1909 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1908
1910 →

The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses. The A's also moved into the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, Shibe Park.[1]

Regular season

Fans in Shibe Park watching the inaugural game in 1909.

In 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters.

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Ira Thomas 84 256 57 .223 0 31
1B Harry Davis 149 530 142 .268 4 75
2B Eddie Collins 153 571 198 .347 3 56
SS Jack Barry 124 409 88 .215 1 23
3B Frank Baker 148 541 165 .305 4 85
OF Rube Oldring 90 326 75 .230 1 28
OF Bob Ganley 80 274 54 .197 0 9
OF Danny Murphy 149 541 152 .281 5 69

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
Topsy Hartsel 83 267 72 .270 1 18
Heinie Heitmuller 64 210 60 .286 0 15
Paddy Livingston 64 175 41 .234 0 15
Simon Nicholls 21 71 15 .211 0 3
Jack Lapp 21 56 19 .339 0 10
Scotty Barr 22 51 4 .078 0 1
Stuffy McInnis 19 46 11 .239 1 4
Amos Strunk 11 35 4 .114 0 2
Morrie Rath 7 26 7 .269 0 3
Shoeless Joe Jackson 5 17 3 .176 0 3
Ed Larkin 2 6 1 .167 0 1
Doc Powers 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Jim Curry 1 4 1 .250 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
Eddie Plank 34 265.1 19 10 1.76 132
Chief Bender 34 250.0 18 8 1.66 161
Cy Morgan 28 228.2 16 11 1.65 81
Jack Coombs 30 205.2 12 11 2.32 97
Tommy Atkins 1 6.0 0 0 4.50 4

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
Harry Krause 32 213.0 18 8 1.39 139
Jimmy Dygert 32 137.1 9 5 2.42 79
Rube Vickers 18 55.2 2 2 3.40 25
Biff Schlitzer 4 13.1 0 3 5.40 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
John Kull 1 1 0 0 3.00 4

Notes

  1. ^ Shibe Park at Ballparks.com

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