1909 Boston Red Sox season

1909 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor
Manager(s)	Fred Lake
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The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses.

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	—

Opening Day lineup

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

Roster

1909 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Fred Anderson Frank Arellanes Fred Burchell Charlie Chech Jack Chesbro Eddie Cicotte Ray Collins Charley Hall Ed Karger William Matthews Cy Morgan Chet Nourse Larry Pape Jack Ryan Biff Schlitzer Charlie Smith Elmer Steele Smoky Joe Wood		Catchers Bill Carrigan Pat Donahue Bunny Madden Tubby Spencer Infielders Babe Danzig Charlie French Larry Gardner Amby McConnell Harry Lord Jake Stahl Heinie Wagner Harry Wolter Steve Yerkes		Outfielders Doc Gessler Harry Hooper Paul Howard Harry Niles Tris Speaker Jack Thoney		Manager Fred Lake

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	McConnell, AmbyAmby McConnell	121	453	108	.238	0	36
3B	Lord, HarryHarry Lord	136	534	168	.315	0	31

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
Danzig, BabeBabe Danzig	6	13	2	.154	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
Morgan, CyCy Morgan	12	64.2	2	6	2.37	30
Anderson, FredFred Anderson	1	8	0	0	1.13	5
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro	1	6	0	1	4.50	3

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

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 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1909 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com