# 1909 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1909 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 28th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 18th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 54–98 during the season and finished seventh in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| 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

1909 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Ed Phelps | 104 | 306 | 76 | .248 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Ed Konetchy | 152 | 576 | 165 | .286 | 4 | 80 |
| 2B | Chappy Charles | 99 | 339 | 80 | .236 | 0 | 29 |
| SS | Rudy Hulswitt | 82 | 289 | 81 | .280 | 0 | 29 |
| 3B | Bobby Byrne | 105 | 421 | 90 | .214 | 1 | 33 |
| OF | Steve Evans | 143 | 498 | 129 | .259 | 2 | 56 |
| OF | Al Shaw | 114 | 331 | 82 | .248 | 2 | 34 |
| OF | Rube Ellis | 149 | 575 | 154 | .268 | 3 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Delahanty | 123 | 411 | 88 | .214 | 2 | 54 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 72 | 234 | 57 | .244 | 0 | 23 |
| Jap Barbeau | 48 | 175 | 44 | .251 | 0 | 5 |
| Alan Storke | 48 | 174 | 49 | .282 | 0 | 10 |
| Jack Bliss | 35 | 113 | 25 | .221 | 1 | 8 |
| Howard Murphy | 25 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Champ Osteen | 16 | 45 | 9 | .200 | 0 | 7 |
| Billy Gilbert | 12 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Mowrey | 12 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 4 |
| Bert James | 6 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Reilly | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Enwright | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Coonie Blank | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Fred Beebe | 44 | 287.2 | 15 | 21 | 2.82 | 105 |
| Johnny Lush | 34 | 221.1 | 11 | 18 | 3.13 | 66 |
| Slim Sallee | 32 | 219.0 | 10 | 11 | 2.42 | 55 |
| Bob Harmon | 21 | 159.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.68 | 48 |
| Les Backman | 21 | 128.1 | 3 | 11 | 4.14 | 35 |
| Charlie Rhodes | 12 | 61.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.98 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| John Raleigh | 15 | 80.2 | 1 | 10 | 3.79 | 26 |
| Eddie Higgins | 16 | 66.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 | 15 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 7 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.21 | 14 |
| Irv Higginbotham | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 2 |
| Harry Sullivan | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Melter | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.50 | 24 |
| Forrest More | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.04 | 17 |
| Joe Bernard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |