1909 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1909 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 28th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 18th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–98 during the season and finished 7th in the National League.

1909 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
League Park (since 1893) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	54–98 (.355)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	Roger Bresnahan
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Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Les Backman Fred Beebe Joe Bernard Bob Harmon Irv Higginbotham Eddie Higgins Grover Lowdermilk Johnny Lush Steve Melter Forrest More John Raleigh Charlie Rhodes Slim Sallee Harry Sullivan		Catchers Coonie Blank Jack Bliss Roger Bresnahan Ed Phelps Infielders Jap Barbeau Bobby Byrne Chappy Charles Charlie Enwright Billy Gilbert Rudy Hulswitt Ed Konetchy Mike Mowrey Champ Osteen Tom Reilly Alan Storke		Outfielders Joe Delahanty Rube Ellis Steve Evans Bert James Howard Murphy Al Shaw		Manager Roger Bresnahan

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
C	Ed Phelps	104	306	76	.248	0	22
1B	Ed Konetchy	152	576	165	.286	4	80
2B	Chappy Charles	99	339	80	.236	0	29
3B	Bobby Byrne	105	421	90	.214	1	33
OF	Steve Evans	143	498	129	.259	2	56

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
Roger Bresnahan	72	234	57	.244	0	23
Jack Bliss	35	113	25	.221	1	8
Howard Murphy	25	60	12	.200	0	3
Bert James	6	21	6	.286	0	0
Billy Gilbert	12	29	5	.172	0	1
Tom Reilly	5	7	2	.286	0	2

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
Fred Beebe	44	287.2	15	21	2.82	105
Johnny Lush	34	221.1	11	18	3.13	66
Bob Harmon	21	159	6	11	3.68	48

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
Les Backman	21	128.1	3	11	4.14	35
Eddie Higgins	16	66	3	3	4.50	15
Grover Lowdermilk	7	29	0	2	6.21	14
Irv Higginbotham	3	11.1	1	0	1.59	2
Harry Sullivan	2	1	0	0	36.00	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
Steve Melter	23	0	1	3	3.50	24
Forrest More	15	1	5	0	5.04	17
Joe Bernard	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

External links

• 1909 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1909 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com