1909 Chicago White Sox Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-74
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 478,400, Avg. 6,723
Ballpark: South Side Park II
Manager: Billy Sullivan (78-74)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1909 Chicago White Sox RosterTeam Record: 78-74
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 478,400, Avg. 6,723
Ballpark: South Side Park II
Manager: Billy Sullivan (78-74)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1909 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1909 season with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 492 runs and surrendered 464 runs. Patsy Dougherty accounted for 55 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Frank Smith recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Ed Walsh added 15 or more victories as well Ed Walsh earned a 1.41 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Billy Sullivan coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Smith | 25 | 17 | .595 | 1.80 | 51 | 40 | 10 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 365.0 | 278 | 104 | 73 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 177 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1376 |
| Ed Walsh | 15 | 11 | .577 | 1.41 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 230.3 | 166 | 52 | 36 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 127 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 871 |
| Jim Scott | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.30 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 250.3 | 194 | 86 | 64 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 135 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 978 |
| Doc White | 11 | 9 | .550 | 1.72 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 177.7 | 149 | 56 | 34 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 696 |
| Bill Burns | 7 | 13 | .350 | 2.04 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 168.0 | 161 | 64 | 38 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 651 |
| Fred Olmstead | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.81 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 201 |
| Harry Suter | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.47 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 87.3 | 72 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 394 |
| Lou Fiene | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 75 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
| Frank Owen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Nick Altrock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Totals | 78 | 74 | .513 | 2.05 | 208 | 159 | 44 | 115 | 26 | 4 | 1430.3 | 1182 | 464 | 326 | 8 | 340 | 0 | 669 | 52 | 7 | 29 | 5560 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Dougherty | 139 | 569 | 491 | 71 | 140 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 55 | 36 | 0 | 51 | 56 | .285 | .359 | .391 | .751 | 192 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Parent | 136 | 551 | 472 | 61 | 123 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 46 | 24 | .261 | .335 | .303 | .638 | 143 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Tannehill | 155 | 594 | 531 | 39 | 118 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 52 | .222 | .269 | .281 | .550 | 149 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Isbell | 120 | 477 | 433 | 33 | 97 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 34 | .224 | .265 | .291 | .556 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Purtell | 103 | 412 | 361 | 34 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .258 | .302 | .299 | .601 | 108 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Atz | 119 | 440 | 381 | 39 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 33 | .236 | .309 | .299 | .608 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Altizer | 116 | 458 | 382 | 47 | 89 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 39 | 33 | .233 | .330 | .293 | .623 | 112 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hahn | 76 | 329 | 287 | 30 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 12 | .181 | .268 | .213 | .480 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc White | 72 | 238 | 192 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 27 | .234 | .347 | .292 | .638 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Sullivan | 97 | 302 | 265 | 11 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 50 | .162 | .226 | .174 | .400 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Willis Cole | 46 | 187 | 165 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .236 | .308 | .315 | .623 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yip Owens | 64 | 193 | 174 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .201 | .245 | .236 | .480 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Smith | 53 | 144 | 127 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .173 | .245 | .268 | .512 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Payne | 32 | 92 | 82 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .244 | .295 | .268 | .564 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Messenger | 31 | 130 | 112 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .170 | .268 | .196 | .464 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Walsh | 32 | 91 | 84 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .214 | .267 | .274 | .540 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Welday | 29 | 81 | 74 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .189 | .231 | .189 | .420 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavvy Cravath | 19 | 70 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | .180 | .406 | .240 | .646 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Burns | 23 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .153 | .219 | .203 | .422 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Davis | 28 | 84 | 68 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .132 | .253 | .147 | .400 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Scott | 36 | 96 | 85 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 37 | .106 | .191 | .129 | .321 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Reilly | 12 