1909 Philadelphia Athletics season

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The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses. The A's also moved into the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, Shibe Park.[1]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
Record95–58 (.621)
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
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1909 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record95–58 (.621)
League place2nd
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1908
1910 â†’
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Regular season

Fans in Shibe Park watching the inaugural game in 1909.

In 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters.

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9854 .645 — 57‍–‍19 41‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics 9558 .621 3½ 49‍–‍27 46‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox 8863 .583 9½ 47‍–‍28 41‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox 7874 .513 20 42‍–‍34 36‍–‍40
New York Highlanders 7477 .490 23½ 41‍–‍35 33‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps 7182 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 6189 .407 36 40‍–‍37 21‍–‍52
Washington Senators 42110 .276 56 27‍–‍48 15‍–‍62
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Record vs. opponents

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1909 American League record

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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —13–9–114–89–1313–910–1113–716–6
Chicago 9–13–1—8–13–16–15–214–8–112–1010–12–119–3–1
Cleveland 8–1413–8–1—8–14–18–149–1314–811–11
Detroit 13–915–6–214–8–1—14–88–1418–3–116–6–2
New York 9–138–14–114–88–14—8–1413–8–114–6
Philadelphia 11–1010–1213–914–814–8—14–819–3
St. Louis 7–1312–10–18–143–18–18–13–18–14—15–7–1
Washington 6–163–19–111–116–16–26–143–197–15–1—
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Roster

1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CIra Thomas8425657.223031
1BHarry Davis149530142.268475
2BEddie Collins153571198.347356
SSJack Barry12440988.215123
3BFrank Baker148541165.305485
OFRube Oldring9032675.230128
OFBob Ganley8027454.19709
OFDanny Murphy149541152.281569
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Topsy Hartsel8326772.270118
Heinie Heitmuller6421060.286015
Paddy Livingston6417541.234015
Simon Nicholls217115.21103
Jack Lapp215619.339010
Scotty Barr22514.07801
Stuffy McInnis194611.23914
Amos Strunk11354.11402
Morrie Rath7267.26903
Shoeless Joe Jackson5173.17603
Ed Larkin261.16701
Doc Powers141.25000
Jim Curry141.25000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eddie Plank34265.119101.76132
Chief Bender34250.01881.66161
Cy Morgan28228.216111.6581
Jack Coombs30205.212112.3297
Tommy Atkins16.0004.504
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Krause32213.01881.39139
Jimmy Dygert32137.1952.4279
Rube Vickers1855.2223.4025
Biff Schlitzer413.1035.406
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Kull11003.004
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Notes

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