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1909 Chicago White Sox season

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1909 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSouth Side Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersBilly Sullivan
← 1908 Seasons 1910 →

The 1909 Chicago White Sox season was the franchise's ninth season in Major League Baseball. The White Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses.

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 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Billy Sullivan 97 265 43 .162 0 16
1B Frank Isbell 120 433 97 .224 0 33
2B Jake Atz 119 381 90 .236 0 22
SS Freddy Parent 136 472 123 .261 0 30
3B Lee Tannehill 155 531 118 .222 0 47
OF Ed Hahn 76 287 52 .181 1 16
OF Patsy Dougherty 139 491 140 .285 1 55
OF Dave Altizer 116 382 89 .233 1 20

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
Billy Purtell 103 361 93 .258 0 40
Doc White 72 192 45 .234 0 7
Yip Owens 64 174 35 .201 0 17
Willis Cole 46 165 39 .236 0 16
Bobby Messenger 31 112 19 .170 0 0
Fred Payne 32 82 20 .244 0 12
Mike Welday 29 74 14 .189 0 5
George Davis 28 68 9 .132 0 2
Gavvy Cravath 19 50 9 .180 1 8
Barney Reilly 12 25 5 .200 0 3
Cuke Barrows 5 20 3 .150 0 2
Jiggs Donahue 2 4 0 .000 0 2
Ham Patterson 1 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
Frank Smith 51 365.0 25 17 1.80 177
Jim Scott 36 250.1 12 12 2.30 135
Ed Walsh 31 230.1 15 11 1.41 127
Doc White 24 177.2 11 9 1.72 77
Bill Burns 23 168.0 7 13 2.04 50
Fred Olmstead 8 54.2 3 2 1.81 21
Nick Altrock 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 2

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
Harry Suter 18 87.1 2 3 2.47 53
Lou Fiene 13 72.0 2 5 4.13 24
Frank Owen 3 16.0 1 1 4.50 3

References

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