The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 74 wins and 77 losses, coming in fifth 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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1909 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other positions Manager

Coaches

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 Red Kleinow 78 206 47 .228 0 15 1B Hal Chase 118 474 134 .283 4 63 2B Frank LaPorte 89 309 92 .298 0 31 SS 116 360 85 .236 0 40 3B Jimmy Austin 136 437 101 .231 1 39 OF Willie Keeler 99 360 95 .264 1 32 OF Ray Demmitt 123 427 105 .246 4 30 OF Clyde Engle 135 492 137 .278 3 71

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 Kid Elberfeld 106 379 90 .237 0 26 Birdie Cree 104 343 90 .262 2 27 Charlie Hemphill 73 181 44 .243 0 10 Ed Sweeney 67 176 47 .267 0 21 Walter Blair 42 110 23 .209 0 11 Earle Gardner 22 85 28 .329 0 15 George McConnell 13 43 9 .209 0 5 Al Orth 22 34 9 .265 0 5 Neal Ball 8 29 6 .207 0 3 Joe Ward 9 28 5 .179 0 0 Bobby Vaughn 5 14 2 .143 0 0 Eddie Tiemeyer 3 8 3 .375 0 0 Jack Wanner 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Irish McIlveen 4 3 0 .000 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 Warhop 36 243.1 13 15 2.40 95 Joe Lake 31 215.1 14 11 1.88 117 Rube Manning 26 173.0 7 11 3.17 71 26 170.0 10 8 2.12 70 Slow Joe Doyle 17 125.2 8 6 2.58 57 Pete Wilson 14 93.2 6 5 3.17 44 Doc Newton 4 22.1 0 3 2.82 11 Al Orth 1 3.0 0 0 12.00 1

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 Tom Hughes 24 118.2 7 8 2.65 69 23 118.2 9 5 1.97 36 9 49.2 0 4 6.34 17 2 5.0 0 0 3.60 1 George McConnell 2 4.0 0 1 2.25 4

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 Butch Schmidt 1 0 0 0 7.20 2 Russ Ford 1 0 0 0 9.00 2

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