1909 St. Louis Browns season

The 1909 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 89 losses.

1909 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	61–89 (.407)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	Jimmy McAleer
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Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1909 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster

1909 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bailey Dode Criss Bill Dinneen Jack Gilligan Bill Grahame Harry Howell Ed Kusel Bill McCorry Barney Pelty Jack Powell Chuck Rose Phil Stremmel Rube Waddell		Catchers Lou Criger Bill Killefer Wib Smith Jim Stephens Infielders Hobe Ferris Art Griggs Tom Jones Ham Patterson Bobby Wallace Jimmy Williams		Outfielders Ned Crompton Walt DeVoy Roy Hartzell Danny Hoffman Jack McAleese Claude Rossman Al Schweitzer Burt Shotton George Stone		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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
2B	Jimmy Williams	110	374	73	.195	0	22

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
Jack McAleese	85	267	57	.213	0	12
Ned Crompton	17	63	10	.159	0	2

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

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
Bill Bailey	32	199	9	10	2.44	114

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

References

• 1909 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1909 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com