The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was the ninth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
Offseason February 16, 1909: Cy Young was traded to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for pitchers Jack Ryan and Charlie Chech, and $12,500. March: The team held spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Regular season April 12: The regular season opens with an 8–1 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. April 16: Harry Hooper makes his major league debut. April 21: In the home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia, 6–2. May 31: The team's longest losing streak of the season, six games, ends with a road win over Philadelphia. August 19: The team's longest winning streak of the season, 11 games, ends with a loss to the New York Highlanders at Hilltop Park in New York City. October 5: The regular season ends with home doubleheader against New York; Boston loses the first game, 6–5, then wins the second game, 6–1. The team's longest game of the season was 12 innings, which occurred three times.
Statistical leaders The offense was led by Tris Speaker, who hit seven home runs and had 77 RBIs while recording a .309 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Frank Arellanes with 16 wins, Eddie Cicotte with a 1.94 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 88 strikeouts.
Season standings
The team had one game end in a tie; August 25 at Chicago White Sox. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Amby McConnell 2BHarry Lord 3BJake Stahl 1BDoc Gessler RFTris Speaker CFHeinie Wagner SSJack Thoney LFBill Carrigan C Frank Arellanes P Source:
Roster 1909 Boston Red Sox 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 94 280 83 .296 1 36 1B 127 435 128 .294 6 60 2B 121 453 108 .238 0 36 SS 124 430 110 .256 1 49 3B 136 534 168 .315 0 31 OF 143 544 168 .309 7 77 OF 145 546 134 .245 1 38 OF 111 396 115 .290 0 46
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 81 255 72 .282 0 12 65 177 42 .237 2 25 51 167 42 .251 0 13 54 121 29 .240 2 10 28 74 12 .162 0 9 13 40 5 .125 0 3 19 37 11 .297 0 5 10 17 4 .235 0 1 6 15 3 .200 0 2 6 13 2 .154 0 0 5 7 2 .286 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 45 16 12 2.18 82 27 14 5 1.94 82 24 11 7 2.18 88 17 7 5 2.95 40 Ray Collins 12 4 3 2.81 31 12 2 6 2.37 30 3 25 3 0 2.16 11 Fred Anderson 1 8 0 0 1.13 5 Jack Chesbro 1 6 0 1 4.50 3
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 16 4 4 2.85 32 13 4 4 3.49 23 12 68 5 2 3.18 17 Charley Hall 11 6 4 2.56 27 13 3 3 3.34 24 Harry Wolter 11 59 4 9 3.51 21 Larry Pape 11 2 0 2.04 18 Fred Burchell 10 52 3 3 2.94 12 William Matthews 5 0 0 3.24 6
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 3 0 0 0 7.20 3
References
External links 1909 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1909 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com