The 1909 Boston Doves season was the 39th season of the franchise.

The 1909 Doves set an MLB record that still stands for most games behind the first place winner in any season since 1900. They finished games behind the NL Champs and eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions July 16, 1909: Charlie Starr and Johnny Bates were traded by the Doves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Buster Brown, Lew Richie and Dave Shean.Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1909 Boston Doves 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 Peaches Graham 92 267 64 .240 0 17 1B Fred Stem 73 245 51 .208 0 11 2B Dave Shean 75 267 66 .247 1 29 SS Jack Coffey 73 257 48 .187 0 20 3B Bill Sweeney 138 493 120 .243 1 36 OF Roy Thomas 82 281 74 .263 0 11 OF Ginger Beaumont 123 407 107 .263 0 60 OF Beals Becker 152 562 138 .246 6 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 Fred Beck 96 334 66 .198 2 27 63 236 68 .288 1 23 61 216 48 .222 0 6 65 199 39 .196 0 13 Bill Dahlen 69 197 46 .234 2 16 Gus Getz 40 148 33 .223 0 9 43 113 19 .168 0 4 33 99 21 .212 0 4 Claude Ritchey 30 87 15 .172 0 3 Bill Rariden 13 42 6 .143 0 1 Al Shaw 18 41 4 .098 0 0 Herbie Moran 8 31 7 .226 0 0 Hosea Siner 10 23 3 .130 0 1 Bill Cooney 5 10 3 .300 0 0 Ernie Diehl 1 4 2 .500 0 0 Bill Dam 1 2 1 .500 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 Al Mattern 47 316.1 15 21 2.85 108 Cecil Ferguson 36 226.2 5 23 3.73 87 Kirby White 23 148.1 6 13 3.22 53 18 123.1 4 8 3.14 32 Cliff Curtis 10 83.0 4 5 1.41 22 Tom McCarthy 8 46.1 0 5 3.50 11

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 22 131.2 7 7 2.32 42 Tom Tuckey 17 90.2 0 9 4.27 16 Vive Lindaman 15 66.0 1 6 4.64 13 Forrest More 10 48.2 1 5 4.44 10 5 29.0 1 1 1.86 8 Gus Dorner 5 24.2 1 2 2.55 7 Chick Evans 4 21.2 0 3 4.57 11

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 Bill Cooney 3 0 0 0 1.42 3 1 0 0 0 6.75 1

Notes

References 1909 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference