1909 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 95-58
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 674,915, Avg. 10,550
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (95-58)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1909 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 95-58
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 674,915, Avg. 10,550
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (95-58)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1909 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1909 season with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Athletics led the league with just 411 runs allowed. Philadelphia scored 605 runs. Home Run Baker accounted for 85 RBI. Eddie Collins paced all regular batters with a .347 average. Eddie Plank topped the team with 19 wins, while Charles Bender, Harry Krause and Cy Morgan each added 15 or more wins, too Harry Krause recorded a 1.39 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Plank | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1.76 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 265.3 | 215 | 74 | 52 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1028 |
| Harry Krause | 18 | 8 | .692 | 1.39 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 213.0 | 151 | 49 | 33 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 139 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 801 |
| Charles Bender | 18 | 8 | .692 | 1.66 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 250.0 | 196 | 68 | 46 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 161 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 968 |
| Cy Morgan | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1.65 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 228.7 | 152 | 56 | 42 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 882 |
| Jack Coombs | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.32 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 205.7 | 156 | 63 | 53 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 812 |
| Jimmy Dygert | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.42 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 137.3 | 117 | 60 | 37 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 545 |
| Rube Vickers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.40 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.7 | 60 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 240 |
| Jack Kull | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tommy Atkins | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Victor Schlitzer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
| Totals | 95 | 58 | .621 | 1.93 | 214 | 153 | 43 | 110 | 27 | 3 | 1378.0 | 1069 | 416 | 296 | 9 | 386 | 0 | 728 | 65 | 5 | 31 | 5385 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Collins | 153 | 660 | 571 | 104 | 198 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 63 | 0 | 62 | 36 | .347 | .416 | .450 | .866 | 257 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Home Run Baker | 148 | 606 | 541 | 73 | 165 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 85 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 48 | .305 | .343 | .447 | .790 | 242 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Murphy | 149 | 616 | 541 | 61 | 152 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 69 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 38 | .281 | .332 | .412 | .744 | 223 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Davis | 149 | 603 | 530 | 73 | 142 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 51 | 72 | .268 | .338 | .374 | .711 | 198 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Barry | 124 | 491 | 409 | 56 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 48 | .215 | .307 | .259 | .566 | 106 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Oldring | 90 | 367 | 326 | 39 | 75 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 39 | .230 | .287 | .328 | .615 | 107 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsy Hartsel | 83 | 323 | 267 | 30 | 72 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 26 | .270 | .381 | .326 | .707 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Heitmuller | 64 | 239 | 210 | 36 | 60 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .286 | .351 | .405 | .755 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Thomas | 84 | 286 | 256 | 22 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .223 | .292 | .281 | .573 | 72 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Ganley | 80 | 338 | 274 | 32 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 20 | .197 | .272 | .226 | .498 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Paddy Livingston | 64 | 207 | 175 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .234 | .323 | .314 | .638 | 55 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Plank | 35 | 102 | 96 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .219 | .250 | .271 | .521 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Bender | 40 | 103 | 93 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .215 | .255 | .269 | .524 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lapp | 21 | 62 | 56 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .339 | .373 | .429 | .801 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Nicholls | 21 | 76 | 71 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .211 | .243 | .268 | .511 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Coombs | 37 | 90 | 83 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .169 | .216 | .217 | .433 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Krause | 32 | 80 | 77 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .156 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuffy McInnis | 19 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .239 | .286 | .304 | .590 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dygert | 32 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .205 | .205 | .227 | .432 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Morgan | 28 | 84 | 74 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .108 | .132 | .149 | .280 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Morrie Rath | 7 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .269 | .387 | .308 | .695 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Strunk | 11 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .114 | .139 | .114 | .253 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotty Barr | 22 | 66 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .078 | .254 | .098 | .352 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Kull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Curry | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Powers | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Schlitzer | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Larkin | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Vickers | 18 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Atkins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1526 | 5620 | 4906 | 601 | 1257 | 186 | 88 | 21 | 498 | 201 | 0 | 403 | 578 | .256 | .321 | .343 | .664 | 1682 | 0 | 64 | 247 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Davis | 1B | 149 | 149 | 1326.0 | 1432 | 74 | 19 | 65 | .988 | 1.222 | 1.107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scotty Barr | 1B | 7 | 3 | 30.0 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.200 | 4.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Nicholls | 1B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Oldring | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Collins | 2B | 152 | 152 | 1366.0 | 373 | 406 | 27 | 55 | .967 | 5.133 | 5.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Curry | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Home Run Baker | 3B | 146 | 146 | 1309.0 | 209 | 277 | 42 | 16 | .920 | 3.341 | 3.329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Nicholls | 3B | 5 | 5 | 47.0 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 4.787 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morrie Rath | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ira Thomas | C | 84 | 81 | 693.0 | 479 | 112 | 9 | 5 | .985 | 7.675 | 7.036 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 74 | 51.4 |
| Paddy Livingston | C | 64 | 56 | 511.0 | 306 | 106 | 13 | 6 | .969 | 7.256 | 6.438 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 70 | 55.6 |
| Jack Lapp | C | 19 | 14 | 145.0 | 95 | 26 | 8 | 2 | .938 | 7.510 | 6.368 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 41.5 |
| Ed Larkin | C | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Doc Powers | C | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Danny Murphy | OF | 149 | 149 | 1328.0 | 191 | 17 | 5 | 5 | .977 | 1.410 | 1.396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Oldring | OF | 89 | 86 | 779.0 | 174 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 2.091 | 2.034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Ganley | OF | 77 | 75 | 672.0 | 185 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.598 | 2.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Topsy Hartsel | OF | 74 | 71 | 640.0 | 140 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .966 | 1.969 | 1.892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heinie Heitmuller | OF | 61 | 52 | 466.0 | 111 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .927 | 2.221 | 1.885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scotty Barr | OF | 15 | 13 | 127.0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.551 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amos Strunk | OF | 9 | 9 | 74.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.459 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | OF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Plank | P | 34 | 33 | 265.0 | 11 | 82 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 3.158 | 2.735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Bender | P | 34 | 29 | 250.0 | 13 | 78 | 4 | 1 | .958 | 3.276 | 2.676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Morgan | P | 28 | 26 | 229.0 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 2.751 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Krause | P | 32 | 21 | 213.0 | 7 | 48 | 4 | 3 | .932 | 2.324 | 1.719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Coombs | P | 30 | 24 | 206.0 | 12 | 60 | 2 | 2 | .973 | 3.146 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Dygert | P | 32 | 13 | 137.0 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 2.562 | 1.219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Vickers | P | 18 | 3 | 56.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.250 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Schlitzer | P | 4 | 3 | 13.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 6.231 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Atkins | P | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Kull | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Barry | SS | 124 | 124 | 1110.0 | 196 | 351 | 43 | 40 | .927 | 4.435 | 4.411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stuffy McInnis | SS | 14 | 11 | 107.0 | 34 | 44 | 10 | 5 | .886 | 6.561 | 5.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Nicholls | SS | 14 | 12 | 103.0 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .889 | 4.893 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morrie Rath | SS | 4 | 5 | 46.0 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .846 | 6.457 | 8.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Collins | SS | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1483 | 1377 | 12372.0 | 4145 | 1908 | 245 | 222 | .961 | 4.403 | 4.082 | 14 | 0 | 152 | 163 | 51.7 |
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