1909 New York Highlanders season

The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 74 wins and 77 losses, coming in 5th in the American League.

1909 New York Highlanders
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (since 1903) New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	George Stallings
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New York was managed by George Stallings, the team's fourth manager in as many years. Games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media. The eventually-famous curving "NY" logo appeared for the first time, on the sleeve and cap of the uniform.

Regular season

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Lew Brockett Dick Carroll Jack Chesbro Slow Joe Doyle Russ Ford Tom Hughes Joe Lake Rube Manning Doc Newton Jack Quinn Butch Schmidt Jack Warhop Pete Wilson		Catchers Walter Blair Red Kleinow Ed Sweeney Infielders Jimmy Austin Neal Ball Hal Chase Kid Elberfeld Earle Gardner John Knight Frank LaPorte George McConnell Al Orth Eddie Tiemeyer Bobby Vaughn Jack Wanner Joe Ward		Outfielders Birdie Cree Ray Demmitt Clyde Engle Charlie Hemphill Willie Keeler Other positions Irish McIlveen		Manager George Stallings Coaches Duke Farrell

Player stats

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
SS	John Knight	116	360	85	.236	0	40

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

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
Lew Brockett	26	170	10	8	2.12	70
Tom Hughes	24	118.2	7	8	2.65	69

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
Jack Quinn	23	118.2	9	5	1.97	36
Jack Chesbro	9	49.2	0	4	6.34	17
Dick Carroll	2	5	0	0	3.60	1

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

References

• 1909 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1909 New York Highlanders page at Baseball Reference