1909 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-93
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Monte Cross (0-0), Jake Beckley (0-0), Danny Shay (0-0)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Association Park, Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 151,473, Avg. 1,847

1909 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1909 season with a record of 71 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

Monte Cross, Jake Beckley and Danny Shay served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Nick Carter	15	12	.556	32						229.0	196	97			45		81	3		6
Kinlock Swan	15	18	.455	39						304.0	284	112			58		85	3		1
Patsy Flaherty	14	13	.519	31						244.0	236	104			62		29	13		4
Bill Essick	14	16	.467	38						268.0	224	112			93		109	5		3
Gus Dorner	9	18	.333	33						246.0	212	104			87		68	14		5
Totals	67	77	.465	173	0	0	0	0	0	1291.0	1152	529	0	0	345	0	372	38	0	19	0

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
Bill Hallman	153	569	546	71	144	19	4	1		22				.264	.264	.319	.582	174			23
Jack Love	138	508	491	59	135	21	4	1		37				.275	.275	.340	.615	167			17
Spike Shannon	162	628	601	81	126	13	4	0		31				.210	.210	.245	.454	147			27
Jake Beckley	113	446	428	41	120	16	3	1		12				.280	.280	.339	.619	145			18
Gus Hetling	143	519	493	48	120	25	3	0		12				.243	.243	.306	.550	151			26
Roy Brashear	159	549	529	53	115	20	4	1		15				.217	.217	.276	.493	146			20
Walter Carlisle	127	451	427	49	110	14	7	4		19				.258	.258	.351	.609	150			24
John Sullivan	92	306	292	13	64	9	0	0		1				.219	.219	.250	.469	73			14
Lew Ritter	81	252	239	23	42	4	2	0		10				.176	.176	.209	.385	50			13
Danny Shay	47	175	171	17	29	3	0	1		9				.170	.170	.205	.374	35			4
Walter Boles	44	150	135	15	25	3	1	0		5				.185	.185	.222	.407	30			15
Cecil Neighbors	20	87	84	8	21	3	0	1		2				.250	.250	.321	.571	27			3
Patsy Flaherty	33	104	103	12	20	5	1	2		3				.194	.194	.320	.515	33			1
Kinlock Swan	39	103	101	6	19	0	1	0		2				.188	.188	.208	.396	21			2
Bill Rapps	22	79	71	4	18	1	1	0		3				.254	.254	.296	.549	21			8
Gus Dorner	33	89	88	5	15	3	1	0		0				.170	.170	.227	.398	20			1
Richard Moore	19	68	66	1	14	0	0	0		2				.212	.212	.212	.424	14			2
Bill Essick	38	92	90	5	14	3	1	0		1				.156	.156	.211	.367	19			2
Nick Carter	32	93	91	3	14	3	1	0		2				.154	.154	.209	.363	19			2
Walter Frambes	15	49	47	2	6	0	0	0		1				.128	.128	.128	.255	6			2
Totals	1510	5317	5093	516	1171	165	38	12	0	189	0	0	0	.230	.230	.284	.514	1448	0	0	224	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jake Beckley	1B	113	1186	57	21		.983	11.000
John Sullivan	1B	24	202	15	7		.969	9.042
Bill Rapps	1B	22	244	12	4		.985	11.636
Roy Brashear	2B	155	391	472	42		.954	5.568
Gus Hetling	3B	143	171	308	56		.895	3.350
Richard Moore	3B	19	24	41	11		.855	3.421
Lew Ritter	C	81	272	88	9		.976	4.444	8
John Sullivan	C	68	215	70	7		.976	4.191	8
Walter Frambes	C	15	47	19	3		.957	4.400	3
Spike Shannon	OF	162	338	20	14		.962	2.210
Bill Hallman	OF	153	218	21	10		.960	1.562
Walter Carlisle	OF	127	255	16	24		.919	2.134
Jack Love	OF	22	52	6	3		.951	2.636
Cecil Neighbors	OF	20	34	3	3		.925	1.850
Walter Boles	OF	19	27	6	5		.868	1.737
Kinlock Swan	P	39	33	111	4		.973	3.692
Bill Essick	P	38	11	72	4		.954	2.184
Gus Dorner	P	33	4	60	2		.970	1.939
Nick Carter	P	32	10	68	8		.907	2.438
Patsy Flaherty	P	31	9	73	8		.911	2.645
Jack Love	SS	94	195	330	55		.905	5.585
Danny Shay	SS	47	91	158	17		.936	5.298
Totals		1457	4029	2026	317	0	.950	4.156	19	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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