1909 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 104-49
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 633,480, Avg. 9,019
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Frank Chance (104-49)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1909 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 104-49
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 633,480, Avg. 9,019
Ballpark: West Side Park II
Manager: Frank Chance (104-49)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1909 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1909 season with a record of 104 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Cubs led the league with just 390 runs allowed. Chicago scored 635 runs. Frank Schulte drove in 60 runs. Solly Hofman paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .285 average. Mordecai Brown earned 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Orval Overall, Jack Pfiester and Ed Reulbach each also added 15 or more wins also Mordecai Brown registered a 1.31 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Chance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mordecai Brown | 27 | 9 | .750 | 1.31 | 50 | 34 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 342.7 | 246 | 78 | 50 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 172 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1280 |
| Orval Overall | 20 | 11 | .645 | 1.42 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 285.0 | 204 | 66 | 45 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 205 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1116 |
| Ed Reulbach | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1.78 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 262.7 | 194 | 69 | 52 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1008 |
| Jack Pfiester | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.43 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 196.7 | 179 | 67 | 53 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 800 |
| Rube Kroh | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.65 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.3 | 97 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 464 |
| Irv Higginbotham | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.19 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 64 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 324 |
| Rip Hagerman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.82 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 64 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 315 |
| King Cole | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| Rudy Schwenck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Chick Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Pat Ragan | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Carl Lundgren | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Andy Coakley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Totals | 104 | 49 | .680 | 1.74 | 212 | 155 | 45 | 111 | 32 | 11 | 1409.3 | 1094 | 389 | 272 | 6 | 364 | 0 | 680 | 38 | 2 | 30 | 5494 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solly Hofman | 153 | 613 | 527 | 60 | 150 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 53 | 49 | .285 | .351 | .351 | .702 | 185 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Schulte | 140 | 591 | 538 | 57 | 142 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 57 | .264 | .298 | .357 | .655 | 192 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sheckard | 148 | 644 | 525 | 81 | 134 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 72 | 71 | .255 | .346 | .335 | .681 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Steinfeldt | 151 | 621 | 528 | 73 | 133 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 57 | 37 | .252 | .331 | .337 | .668 | 178 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tinker | 143 | 555 | 516 | 56 | 132 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 45 | .256 | .280 | .372 | .652 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evers | 127 | 552 | 463 | 88 | 122 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 73 | 18 | .263 | .369 | .337 | .705 | 156 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Chance | 93 | 370 | 324 | 53 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 32 | .272 | .341 | .346 | .686 | 112 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Archer | 80 | 286 | 261 | 31 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 31 | .230 | .266 | .291 | .558 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Moran | 77 | 269 | 246 | 18 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .220 | .278 | .285 | .563 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Zimmerman | 65 | 190 | 183 | 23 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .273 | .285 | .344 | .629 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Howard | 69 | 241 | 203 | 25 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .197 | .282 | .251 | .533 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Orval Overall | 38 | 107 | 96 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .229 | .282 | .375 | .657 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mordecai Brown | 50 | 135 | 125 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .176 | .208 | .216 | .424 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Reulbach | 35 | 98 | 86 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .140 | .187 | .186 | .373 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Luderus | 11 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .297 | .366 | .459 | .825 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Pfiester | 29 | 73 | 65 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .169 | .229 | .185 | .413 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Browne | 12 | 45 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .205 | .295 | .256 | .552 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Stanley | 22 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .135 | .224 | .154 | .378 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Higginbotham | 19 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .259 | .231 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Kroh | 17 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Needham | 13 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kane | 20 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .089 | .146 | .111 | .257 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| King Cole | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Hagerman | 13 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .130 | .167 | .174 | .341 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Lundgren | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Schwenck | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Davidson | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ragan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Fraser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1538 | 5696 | 4999 | 632 | 1227 | 203 | 60 | 20 | 496 | 187 | 0 | 420 | 553 | .245 | .308 | .322 | .630 | 1610 | 0 | 31 | 246 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Chance | 1B | 92 | 92 | 798.0 | 901 | 40 | 6 | 43 | .994 | 1.613 | 1.228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Del Howard | 1B | 57 | 52 | 511.0 | 593 | 32 | 13 | 29 | .980 | 11.008 | 1.965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Luderus | 1B | 11 | 11 | 99.0 | 110 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .950 | 1.364 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Evers | 2B | 126 | 126 | 1115.0 | 262 | 354 | 38 | 29 | .942 | 4.972 | 4.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heinie Zimmerman | 2B | 31 | 27 | 260.0 | 66 | 55 | 7 | 7 | .945 | 4.188 | 3.903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kane | 2B | 2 | 2 | 33.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.364 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | 3B | 151 | 152 | 1364.0 | 183 | 299 | 31 | 16 | .940 | 3.180 | 3.192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heinie Zimmerman | 3B | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kane | 3B | 3 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.150 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Archer | C | 80 | 76 | 688.0 | 408 | 97 | 21 | 7 | .960 | 6.606 | 6.313 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 50.4 |
| Pat Moran | C | 74 | 73 | 663.0 | 381 | 97 | 8 | 3 | .984 | 6.489 | 6.459 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 71 | 48.3 |
| Tom Needham | C | 7 | 6 | 58.0 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 7.448 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Solly Hofman | OF | 153 | 153 | 1370.0 | 347 | 16 | 13 | 5 | .965 | 2.385 | 2.373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sheckard | OF | 148 | 147 | 1325.0 | 277 | 18 | 10 | 5 | .967 | 2.004 | 1.993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Schulte | OF | 140 | 137 | 1251.0 | 169 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .968 | 1.317 | 1.307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Stanley | OF | 16 | 12 | 127.0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.276 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Browne | OF | 12 | 11 | 92.0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.663 | 1.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kane | OF | 8 | 3 | 40.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.475 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | OF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mordecai Brown | P | 50 | 34 | 343.0 | 18 | 83 | 3 | 6 | .971 | 2.650 | 2.020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orval Overall | P | 38 | 32 | 285.0 | 12 | 69 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 2.558 | 2.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Reulbach | P | 35 | 32 | 263.0 | 15 | 91 | 5 | 4 | .955 | 3.627 | 3.029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Pfiester | P | 29 | 25 | 197.0 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 3.426 | 2.586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Kroh | P | 17 | 13 | 120.0 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 3.225 | 2.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Hagerman | P | 13 | 7 | 79.0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.620 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Higginbotham | P | 19 | 6 | 78.0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2.308 | 1.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| King Cole | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Schwenck | P | 3 | 2 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 15.750 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Ragan | P | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Lundgren | P | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Fraser | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Coakley | P | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Tinker | SS | 143 | 142 | 1286.0 | 320 | 470 | 50 | 49 | .940 | 5.529 | 5.524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heinie Zimmerman | SS | 12 | 10 | 101.0 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | .857 | 5.347 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kane | SS | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.857 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1487 | 1395 | 12664.0 | 4224 | 1957 | 244 | 224 | .962 | 4.393 | 4.157 | 7 | 0 | 150 | 146 | 49.3 |
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