1909 New York Giants season

The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1909 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	John T. Brush
Managers	John McGraw
← 1908 Seasons 1910 →

Regular season

1909 New York Giants

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1909 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Doc Crandall George Daly Louis Drucke Bull Durham Al Klawitter Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Bugs Raymond Red Waller Jake Weimer Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Chief Meyers Admiral Schlei Art Wilson Infielders Al Bridwell Art Devlin Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Arlie Latham Fred Merkle Tillie Shafer Fred Tenney		Outfielders Josh Devore Buck Herzog Moose McCormick Red Murray Bill O'Hara Cy Seymour Fred Snodgrass		Manager John McGraw

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	Admiral Schlei	92	279	68	.244	0	30
1B	Fred Tenney	101	375	88	.235	3	30
2B	Larry Doyle	147	570	172	.302	6	49
3B	Art Devlin	143	491	130	.265	0	56
SS	Al Bridwell	145	476	140	.294	0	55
LF	Moose McCormick	121	413	120	.291	3	27
CF	Bill O'Hara	115	360	85	.236	1	30
RF	Red Murray	149	570	150	.263	7	91

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
Cy Seymour	80	280	87	.311	1	30
Fred Merkle	79	236	45	.191	0	20
Chief Meyers	90	220	61	.277	1	30
Buck Herzog	42	130	24	.185	0	8
Art Fletcher	33	98	21	.214	0	6
Tillie Shafer	38	84	15	.179	0	7
Fred Snodgrass	28	70	21	.300	1	6
Art Wilson	19	42	10	.238	0	5
Josh Devore	22	28	4	.143	0	1
Arlie Latham	4	2	0	.000	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
Christy Mathewson	37	275.1	25	6	1.14	149
Bugs Raymond	39	270.0	18	12	2.47	121
Hooks Wiltse	37	269.1	20	11	2.00	119
Red Ames	34	244.0	15	10	2.69	156
Rube Marquard	29	173.0	5	13	2.60	109
Louis Drucke	3	24.0	2	1	2.25	8
George Daly	3	21.0	0	3	6.00	8

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
Doc Crandall	30	122.0	6	4	2.88	55
Al Klawitter	6	27.0	1	1	2.00	6

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
Bull Durham	4	0	0	1	3.27	2
Jake Weimer	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
Red Waller	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Red Ames

• #5 strikeouts (156)

Al Bridwell

• #3 on-base percentage (.386)
• #5 batting average (.294)

Larry Doyle

• #3 slugging percentage (.419)
• #4 batting average (.302)

Christy Mathewson

• #1 earned run average (1.14)
• #2 wins (25)

Moose McCormick

• #5 slugging percentage (.402)

Red Murray

• #1 home runs (7)
• #2 runs batted in (91)
• #2 stolen bases (48)