# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 |