1909 Washington Senators season

1909 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1903)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Joe Cantillon
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The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth (last) 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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	54	0.645	—	57–19	41–35
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	0.621	3½	49–27	46–31
Boston Red Sox	88	63	0.583	9½	47–28	41–35
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	20	42–34	36–40
New York Highlanders	74	77	0.490	23½	41–35	33–42
Cleveland Naps	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
St. Louis Browns	61	89	0.407	36	40–37	21–52
Washington Senators	42	110	0.276	56	27–48	15–62

Record vs. opponents

1909 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9–1	14–8	9–13	13–9	10–11	13–7	16–6
Chicago	9–13–1	—	8–13–1	6–15–2	14–8–1	12–10	10–12–1	19–3–1
Cleveland	8–14	13–8–1	—	8–14–1	8–14	9–13	14–8	11–11
Detroit	13–9	15–6–2	14–8–1	—	14–8	8–14	18–3–1	16–6–2
New York	9–13	8–14–1	14–8	8–14	—	8–14	13–8–1	14–6
Philadelphia	11–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	14–8	—	14–8	19–3
St. Louis	7–13	12–10–1	8–14	3–18–1	8–13–1	8–14	—	15–7–1
Washington	6–16	3–19–1	11–11	6–16–2	6–14	3–19	7–15–1	—

Roster

1909 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Bill Burns Bill Forman Dolly Gray Bob Groom Joe Hovlik Tom Hughes Walter Johnson Burt Keeley Frank Oberlin Joe Ohl Doc Reisling Charlie Smith Dixie Walker Roy Witherup		Catchers Cliff Blankenship Jack Hardy Mike Kahoe Gabby Street Infielders Wid Conroy Tom Crooke Jim Delahanty Jiggs Donahue Jerry Freeman Speed Kelly George McBride Germany Schaefer Bill Shipke Jack Slattery Bob Unglaub Bill Yohe		Outfielders George Browne Otis Clymer Orth Collins Gavvy Cravath Bob Ganley Doc Gessler Frank Hemphill Red Killefer Jack Lelivelt Clyde Milan Warren Miller Jimmy Sebring Jesse Tannehill		Manager Joe Cantillon

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
OF	Browne, GeorgeGeorge Browne	103	393	107	.272	1	16

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
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	26	51	11	.216	0	1
Hardy, JackJack Hardy	10	24	4	.167	0	4

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
Gray, DollyDolly Gray	36	218	5	19	3.59	87
Forman, BillBill Forman	2	11	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
Hughes, TomTom Hughes	22	120.1	4	7	2.69	77
Burns, BillBill Burns	6	29.1	1	1	1.23	13
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	9	38	1	3	5.45	9

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

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records

References

1. "Single Season Games Lost Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

External links

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