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuke Barrows | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Suter | 18 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .094 | .147 | .094 | .241 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Olmstead | 8 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Fiene | 15 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .069 | .069 | .138 | .207 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Owen | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ham Patterson | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiggs Donahue | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1591 | 5759 | 5018 | 494 | 1109 | 145 | 56 | 4 | 393 | 211 | 0 | 441 | 596 | .221 | .291 | .275 | .566 | 1378 | 0 | 57 | 243 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Isbell | 1B | 101 | 100 | 890.0 | 1204 | 66 | 8 | 48 | .994 | 12.843 | 12.574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Altizer | 1B | 46 | 42 | 369.0 | 441 | 33 | 4 | 24 | .992 | 11.561 | 1.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Davis | 1B | 17 | 17 | 148.0 | 189 | 15 | 3 | 7 | .986 | 12.405 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jiggs Donahue | 1B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ham Patterson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Atz | 2B | 114 | 113 | 990.0 | 202 | 311 | 25 | 40 | .954 | 4.664 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Purtell | 2B | 32 | 32 | 290.0 | 72 | 90 | 5 | 13 | .970 | 5.028 | 5.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Reilly | 2B | 11 | 8 | 82.0 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 5.598 | 4.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | 2B | 5 | 5 | 37.0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 6.811 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Davis | 2B | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddy Parent | 2B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Tannehill | 3B | 91 | 91 | 800.0 | 103 | 168 | 17 | 11 | .941 | 3.049 | 2.978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Purtell | 3B | 71 | 68 | 624.0 | 90 | 158 | 19 | 11 | .929 | 3.577 | 3.493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 97 | 90 | 776.0 | 452 | 119 | 10 | 6 | .983 | 6.622 | 5.887 | 10 | 0 | 103 | 86 | 45.5 |
| Yip Owens | C | 57 | 48 | 453.0 | 266 | 62 | 14 | 2 | .959 | 6.517 | 5.754 | 10 | 0 | 72 | 45 | 38.5 |
| Fred Payne | C | 27 | 21 | 195.0 | 110 | 38 | 2 | 5 | .987 | 6.831 | 5.481 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 46.6 |
| Patsy Dougherty | OF | 138 | 138 | 1227.0 | 184 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .942 | 1.423 | 1.406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Hahn | OF | 76 | 75 | 687.0 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.258 | 1.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Altizer | OF | 61 | 62 | 560.0 | 99 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 1.784 | 1.820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willis Cole | OF | 46 | 46 | 399.0 | 83 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .889 | 1.985 | 1.913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddy Parent | OF | 38 | 39 | 337.0 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.030 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc White | OF | 40 | 36 | 325.0 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .926 | 1.745 | 1.575 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Messenger | OF | 31 | 30 | 251.0 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.363 | 1.226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Welday | OF | 20 | 16 | 160.0 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 2.194 | 1.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gavvy Cravath | OF | 18 | 18 | 159.0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.925 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Isbell | OF | 9 | 10 | 79.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .911 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cuke Barrows | OF | 5 | 4 | 39.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.769 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Atz | OF | 3 | 2 | 26.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.423 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Payne | OF | 3 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Walsh | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Reilly | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Smith | P | 51 | 40 | 365.0 | 26 | 154 | 4 | 3 | .978 | 4.438 | 3.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Scott | P | 36 | 29 | 250.0 | 6 | 70 | 4 | 2 | .950 | 2.736 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Walsh | P | 31 | 28 | 230.0 | 23 | 93 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 4.539 | 3.742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc White | P | 24 | 21 | 178.0 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 3.135 | 2.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Burns | P | 23 | 19 | 168.0 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 3.643 | 2.957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Suter | P | 18 | 7 | 87.0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.586 | 1.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Fiene | P | 13 | 6 | 72.0 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 4.125 | 2.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Olmstead | P | 8 | 6 | 55.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.945 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Owen | P | 3 | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.813 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Altrock | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddy Parent | SS | 98 | 95 | 848.0 | 182 | 357 | 41 | 34 | .929 | 5.721 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Tannehill | SS | 64 | 64 | 570.0 | 126 | 251 | 24 | 21 | .940 | 5.953 | 5.891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Atz | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1536 | 1431 | 12815.0 | 4281 | 2280 | 247 | 241 | .964 | 4.608 | 4.271 | 25 | 0 | 206 | 158 | 43.4 |
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