1909 Chicago White Sox season

1909 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
South Side Park (since 1900)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Billy Sullivan
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The 1909 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The White Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 74 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	—

Roster

1909 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Bill Burns Lou Fiene Fred Olmstead Frank Owen Jim Scott Frank Smith Harry Suter Ed Walsh		Catchers Yip Owens Fred Payne Billy Sullivan Infielders Jake Atz George Davis Jiggs Donahue Frank Isbell Freddy Parent Ham Patterson Billy Purtell Barney Reilly Lee Tannehill		Outfielders Dave Altizer Cuke Barrows Willis Cole Gavvy Cravath Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Bobby Messenger Mike Welday Doc White		Manager Billy Sullivan

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	Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	97	265	43	.162	0	16

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
White, DocDoc White	72	192	45	.234	0	7
Owens, YipYip Owens	64	174	35	.201	0	17
Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	28	68	9	.132	0	2
Cravath, GavvyGavvy Cravath	19	50	9	.180	1	8

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
White, DocDoc White	24	177.2	11	9	1.72	77
Burns, BillBill Burns	23	168	7	13	2.04	50
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	1	9	0	1	5.00	2

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
Fiene, LouLou Fiene	13	72	2	5	4.13	24

References

• 1909 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference