1909 New York Giants season

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Major League Baseball team season

1909 New York Giants

League| National League
Ballpark| Polo Grounds
City| New York City
Owners| John T. Brush
Managers| John McGraw
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The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Regular season

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1909 New York Giants

### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 42  | .724  | —  | 56‍–‍21  | 54‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs | 104 | 49  | .680  | 6½  | 47‍–‍29  | 57‍–‍20
New York Giants | 92 | 61  | .601  | 18½  | 44‍–‍33  | 48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 76  | .503  | 33½  | 39‍–‍38  | 38‍–‍38
Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 79  | .484  | 36½  | 40‍–‍37  | 34‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas | 55 | 98  | .359  | 55½  | 34‍–‍45  | 21‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals | 54 | 98  | .355  | 56  | 26‍–‍48  | 28‍–‍50
Boston Doves | 45 | 108  | .294  | 65½  | 27‍–‍47  | 18‍–‍61

### Record vs. opponents

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1909 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | BR  | CHC  | CIN  | NYG  | PHI  | PIT  | STL
Boston | — | 11–11 | 1–21 | 5–17 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 1–20 | 9–13
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 5–16 | 5–17–1 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10–1
Chicago | 21–1 | 16–5 | — | 16–6 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7–1
Cincinnati | 17–5 | 17–5–1 | 6–16 | — | 9–13–1 | 9–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 12–10
New York | 14–8–2 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | — | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 16–5
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | — | 7–15 | 16–6
Pittsburgh | 20–1 | 18–4 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — | 18–3
St. Louis | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 10–12 | 5–16 | 6–16 | 3–18 | —

### Roster

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1909 New York Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* Red Ames
* Doc Crandall
* George Daly
* Louis Drucke
* Bull Durham
* Al Klawitter
* Rube Marquard
* Christy Mathewson
* Bugs Raymond
* Red Waller
* Jake Weimer
* Hooks Wiltse

|  | Catchers

* Chief Meyers
* Admiral Schlei
* Art Wilson

Infielders

* Al Bridwell
* Art Devlin
* Larry Doyle
* Art Fletcher
* Arlie Latham
* Fred Merkle
* Tillie Shafer
* Fred Tenney

|  | Outfielders

* Josh Devore
* Buck Herzog
* Moose McCormick
* Red Murray
* Bill O'Hara
* Cy Seymour
* Fred Snodgrass

|  | Manager

* John McGraw

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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C | Admiral Schlei | 92 | 279 | 68 | .244 | 0 | 30
1B | Fred Tenney | 101 | 375 | 88 | .235 | 3 | 30
2B | Larry Doyle | 147 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 6 | 49
3B | Art Devlin | 143 | 491 | 130 | .265 | 0 | 56
SS | Al Bridwell | 145 | 476 | 140 | .294 | 0 | 55
LF | Moose McCormick | 121 | 413 | 120 | .291 | 3 | 27
CF | Bill O'Hara | 115 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 1 | 30
RF | Red Murray | 149 | 570 | 150 | .263 | 7 | 91

#### Other batters

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

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Cy Seymour | 80 | 280 | 87 | .311 | 1 | 30
Fred Merkle | 79 | 236 | 45 | .191 | 0 | 20
Chief Meyers | 90 | 220 | 61 | .277 | 1 | 30
Buck Herzog | 42 | 130 | 24 | .185 | 0 | 8
Art Fletcher | 33 | 98 | 21 | .214 | 0 | 6
Tillie Shafer | 38 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 7
Fred Snodgrass | 28 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 1 | 6
Art Wilson | 19 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 5
Josh Devore | 22 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1
Arlie Latham | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Christy Mathewson | 37 | 275.1 | 25 | 6 | 1.14 | 149
Bugs Raymond | 39 | 270.0 | 18 | 12 | 2.47 | 121
Hooks Wiltse | 37 | 269.1 | 20 | 11 | 2.00 | 119
Red Ames | 34 | 244.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.69 | 156
Rube Marquard | 29 | 173.0 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 109
Louis Drucke | 3 | 24.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 8
George Daly | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 8

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Doc Crandall | 30 | 122.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.88 | 55
Al Klawitter | 6 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 6

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Bull Durham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.27 | 2
Jake Weimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1
Red Waller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1

## Awards and honors

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### League top five finishers

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Red Ames

* #5 strikeouts (156)

Al Bridwell

* #3 on-base percentage (.386)
* #5 batting average (.294)

Larry Doyle

* #3 slugging percentage (.419)
* #4 batting average (.302)

Christy Mathewson

* #1 earned run average (1.14)
* #2 wins (25)

Moose McCormick

* #5 slugging percentage (.402)

Red Murray

* #1 home runs (7)
* #2 runs batted in (91)
* #2 stolen bases (48)

## References

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## External links

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* 1909 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

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1909 MLB season by team

American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

National League|

* Boston
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* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

1909 World Series

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San Francisco Giants

* Established in 1883
* Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
* Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

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* History
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* Polo Grounds
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Spring training:|

* Bolton Street Park
* Payne Park
* Flamingo Field
* LSU Varsity Baseball Field
* Denison Field
* Al Lang Stadium
* Phoenix Municipal Stadium
* Scottsdale Stadium

Culture|

* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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Lore|

* 1894 Temple Cup
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* Matt Cain's perfect game
* Merkle's Boner
* NL tie-breakers
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* 1962 tie-breaker series
* 1998 Wild Card tie-breaker game
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* 2014
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Rivalries|

* Athletics
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* Subway Series (historically)

Retired numbers|

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Pre-World Series Champions (2)|

* 1888
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World Series Champions (8)|

* 1905
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* 1933
* 1954
* 2010
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National League
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* 1933
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* 2021

Wild card (3)|

* 2002
* 2014
* 2016

Minor league affiliates|

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Seasons (143)

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