1909 St. Louis Browns season

1909  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	61–89 (.407)
League place	7th place
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Jimmy McAleer
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The 1909 Saint Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th place in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 89 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e Sources:
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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bailey Dode Criss Bill Dinneen Jack Gilligan Bill Grahame Harry Howell Ed Kusel Bill McCorry Barney Pelty Jack Powell Chuck Rose Phil Stremmel Rube Waddell		Catchers Lou Criger Bill Killefer Wib Smith Jim Stephens Infielders Hobe Ferris Art Griggs Tom Jones Ham Patterson Bobby Wallace Jimmy Williams		Outfielders Ned Crompton Walt DeVoy Roy Hartzell Danny Hoffman Jack McAleese Claude Rossman Al Schweitzer Burt Shotton George Stone		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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	Lou Criger	74	212	36	.170	0	9
1B	Tom Jones	97	337	84	.249	0	29
2B	Jimmy Williams	110	374	73	.195	0	22
SS	Bobby Wallace	116	403	96	.238	0	35
3B	Hobe Ferris	148	556	120	.216	4	58
OF	Roy Hartzell	152	595	161	.271	0	32
OF	George Stone	83	310	89	.287	1	15
OF	Danny Hoffman	110	387	104	.269	2	26

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
Art Griggs	108	364	102	.280	0	43
Jack McAleese	85	267	57	.213	0	12
Jim Stephens	79	223	49	.220	3	18
Al Schweitzer	27	76	17	.224	0	2
Walt Devoy	19	69	17	.246	0	8
Ned Crompton	17	63	10	.159	0	2
Burt Shotton	17	61	16	.262	0	0
Ham Patterson	17	49	10	.204	0	5
Wib Smith	17	42	8	.190	0	2
Harry Howell	18	34	6	.176	0	3
Bill Killefer	11	29	4	.138	0	1
Claude Rossman	2	8	1	.125	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
Jack Powell	34	239.0	12	16	2.11	82
Rube Waddell	31	220.1	11	14	2.37	141
Barney Pelty	27	199.1	11	11	2.30	88
Bill Dinneen	17	112.0	6	7	3.46	26
Chuck Rose	3	25.0	1	2	5.40	6
Ed Kusel	3	24.0	0	3	7.13	2
Jack Gilligan	3	23.0	1	2	5.48	4
Phil Stremmel	2	18.0	0	2	4.50	6
Bill McCorry	2	15.0	0	2	9.00	10

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
Bill Bailey	32	199.0	9	10	2.44	114
Bill Grahame	34	187.1	8	14	3.12	82
Dode Criss	11	55.1	1	5	3.42	43
Harry Howell	10	37.1	1	1	3.13	16

References

• 1909 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1909 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com