1909 Chicago White Sox season

The 1909 Chicago White Sox season was the franchise's ninth season in Major League Baseball. The White Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses.

1909 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Record	78–74 (.513)
League place	4th
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Billy Sullivan
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	54	.645	—	57‍–‍19	41‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics	95	58	.621	3½	49‍–‍27	46‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	88	63	.583	9½	47‍–‍28	41‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	20	42‍–‍34	36‍–‍40
New York Highlanders	74	77	.490	23½	41‍–‍35	33‍–‍42
Cleveland Naps	71	82	.464	27½	39‍–‍37	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	61	89	.407	36	40‍–‍37	21‍–‍52
Washington Senators	42	110	.276	56	27‍–‍48	15‍–‍62

Record vs. opponents

1909 American League record Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9–1	14–8	9–13	13–9	10–11	13–7	16–6
Chicago	9–13–1	—	8–13–1	6–15–2	14–8–1	12–10	10–12–1	19–3–1
Cleveland	8–14	13–8–1	—	8–14–1	8–14	9–13	14–8	11–11
Detroit	13–9	15–6–2	14–8–1	—	14–8	8–14	18–3–1	16–6–2
New York	9–13	8–14–1	14–8	8–14	—	8–14	13–8–1	14–6
Philadelphia	11–10	10–12	13–9	14–8	14–8	—	14–8	19–3
St. Louis	7–13	12–10–1	8–14	3–18–1	8–13–1	8–14	—	15–7–1
Washington	6–16	3–19–1	11–11	6–16–2	6–14	3–19	7–15–1	—

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	Billy Sullivan	97	265	43	.162	0	16
1B	Frank Isbell	120	433	97	.224	0	33
2B	Jake Atz	119	381	90	.236	0	22
SS	Freddy Parent	136	472	123	.261	0	30
3B	Lee Tannehill	155	531	118	.222	0	47
OF	Ed Hahn	76	287	52	.181	1	16
OF	Patsy Dougherty	139	491	140	.285	1	55
OF	Dave Altizer	116	382	89	.233	1	20

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
Billy Purtell	103	361	93	.258	0	40
Doc White	72	192	45	.234	0	7
Yip Owens	64	174	35	.201	0	17
Willis Cole	46	165	39	.236	0	16
Bobby Messenger	31	112	19	.170	0	0
Fred Payne	32	82	20	.244	0	12
Mike Welday	29	74	14	.189	0	5
George Davis	28	68	9	.132	0	2
Gavvy Cravath	19	50	9	.180	1	8
Barney Reilly	12	25	5	.200	0	3
Cuke Barrows	5	20	3	.150	0	2
Jiggs Donahue	2	4	0	.000	0	2
Ham Patterson	1	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
Frank Smith	51	365.0	25	17	1.80	177
Jim Scott	36	250.1	12	12	2.30	135
Ed Walsh	31	230.1	15	11	1.41	127
Doc White	24	177.2	11	9	1.72	77
Bill Burns	23	168.0	7	13	2.04	50
Fred Olmstead	8	54.2	3	2	1.81	21
Nick Altrock	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	2

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
Harry Suter	18	87.1	2	3	2.47	53
Lou Fiene	13	72.0	2	5	4.13	24
Frank Owen	3	16.0	1	1	4.50	3

References

• 1909 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference