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The 1909 Pittsburgh[lower-alpha 2] Pirates season was the 28th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise, during which they won the National League pennant with a record of 110–42 and their first World Series over the Detroit Tigers. Led by shortstop Honus Wagner and outfielder-manager Fred Clarke, the Pirates scored the most runs in the majors. Wagner led the league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and runs batted in. Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss opened the Pirates' new ballpark, named Forbes Field, on June 30, 1909.[1]
1909 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Exposition Park (since 1891) Forbes Field | |
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[lower-alpha 1] | |
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss | |
Managers | Fred Clarke | |
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The Pirates' 110 wins remain a team record, a record they set in the last game of the season by beating the Cincinnati Reds 7–4 in muddy conditions on October 5. It is in fact the best regular season win percentage by any World Series winning team.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 42 | .724 | — | 56–21 | 54–21 |
Chicago Cubs | 104 | 49 | .680 | 6½ | 47–29 | 57–20 |
New York Giants | 92 | 61 | .601 | 18½ | 44–33 | 48–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 76 | .503 | 33½ | 39–38 | 38–38 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 79 | .484 | 36½ | 40–37 | 34–42 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 55 | 98 | .359 | 55½ | 34–45 | 21–53 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 98 | .355 | 56 | 26–48 | 28–50 |
Boston Doves | 45 | 108 | .294 | 65½ | 27–47 | 18–61 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 1–21 | 5–17 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 1–20 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 5–16 | 5–17–1 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10–1 | |||||
Chicago | 21–1 | 16–5 | — | 16–6 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 17–5 | 17–5–1 | 6–16 | — | 9–13–1 | 9–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 14–8–2 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | — | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 16–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 16–6 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 20–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — | 18–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 10–12 | 5–16 | 6–16 | 3–18 | — |
1909 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | George Gibson | 150 | 510 | 135 | .265 | 2 | 52 |
1B | Bill Abstein | 137 | 512 | 133 | .260 | 1 | 70 |
2B | Dots Miller | 151 | 560 | 156 | .279 | 3 | 87 |
3B | Jap Barbeau | 91 | 350 | 77 | .220 | 0 | 25 |
SS | Honus Wagner | 137 | 495 | 168 | .339 | 5 | 100 |
OF | Tommy Leach | 151 | 587 | 153 | .261 | 6 | 43 |
OF | Fred Clarke | 152 | 550 | 158 | .287 | 3 | 68 |
OF | Chief Wilson | 154 | 569 | 155 | .272 | 4 | 59 |
Note: 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 |
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3B | Bobby Byrne | 46 | 168 | 43 | .256 | 0 | 7 |
1B, 3B | Alan Storke | 37 | 118 | 30 | .254 | 0 | 12 |
2B, SS | Ed Abbaticchio | 36 | 87 | 20 | .230 | 1 | 16 |
1B | Ham Hyatt | 49 | 67 | 20 | .299 | 0 | 7 |
OF | Ward Miller | 15 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 0 | 4 |
C | Mike Simon | 12 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
C | Paddy O'Connor | 9 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 3 |
PR | Blaine Durbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vic Willis | 39 | 289.2 | 22 | 11 | 2.24 | 95 |
Howie Camnitz | 41 | 283.0 | 25 | 6 | 1.62 | 133 |
Nick Maddox | 31 | 203.1 | 13 | 8 | 2.21 | 56 |
Lefty Leifield | 32 | 201.2 | 19 | 8 | 2.37 | 43 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Deacon Phillippe | 22 | 131.2 | 8 | 3 | 2.32 | 38 |
Babe Adams | 25 | 130.0 | 12 | 3 | 1.11 | 65 |
Sam Leever | 19 | 70.0 | 8 | 1 | 2.83 | 23 |
Chick Brandom | 13 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.11 | 21 |
Sam Frock | 8 | 36.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.48 | 11 |
Bill Powell | 3 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.68 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Harry Camnitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Charlie Wacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Gene Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 |
In the World Series, Pittsburgh faced the American League champion Detroit Tigers, led by triple crown winner Ty Cobb. The matchup was largely billed as one between the major leagues' two superstars. Wagner thoroughly outplayed Cobb, and rookie Babe Adams won all three of his starts, as the Pirates won in seven games.
October 8, 1909, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Pittsburgh (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 0 |
W: Babe Adams (1–0) L: George Mullin (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: PIT – Fred Clarke (1) |
October 9, 1909, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Detroit (AL) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
Pittsburgh (NL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
W: Bill Donovan (1–0) L: Howie Camnitz (0–1) |
October 11, 1909, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh (NL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
W: Nick Maddox (1–0) L: Ed Summers (0–1) |
October 12, 1909, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
Detroit (AL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
W: George Mullin (1–1) L: Lefty Leifield (0–1) |
October 13, 1909, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Pittsburgh (NL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 8 | 10 | 2 |
W: Babe Adams (2–0) L: Ed Summers (0–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: DET – Davy Jones (1), Sam Crawford (1) PIT – Fred Clarke (2) |
October 14, 1909, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh (NL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 2 |
W: George Mullin (2–1) L: Vic Willis (0–1) |
October 16, 1909, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh (NL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
W: Babe Adams (3–0) L: Bill Donovan (1–1) |
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