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1909 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
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The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

1909 New York Giants

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 110 42 0.724 — 56–21 54–21
Chicago Cubs 104 49 0.680 6½ 47–29 57–20
New York Giants 92 61 0.601 18½ 44–33 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 77 76 0.503 33½ 39–38 38–38
Philadelphia Phillies 74 79 0.484 36½ 40–37 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 55 98 0.359 55½ 34–45 21–53
St. Louis Cardinals 54 98 0.355 56 26–48 28–50
Boston Doves 45 108 0.294 65½ 27–47 18–61

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1909 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Admiral Schlei 92 279 68 .244 0 30
1B Fred Tenney 101 375 88 .235 3 30
2B Larry Doyle 147 570 172 .302 6 49
3B Art Devlin 143 491 130 .265 0 56
SS Al Bridwell 145 476 140 .294 0 55
LF Moose McCormick 121 413 120 .291 3 27
CF Bill O'Hara 115 360 85 .236 1 30
RF Red Murray 149 570 150 .263 7 91

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
Cy Seymour 80 280 87 .311 1 30
Fred Merkle 79 236 45 .191 0 20
Chief Meyers 90 220 61 .277 1 30
Buck Herzog 42 130 24 .185 0 8
Art Fletcher 33 98 21 .214 0 6
Tillie Shafer 38 84 15 .179 0 7
Fred Snodgrass 28 70 21 .300 1 6
Art Wilson 19 42 10 .238 0 5
Josh Devore 22 28 4 .143 0 1
Arlie Latham 4 2 0 .000 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
Christy Mathewson 37 275.1 25 6 1.14 149
Bugs Raymond 39 270.0 18 12 2.47 121
Hooks Wiltse 37 269.1 20 11 2.00 119
Red Ames 34 244.0 15 10 2.69 156
Rube Marquard 29 173.0 5 13 2.60 109
Louis Drucke 3 24.0 2 1 2.25 8
George Daly 3 21.0 0 3 6.00 8

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
Doc Crandall 30 122.0 6 4 2.88 55
Al Klawitter 6 27.0 1 1 2.00 6

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
Bull Durham 4 0 0 1 3.27 2
Jake Weimer 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Red Waller 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

Al Bridwell

Larry Doyle

Christy Mathewson

Moose McCormick

Red Murray

External links


1909 MLB season by team
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