1909 Boston Doves season
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 |
← 1908 1910 → |
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.
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- July 16, 1909: Charlie Starr and Johnny Bates were traded by the Doves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Buster Brown, Lew Richie and Dave Shean.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Bill Cooney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 |
Jake Boultes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Notes
- ^ Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference
References
- 1909 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference
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