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1909 New York Highlanders season

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1909 New York Highlanders
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHilltop Park
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersWilliam Devery and Frank Farrell
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 98 54 .645 57‍–‍19 41‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics 95 58 .621 49‍–‍27 46‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox 88 63 .583 47‍–‍28 41‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 78 74 .513 20 42‍–‍34 36‍–‍40
New York Highlanders 74 77 .490 23½ 41‍–‍35 33‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps 71 82 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 61 89 .407 36 40‍–‍37 21‍–‍52
Washington Senators 42 110 .276 56 27‍–‍48 15‍–‍62

Record vs. opponents

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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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

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1909 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 John Knight 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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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
King Brockett 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

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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
Jack Quinn 23 118.2 9 5 1.97 36
Jack Chesbro 9 49.2 0 4 6.34 17
Dick Carroll 2 5.0 0 0 3.60 1
George McConnell 2 4.0 0 1 2.25 4

Relief pitchers

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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

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