1909 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 12 – October 16, 1909
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Pennant Winners
NL championsPittsburgh Pirates
  NL runners-upChicago Cubs
AL championsDetroit Tigers
  AL runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics
World Series
ChampionsPittsburgh Pirates
  Runners-upDetroit Tigers

The 1909 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 16, 1909. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Pirates then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to three.

In the National League, the Chicago Cubs had a record of 104–49, but finished 6+12 games behind the Pirates, setting a record for the most wins in an MLB regular season without reaching the postseason, which has only been equalled once, by the 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers, who had a record of 104–50.[1]

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

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Detroit Tigers 3
NL Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Fred Lake Finished 3rd
Chicago White Sox Billy Sullivan
Cleveland Naps Nap Lajoie
Deacon McGuire
Detroit Tigers Hughie Jennings Won 3rd straight AL pennant
New York Highlanders George Stallings
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack Finished 2nd
St. Louis Browns Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators Joe Cantillon

National League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Doves Harry Smith
Frank Bowerman
Brooklyn Superbas Harry Lumley
Chicago Cubs Frank Chance Finished 2nd
Cincinnati Reds Clark Griffith
New York Giants John McGraw Finished 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Billy Murray
Pittsburgh Pirates Fred Clarke Won World Series
St. Louis Cardinals Roger Bresnahan

Events

References

  1. Adler, David (September 30, 2019). "Best MLB teams to miss the postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.


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