The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park. The Senators still hold the Major League record for the most games lost in one month of a season, with 29 losses (and only 5 wins) in July.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1909 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Gabby Street 137 407 86 .211 0 29 1B Jiggs Donahue 84 283 67 .237 0 28 2B Jim Delahanty 90 302 67 .222 1 21 SS George McBride 156 504 118 .234 0 34 3B Wid Conroy 139 488 119 .244 1 20 OF Clyde Milan 130 400 80 .200 1 15 OF 103 393 107 .272 1 16 OF Jack Lelivelt 91 318 93 .292 0 24

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 Bob Unglaub 130 480 127 .265 3 41 Otis Clymer 45 138 27 .196 0 6 Germany Schaefer 37 128 31 .242 1 4 Red Killefer 40 121 21 .174 0 5 Bill Yohe 21 72 15 .208 0 4 Bob Ganley 19 63 16 .254 0 5 Cliff Blankenship 39 60 15 .250 0 9 Jack Slattery 32 56 12 .214 0 6 Doc Gessler 17 54 13 .241 0 8 26 51 11 .216 0 1 Jerry Freeman 19 48 8 .167 0 3 Speed Kelly 17 42 6 .143 0 1 Jesse Tannehill 16 36 6 .167 0 1 10 24 4 .167 0 4 Bill Shipke 9 16 2 .125 0 0 Mike Kahoe 4 8 1 .125 0 0 Tom Crooke 3 7 2 .286 0 2 Orth Collins 8 7 0 .000 0 0 Gavvy Cravath 4 6 0 .000 0 1 Frank Hemphill 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Jimmy Sebring 1 0 0 ---- 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 Walter Johnson 40 296.1 13 25 2.22 164 Bob Groom 44 260.2 7 26 2.87 131 36 218.0 5 19 3.59 87 Charlie Smith 23 145.2 3 12 3.27 72 Dixie Walker 4 36.0 3 1 2.50 25 2 11.0 0 2 4.91 2

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 22 120.1 4 7 2.69 77 Roy Witherup 12 68.0 1 5 4.24 26 Doc Reisling 10 66.2 2 4 2.43 22 Frank Oberlin 9 41.0 1 4 3.73 13 Nick Altrock 9 38.0 1 3 5.45 9 6 29.1 1 1 1.23 13 Jesse Tannehill 3 21.0 1 1 3.43 8

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 Joe Ohl 4 0 0 0 2.08 2 Joe Hovlik 3 0 0 0 4.50 1 Burt Keeley 2 0 0 0 11.57 0 Orth Collins 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

See also List of worst Major League Baseball season records

References

External links 1909 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1909 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com