1909 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1909 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1909

World Series Champions

Pittsburgh Pirates

Runner Up

Detroit Tigers

Most Valuable Players

AL: NL:

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

504

Attendance

7,236,290

Payroll

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1909 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	152	98	54	.645	--	666	493	173	Lost World Series (Pirates)	490,490	7	---	Hughie Jennings	Bennett Park
2	2	4	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	153	95	58	.621	3.5	601	409	192	dnq	674,915	2	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	151	88	63	.583	9.5	596	548	48	dnq	668,965	3	---	Fred Lake	Huntington Avenue Grounds
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	152	78	74	.513	20.0	494	461	33	dnq	478,400	8	---	Billy Sullivan	South Side Park
5	5	9	New York Highlanders	T - S - R	151	74	77	.490	23.5	591	592	-1	dnq	501,000	6	---	George Stallings	Hilltop Park
6	6	11	Cleveland Naps	T - S - R	153	71	82	.464	27.5	493	532	-39	dnq	354,627	11	---	Nap Lajoie, Deacon McGuire	League Park
7	7	12	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	150	61	89	.407	36.0	443	578	-135	dnq	366,274	10	---	Jimmy McAleer	Sportsman's Park
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	152	42	110	.276	56.0	382	655	-273	dnq	205,199	15	---	Joe Cantillon	American League Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	152	110	42	.724	--	701	448	253	Won World Series (Tigers)	534,950	5	---	Fred Clarke	Forbes Field
2	2	2	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	153	104	49	.680	6.5	632	389	243	dnq	633,480	4	---	Frank Chance	West Side Grounds
3	3	5	New York Giants	T - S - R	153	92	61	.601	18.5	622	547	75	dnq	783,700	1	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
4	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	153	77	76	.503	33.5	606	599	7	dnq	424,643	9	---	Clark Griffith	Palace of the Fans
5	5	10	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	153	74	79	.484	36.5	514	519	-5	dnq	303,177	13	---	Bill Murray	Baker Bowl
6	6	13	Brooklyn Superbas	T - S - R	153	55	98	.359	55.5	442	627	-185	dnq	321,300	12	---	Harry Lumley	Washington Park
7	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	152	54	98	.355	56.0	583	728	-145	dnq	299,982	14	---	Roger Bresnahan	New Sportsman's Park
8	8	15	Boston Rustlers	T - S - R	153	45	108	.294	65.5	0	0	0	Frank Bowerman	195,188	16	---	Harry Smith	South End Grounds
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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