1909 New York Highlanders season explained

The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 74 wins and 77 losses, coming in fifth in the American League.

New York was managed by George Stallings, the team's fourth manager in as many years. Games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media. The eventually-famous curving "NY" logo appeared for the first time, on the sleeve and cap of the uniform.

Regular season

Roster

1909 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther positions		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		78	206	47	.228	0	15
1B		118	474	134	.283	4	63
2B		89	309	92	.298	0	31
SS		116	360	85	.236	0	40
3B		136	437	101	.231	1	39
OF		99	360	95	.264	1	32
OF		123	427	105	.246	4	30
OF		135	492	137	.278	3	71

Other batters

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
	106	379	90	.237	0	26
	104	343	90	.262	2	27
	73	181	44	.243	0	10
	67	176	47	.267	0	21
	42	110	23	.209	0	11
	22	85	28	.329	0	15
	13	43	9	.209	0	5
	22	34	9	.265	0	5
	8	29	6	.207	0	3
	9	28	5	.179	0	0
	5	14	2	.143	0	0
	3	8	3	.375	0	0
	3	8	1	.125	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	36	243.1	13	15	2.40	95
	31	215.1	14	11	1.88	117
	26	173.0	7	11	3.17	71
	26	170.0	10	8	2.12	70
	17	125.2	8	6	2.58	57
	14	93.2	6	5	3.17	44
	4	22.1	0	3	2.82	11
	1	3.0	0	0	12.00	1

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	24	118.2	7	8	2.65	69
	23	118.2	9	5	1.97	36
	9	49.2	0	4	6.34	17
	2	5.0	0	0	3.60	1
	2	4.0	0	1	2.25	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	7.20	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

References

• 1909 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1909 New York Highlanders page at Baseball Reference