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1909 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 88–63 (.583) | |
League place | 3rd (9+1⁄2 GB) | |
Owners | John I. Taylor | |
Managers | Fred Lake | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was the ninth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, 9+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
The team's longest game of the season was 12 innings, which occurred three times.
The offense was led by Tris Speaker, who hit seven home runs and had 77 RBIs while recording a .309 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Frank Arellanes with 16 wins, Eddie Cicotte with a 1.94 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 88 strikeouts.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
The team had one game end in a tie; August 25 at Chicago White Sox. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
Amby McConnell | 2B |
Harry Lord | 3B |
Jake Stahl | 1B |
Doc Gessler | RF |
Tris Speaker | CF |
Heinie Wagner | SS |
Jack Thoney | LF |
Bill Carrigan | C |
Frank Arellanes | P |
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Bill Carrigan | 94 | 280 | 83 | .296 | 1 | 36 |
1B | Jake Stahl | 127 | 435 | 128 | .294 | 6 | 60 |
2B | Amby McConnell | 121 | 453 | 108 | .238 | 0 | 36 |
SS | Heinie Wagner | 124 | 430 | 110 | .256 | 1 | 49 |
3B | Harry Lord | 136 | 534 | 168 | .315 | 0 | 31 |
OF | Tris Speaker | 143 | 544 | 168 | .309 | 7 | 77 |
OF | Harry Niles | 145 | 546 | 134 | .245 | 1 | 38 |
OF | Doc Gessler | 111 | 396 | 115 | .290 | 0 | 46 |
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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Harry Hooper | 81 | 255 | 72 | .282 | 0 | 12 |
Pat Donahue | 65 | 177 | 42 | .237 | 2 | 25 |
Charlie French | 51 | 167 | 42 | .251 | 0 | 13 |
Harry Wolter | 54 | 121 | 29 | .240 | 2 | 10 |
Tubby Spencer | 28 | 74 | 12 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
Jack Thoney | 13 | 40 | 5 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
Larry Gardner | 19 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 5 |
Bunny Madden | 10 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Howard | 6 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Babe Danzig | 6 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Yerkes | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
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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Frank Arellanes | 45 | 230+2⁄3 | 16 | 12 | 2.18 | 82 |
Eddie Cicotte | 27 | 162+1⁄3 | 14 | 5 | 1.94 | 82 |
Smoky Joe Wood | 24 | 160+2⁄3 | 11 | 7 | 2.18 | 88 |
Charlie Chech | 17 | 106+2⁄3 | 7 | 5 | 2.95 | 40 |
Ray Collins | 12 | 73+2⁄3 | 4 | 3 | 2.81 | 31 |
Cy Morgan | 12 | 64+2⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 2.37 | 30 |
Charlie Smith | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2.16 | 11 |
Fred Anderson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 5 |
Jack Chesbro | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |
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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Elmer Steele | 16 | 75+2⁄3 | 4 | 4 | 2.85 | 32 |
Biff Schlitzer | 13 | 69+2⁄3 | 4 | 4 | 3.49 | 23 |
Ed Karger | 12 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 3.18 | 17 |
Charley Hall | 11 | 59+2⁄3 | 6 | 4 | 2.56 | 27 |
Jack Ryan | 13 | 59+1⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 3.34 | 24 |
Harry Wolter | 11 | 59 | 4 | 9 | 3.51 | 21 |
Larry Pape | 11 | 57+1⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 2.04 | 18 |
Fred Burchell | 10 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 2.94 | 12 |
William Matthews | 5 | 16+2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 6 |
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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Chet Nourse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |