The following are the baseball events of the year 1909 throughout the world.

Champions

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League
AVGTy Cobb DET.377Honus Wagner PIT.339
HRTy Cobb DET9Red Murray NYG7
RBIsTy Cobb DET107Honus Wagner PIT100
WinsGeorge Mullin DET29Mordecai Brown CHC27
ERAHarry Krause PHA1.39Christy Mathewson NYG1.14
KsFrank Smith CHW177Orval Overall CHC205

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9854 0.645 — 57–19 41–35
Philadelphia Athletics 9558 0.621 3½ 49–27 46–31
Boston Red Sox 8863 0.583 9½ 47–28 41–35
Chicago White Sox 7874 0.513 20 42–34 36–40
New York Highlanders 7477 0.490 23½ 41–35 33–42
Cleveland Naps 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6189 0.407 36 40–37 21–52
Washington Senators 42110 0.276 56 27–48 15–62

National League final standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 11042 0.724 — 56–21 54–21
Chicago Cubs 10449 0.680 6½ 47–29 57–20
New York Giants 9261 0.601 18½ 44–33 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 7776 0.503 33½ 39–38 38–38
Philadelphia Phillies 7479 0.484 36½ 40–37 34–42
Brooklyn Superbas 5598 0.359 55½ 34–45 21–53
St. Louis Cardinals 5498 0.355 56 26–48 28–50
Boston Doves 45108 0.294 65½ 27–47 18–61

Events

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January–March

  • January 2 – Paddy Quinn, 59, catcher/outfielder for the Kekiongas/Western/Dark Blues/White Stockings National Association teams from 1871 to 1877.
  • January 14 – Togie Pittinger, 37, pitcher who posted a 115–113 record and a 3.10 ERA in eight seasons with the Boston Beaneaters (1900–1904) and Philadelphia Phillies (1905–1907).
  • January 19 – Dennis Casey, 50, center fielder for the Wilmington Quicksteps (1884) and Baltimore Orioles (1884–1885).
  • February 4 – John Clarkson, 47, pitcher for Chicago, Boston and Cleveland who won over 325 games, then a National League record with six 30-win seasons, including 53 and a no-hitter (1885); leading the league for the most innings pitched four times, and in strikeouts, games and complete games three times each.
  • February 17 – Jim Burns, [?], outfielder for the Kansas City Cowboys (1888) and Washington Statesmen (1891) of the American Association.
  • February 20 – John Hatfield, 61, left fielder/infielder for the New York Mutuals.
  • March 15 – Howard Wall, 54, shortstop who played one game for the 1873 Washington Blue Legs.

April–June

  • April 3 – George Barclay, 42, left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–1904) and the Boston Beaneaters (1904–1905), who also was credited with inventing the first-ever football helmet in 1896.
  • April 6 – Doggie Miller, 44, catcher for Pittsburgh from 1884 to 1893 who scored 80 runs five times, batted .339 for 1894 St. Louis Browns.
  • April 13 – Fred Cone, 60, outfielder for the 1871 Boston Red Stockings.
  • April 17 – Oscar Westerberg, 27, shortstop for the 1907 Boston Doves of the National League.
  • April 26 – Mike Dorgan, 55, Outfielder for 10 seasons, and player-manager for three, from 1877 to 1890.
  • April 29 – Doc Powers, 38, who was catching in the first game played in Shibe Park in Philadelphia when he crashed into a wall going after a pop fly. He remained in the game, but suffered from internal injuries that took his life two weeks later, when gangrene set in after three operations. He was the first major leaguer to die from injuries sustained during a game.
  • June 20 – Rudy Kemmler, 49?, catcher for eight seasons from 1879 to 1889.

July–September

  • July 5 – Frank Selee, 49, manager who guided Boston to five National League pennants (1891–93, 1895–96) and later built foundation of championship Cubs teams, collecting a .607 winning percentage –highest among managers of 1500 games–, and 1284 victories to rank second all-time upon retirement.
  • August 22 – Harry Lochhead, 33, shortstop for the Cleveland Spiders (1899) and Detroit Tigers (1901).
  • September 5 – Bill Popp, 32, pitcher who posted a 2–6 record in nine games for the 1902 St. Louis Cardinals.
  • September 17 – Herman Long, 43, shortstop for the Boston Beaneaters who batted .300 four times, led NL in runs in 1893 and home runs in 1900; set career marks for putouts and total chances, led league in double plays three times and in putouts and fielding average twice each.
  • September 20 – Joe Wright, 40, center fielder for the Louisville Colonels (1895) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1896).

October–December

  • October 13 – Sleeper Sullivan, 50, Irish catcher who played for the Brown Stockings/Bisons/Browns/Maroons/Eclipse teams from 1881 to 1884.
  • October 26 – Frank Siffell, German catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association (1884–1885).
  • October 29 – John Lyston, 42, pitcher for the Columbus Solons (1891) and Cleveland Spiders (1894).
  • November 5 – Walt Kinzie, 51, shortstop for the Wolverines, White Stockings and Browns from 1882 to 1884.
  • December 8 – Buffalo Bill Hogg, 27, pitcher who posted a 37–50 record in four seasons with the New York Highlanders of the American League (1905–1908).
  • December 21 – Kid Keenan, 40, pitcher for the 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers of the American Association.
  • December 22 – Jimmy Sebring, 27, outfielder for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Washington teams from 1902 to 1909, who became the first player in World Series history to hit a home run (1903).
  • December 23 – Harry H. Gilbert, 41, second baseman for the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League..
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