1909 New York Highlanders season

1909 New York Highlanders
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1909 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	George Stallings
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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.

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
Detroit Tigers	98	54	.645	–
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	.621	3½
Boston Red Sox	88	63	.583	9½
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	20
New York Highlanders	74	77	.490	23½
Cleveland Naps	71	82	.464	27½
St. Louis Browns	61	89	.407	36
Washington Senators	42	110	.276	56

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
SS	Knight, JohnJohn 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

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
Brockett, LewLew Brockett	26	170	10	8	2.12	70
Hughes, TomTom 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
Quinn, JackJack Quinn	23	118.2	9	5	1.97	36
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro	9	49.2	0	4	6.34	17
Carroll, DickDick 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