1909 Boston Doves season

1909 Boston Doves
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record45–108 (.294)
League place8th
OwnersGeorge Dovey, John Dovey
ManagersHarry Smith, Frank Bowerman
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The 1909 Boston Doves season was the 39th season of the franchise.

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1909 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1909 Boston Doves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Peaches Graham 92 267 64 .240 0 17
1B Fred Stem 73 245 51 .208 0 11
2B Dave Shean 75 267 66 .247 1 29
SS Jack Coffey 73 257 48 .187 0 20
3B Bill Sweeney 138 493 120 .243 1 36
OF Roy Thomas 82 281 74 .263 0 11
OF Ginger Beaumont 123 407 107 .263 0 60
OF Beals Becker 152 562 138 .246 6 24

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 Beck 96 334 66 .198 2 27
Johnny Bates 63 236 68 .288 1 23
Charlie Starr 61 216 48 .222 0 6
Chick Autry 65 199 39 .196 0 13
Bill Dahlen 69 197 46 .234 2 16
Gus Getz 40 148 33 .223 0 9
Harry Smith 43 113 19 .168 0 4
Frank Bowerman 33 99 21 .212 0 4
Claude Ritchey 30 87 15 .172 0 3
Bill Rariden 13 42 6 .143 0 1
Al Shaw 18 41 4 .098 0 0
Herbie Moran 8 31 7 .226 0 0
Hosea Siner 10 23 3 .130 0 1
Bill Cooney 5 10 3 .300 0 0
Ernie Diehl 1 4 2 .500 0 0
Bill Dam 1 2 1 .500 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
Al Mattern 47 316.1 15 21 2.85 108
Cecil Ferguson 36 226.2 5 23 3.73 87
Kirby White 23 148.1 6 13 3.22 53
Buster Brown 18 123.1 4 8 3.14 32
Cliff Curtis 10 83.0 4 5 1.41 22
Tom McCarthy 8 46.1 0 5 3.50 11

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 Richie 22 131.2 7 7 2.32 42
Tom Tuckey 17 90.2 0 9 4.27 16
Vive Lindaman 15 66.0 1 6 4.64 13
Forrest More 10 48.2 1 5 4.44 10
Bill Chappelle 5 29.0 1 1 1.86 8
Gus Dorner 5 24.2 1 2 2.55 7
Chick Evans 4 21.2 0 3 4.57 11

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 Cooney 3 0 0 0 1.42 3
Jake Boultes 1 0 0 0 6.75 1

Notes

  1. ^ Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference

References


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