1909 Boston Doves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | South End Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 45–108 (.294) |
League place | 8th |
Owners | George Dovey, John Dovey |
Managers | Harry Smith, Frank Bowerman |
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.
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 |
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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 | — |
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 | 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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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Bill Cooney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 |
Jake Boultes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
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