1909 Boston Doves season

The 1909 Boston Doves season was the 39th season of the franchise.

1909 Boston Doves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record45–108 (.294)
League place8th
Other information
OwnersGeorge Dovey, John Dovey
ManagersHarry Smith, Frank Bowerman
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The 1909 Doves set an MLB record that still stands for most games behind the first place winner in any season since 1900. They finished 65 1/2 games behind the NL Champs and eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 11042 0.724 — 56–21 54–21
Chicago Cubs 10449 0.680 6½ 47–29 57–20
New York Giants 9261 0.601 18½ 44–33 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 7776 0.503 33½ 39–38 38–38
Philadelphia Phillies 7479 0.484 36½ 40–37 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 5598 0.359 55½ 34–45 21–53
St. Louis Cardinals 5498 0.355 56 26–48 28–50
Boston Doves 45108 0.294 65½ 27–47 18–61

Record vs. opponents
1909 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–111–215–178–14–210–121–209–13
Brooklyn 11–11—5–165–17–17–1511–114–1812–10–1
Chicago 21–116–5—16–611–11–116–69–1315–7–1
Cincinnati 17–517–5–16–16—9–13–19–12–17–15–112–10
New York 14–8–215–711–11–113–9–1—12–1011–11–116–5
Philadelphia 12–1011–116–1612–9–110–12—7–1516–6
Pittsburgh 20–118–413–915–7–111–11–115–7—18–3
St. Louis 13–910–12–17–15–110–125–166–163–18—

Notable transactions

Roster
1909 Boston Doves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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
CPeaches Graham9226764.240017
1BFred Stem7324551.208011
2BDave Shean7526766.247129
SSJack Coffey7325748.187020
3BBill Sweeney138493120.243136
OFRoy Thomas8228174.263011
OFGinger Beaumont123407107.263060
OFBeals Becker152562138.246624

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
Fred Beck9633466.198227
Johnny Bates6323668.288123
Charlie Starr6121648.22206
Chick Autry6519939.196013
Bill Dahlen6919746.234216
Gus Getz4014833.22309
Harry Smith4311319.16804
Frank Bowerman339921.21204
Claude Ritchey308715.17203
Bill Rariden13426.14301
Al Shaw18414.09800
Herbie Moran8317.22600
Hosea Siner10233.13001
Bill Cooney5103.30000
Ernie Diehl142.50000
Bill Dam121.50000

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
Al Mattern47316.115212.85108
Cecil Ferguson36226.25233.7387
Kirby White23148.16133.2253
Buster Brown18123.1483.1432
Cliff Curtis1083.0451.4122
Tom McCarthy846.1053.5011

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
Lew Richie22131.2772.3242
Tom Tuckey1790.2094.2716
Vive Lindaman1566.0164.6413
Forrest More1048.2154.4410
Bill Chappelle529.0111.868
Gus Dorner524.2122.557
Chick Evans421.2034.5711

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
Bill Cooney30001.423
Jake Boultes10006.751

Notes
  1. Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference

References


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