1909 New York Giants season

1909 New York Giants
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	John T. Brush
Managers	John McGraw
Seasons

The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 92-61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	42	.724	—	56‍–‍21	54‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs	104	49	.680	6½	47‍–‍29	57‍–‍20
New York Giants	92	61	.601	18½	44‍–‍33	48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	.503	33½	39‍–‍38	38‍–‍38
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	.484	36½	40‍–‍37	34‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	.359	55½	34‍–‍45	21‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	.355	56	26‍–‍48	28‍–‍50
Boston Doves	45	108	.294	65½	27‍–‍47	18‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Admiral Schlei	92	279	68	.244	0	30
1B	Fred Tenney	101	375	88	.235	3	30
2B	Larry Doyle
3B	Art Devlin
SS	Al Bridwell	145	476	140	.294	0	55
LF	Moose McCormick
CF	Bill O'Hara
RF	Red Murray

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
Fred Merkle	79	236	45	.191	0	20

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
Christy Mathewson
Bugs Raymond
Hooks Wiltse
Red Ames	34	244	15	10	2.69	156
Rube Marquard

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
Doc Crandall	30	122	6	4	2.88	55

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
Bull Durham	4	0	0	1	3.27	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

• #5 strikeouts (156)

Al Bridwell

• #3 on-base percentage (.386)
• #5 batting average (.294)

Larry Doyle

• #3 slugging percentage (.419)
• #4 batting average (.302)

Christy Mathewson

• #1 earned run average (1.14)
• #2 wins (25)

Moose McCormick

• #5 slugging percentage (.402)

Red Murray

• #1 home runs (7)
• #2 runs batted in (91)
• #2 stolen bases (48)

External links

• 1909 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference