1909 Washington Senators season

The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth 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]

1909 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	National Park
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Thomas C. Noyes
Managers	Joe Cantillon
← 1908 Seasons 1910 →

Regular season

The 1909 Washington Senators team.

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	3½	49‍–‍27	46‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	88	63	.583	9½	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

1909 American League record v t e Sources:
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

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
C	Gabby Street	137	407	86	.211	0	29
1B	Jiggs Donahue	84	283	67	.237	0	28
2B	Jim Delahanty	90	302	67	.222	1	21
SS	George McBride	156	504	118	.234	0	34
3B	Wid Conroy	139	488	119	.244	1	20
OF	Clyde Milan	130	400	80	.200	1	15
OF	George Browne	103	393	107	.272	1	16
OF	Jack Lelivelt	91	318	93	.292	0	24

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
Bob Unglaub	130	480	127	.265	3	41
Otis Clymer	45	138	27	.196	0	6
Germany Schaefer	37	128	31	.242	1	4
Red Killefer	40	121	21	.174	0	5
Bill Yohe	21	72	15	.208	0	4
Bob Ganley	19	63	16	.254	0	5
Cliff Blankenship	39	60	15	.250	0	9
Jack Slattery	32	56	12	.214	0	6
Doc Gessler	17	54	13	.241	0	8
Warren Miller	26	51	11	.216	0	1
Jerry Freeman	19	48	8	.167	0	3
Speed Kelly	17	42	6	.143	0	1
Jesse Tannehill	16	36	6	.167	0	1
Jack Hardy	10	24	4	.167	0	4
Bill Shipke	9	16	2	.125	0	0
Mike Kahoe	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Tom Crooke	3	7	2	.286	0	2
Orth Collins	8	7	0	.000	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	4	6	0	.000	0	1
Frank Hemphill	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Jimmy Sebring	1	0	0	----	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
Walter Johnson	40	296.1	13	25	2.22	164
Bob Groom	44	260.2	7	26	2.87	131
Dolly Gray	36	218.0	5	19	3.59	87
Charlie Smith	23	145.2	3	12	3.27	72
Dixie Walker	4	36.0	3	1	2.50	25
Bill Forman	2	11.0	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
Tom Hughes	22	120.1	4	7	2.69	77
Roy Witherup	12	68.0	1	5	4.24	26
Doc Reisling	10	66.2	2	4	2.43	22
Frank Oberlin	9	41.0	1	4	3.73	13
Nick Altrock	9	38.0	1	3	5.45	9
Bill Burns	6	29.1	1	1	1.23	13
Jesse Tannehill	3	21.0	1	1	3.43	8

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
Joe Ohl	4	0	0	0	2.08	2
Joe Hovlik	3	0	0	0	4.50	1
Burt Keeley	2	0	0	0	11.57	0
Orth Collins	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records