1909 Chicago Cubs season
1909Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | West Side Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Charles Murphy | |
Managers | Frank Chance | |
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The1909 Chicago Cubs seasonwas the 38th season of theChicago Cubsfranchise, the 34th in theNational Leagueand the 17th atWest Side Park.The Cubs won 104 games but finished second in theNational League,6½ games behind thePittsburgh Pirates.The Cubs had won the pennant the previous three years and would win it again in1910.Of their 104 victories, 97 werewinsfor a Cubsstarting pitcher;this was the most wins in a season by the starting staff of any major league team from 1908 to the present day.[1]The 104 wins was the most by any team inMajor League Baseballhistory by a team that failed to finish first—a record that would be unbroken for more than a century. The record was equaled by the1942 Brooklyn Dodgersand eventually broken by the2021 Dodgers,who won 106 games but finished a game behind theSan Francisco Giantsin theNL West.[2]
The legendary infield ofJoe Tinker,Johnny Evers,Frank Chance,andHarry Steinfeldtwas still intact, but it was the pitching staff that excelled. The Cubs pitchers had a collectiveearned run averageof 1.75, a microscopic figure even for the dead-ball era.Three Finger Brownwas one of the top two pitchers in the league (withChristy Mathewson) again, going 27–9 with a 1.31 ERA.
Offseason
[edit]- February 18, 1909:Doc Marshallwas purchased from the Cubs by theBrooklyn Superbas.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 42 | .724 | — | 56–21 | 54–21 |
Chicago Cubs | 104 | 49 | .680 | 6½ | 47–29 | 57–20 |
New York Giants | 92 | 61 | .601 | 18½ | 44–33 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 76 | .503 | 33½ | 39–38 | 38–38 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 79 | .484 | 36½ | 40–37 | 34–42 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 55 | 98 | .359 | 55½ | 34–45 | 21–53 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 98 | .355 | 56 | 26–48 | 28–50 |
Boston Doves | 45 | 108 | .294 | 65½ | 27–47 | 18–61 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 1–21 | 5–17 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 1–20 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 5–16 | 5–17–1 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10–1 | |||||
Chicago | 21–1 | 16–5 | — | 16–6 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 17–5 | 17–5–1 | 6–16 | — | 9–13–1 | 9–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 14–8–2 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | — | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 16–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 16–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 20–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — | 18–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 10–12 | 5–16 | 6–16 | 3–18 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Jimmy Archer | 80 | 261 | 60 | .230 | 1 | 30 |
1B | Frank Chance | 93 | 324 | 88 | .272 | 0 | 46 |
2B | Johnny Evers | 127 | 463 | 122 | .263 | 1 | 24 |
SS | Joe Tinker | 143 | 516 | 132 | .256 | 4 | 57 |
3B | Harry Steinfeldt | 151 | 528 | 133 | .252 | 2 | 59 |
OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 148 | 525 | 134 | .255 | 1 | 43 |
OF | Solly Hofman | 153 | 527 | 150 | .285 | 2 | 58 |
OF | Frank Schulte | 140 | 538 | 142 | .264 | 4 | 60 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Pat Moran | 77 | 246 | 54 | .220 | 1 | 23 |
Del Howard | 69 | 203 | 40 | .197 | 1 | 24 |
Heinie Zimmerman | 65 | 183 | 50 | .273 | 0 | 21 |
Joe Stanley | 22 | 52 | 7 | .135 | 0 | 2 |
John Kane | 20 | 45 | 4 | .089 | 0 | 5 |
George Browne | 12 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 0 | 1 |
Fred Luderus | 11 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 1 | 9 |
Tom Needham | 13 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Davidson | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Mordecai Brown | 50 | 342.2 | 27 | 9 | 1.31 | 172 |
Orval Overall | 38 | 285.0 | 20 | 11 | 1.42 | 205 |
Ed Reulbach | 35 | 262.2 | 19 | 10 | 1.78 | 105 |
Jack Pfiester | 29 | 196.2 | 17 | 6 | 2.43 | 73 |
Rube Kroh | 17 | 120.1 | 9 | 4 | 1.65 | 51 |
Ray Brown | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 |
King Cole | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Andy Coakley | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 1 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Rip Hagerman | 13 | 79.0 | 4 | 4 | 1.82 | 32 |
Irv Higginbotham | 19 | 78.0 | 5 | 2 | 2.19 | 32 |
Rudy Schwenck | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.86 | 3 |
Carl Lundgren | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Pat Ragan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 |
Chick Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors
[edit]League top five finishers
[edit]- NL leader in wins (27)
- #2 in NL in ERA (1.31)
- #4 in NL in strikeouts (172)
- MLB leader in strikeouts (205)
- #3 in NL in ERA (1.42)
Notes
[edit]- ^"Pitching Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Pitcher Won, as Starter, sorted by greatest Performances matching selected criteria by a Team".Baseball Reference.RetrievedAugust 29,2018.
- ^"Trea Turner wins NL batting title, Dodgers beat Brewers 10-3".Associated Press.October 3, 2021.RetrievedOctober 4,2021– viaESPN.
- ^Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference
References
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