92 | .298 | 0 | 31 |
SS | John Knight | 116 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 0 | 40 |
3B | Jimmy Austin | 136 | 437 | 101 | .231 | 1 | 39 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 99 | 360 | 95 | .264 | 1 | 32 |
OF | Ray Demmitt | 123 | 427 | 105 | .246 | 4 | 30 |
OF | Clyde Engle | 135 | 492 | 137 | .278 | 3 | 71 |
Other battersβ»
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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Kid Elberfeld | 106 | 379 | 90 | .237 | 0 | 26 |
Birdie Cree | 104 | 343 | 90 | .262 | 2 | 27 |
Charlie Hemphill | 73 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 0 | 10 |
Ed Sweeney | 67 | 176 | 47 | .267 | 0 | 21 |
Walter Blair | 42 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 11 |
Earle Gardner | 22 | 85 | 28 | .329 | 0 | 15 |
George McConnell | 13 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 5 |
Al Orth | 22 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 5 |
Neal Ball | 8 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Ward | 9 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Vaughn | 5 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Tiemeyer | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Wanner | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Irish McIlveen | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Jack Warhop | 36 | 243.1 | 13 | 15 | 2.40 | 95 |
Joe Lake | 31 | 215.1 | 14 | 11 | 1.88 | 117 |
Rube Manning | 26 | 173.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.17 | 71 |
King Brockett | 26 | 170.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.12 | 70 |
Slow Joe Doyle | 17 | 125.2 | 8 | 6 | 2.58 | 57 |
Pete Wilson | 14 | 93.2 | 6 | 5 | 3.17 | 44 |
Doc Newton | 4 | 22.1 | 0 | 3 | 2.82 | 11 |
Al Orth | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Tom Hughes | 24 | 118.2 | 7 | 8 | 2.65 | 69 |
Jack Quinn | 23 | 118.2 | 9 | 5 | 1.97 | 36 |
Jack Chesbro | 9 | 49.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.34 | 17 |
Dick Carroll | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 |
George McConnell | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 4 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Butch Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
Russ Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Referencesβ»
- 1909 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- 1909 New York Highlanders page at Baseball Reference
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