| 1909 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 12 – October 16, 1909 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Pennant Winners | |
| NL champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
| AL champions | Detroit Tigers |
| AL runners-up | Philadelphia Athletics |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
The 1909 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 16, 1909. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Pirates then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to three.
In the National League, the Chicago Cubs had a record of 104–49, but finished 6+1⁄2 games behind the Pirates, setting a record for the most wins in an MLB regular season without reaching the postseason, which has only been equalled once, by the 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers, who had a record of 104–50.[1]
| American League | National League | |||
| AVG | Ty Cobb DET | .377 | Honus Wagner PIT | .339 |
| HR | Ty Cobb DET | 9 | Red Murray NYG | 7 |
| RBIs | Ty Cobb DET | 107 | Honus Wagner PIT | 100 |
| Wins | George Mullin DET | 29 | Mordecai Brown CHC | 27 |
| ERA | Harry Krause PHA | 1.39 | Christy Mathewson NYG | 1.14 |
| Ks | Frank Smith CWS | 177 | Orval Overall CHC | 205 |
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| World Series | ||||
| AL | Detroit Tigers | 3 | ||
| NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | ||
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | Fred Lake | Finished 3rd |
| Chicago White Sox | Billy Sullivan | |
| Cleveland Naps | Nap Lajoie Deacon McGuire |
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| Detroit Tigers | Hughie Jennings | Won 3rd straight AL pennant |
| New York Highlanders | George Stallings | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Browns | Jimmy McAleer | |
| Washington Senators | Joe Cantillon |
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Doves | Harry Smith Frank Bowerman |
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| Brooklyn Superbas | Harry Lumley | |
| Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | Finished 2nd |
| Cincinnati Reds | Clark Griffith | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Billy Murray | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | Won World Series |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Roger Bresnahan |