# 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses. The A's also moved into the majors' first concrete-and-steel ballpark, Shibe Park.

## Regular season

In 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters.

### 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 | Ira Thomas | 84 | 256 | 57 | .223 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 149 | 530 | 142 | .268 | 4 | 75 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 153 | 571 | 198 | .347 | 3 | 56 |
| SS | Jack Barry | 124 | 409 | 88 | .215 | 1 | 23 |
| 3B | Frank Baker | 148 | 541 | 165 | .305 | 4 | 85 |
| OF | Rube Oldring | 90 | 326 | 75 | .230 | 1 | 28 |
| OF | Bob Ganley | 80 | 274 | 54 | .197 | 0 | 9 |
| OF | Danny Murphy | 149 | 541 | 152 | .281 | 5 | 69 |

#### 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 |
| Topsy Hartsel | 83 | 267 | 72 | .270 | 1 | 18 |
| Heinie Heitmuller | 64 | 210 | 60 | .286 | 0 | 15 |
| Paddy Livingston | 64 | 175 | 41 | .234 | 0 | 15 |
| Simon Nicholls | 21 | 71 | 15 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Lapp | 21 | 56 | 19 | .339 | 0 | 10 |
| Scotty Barr | 22 | 51 | 4 | .078 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuffy McInnis | 19 | 46 | 11 | .239 | 1 | 4 |
| Amos Strunk | 11 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 2 |
| Morrie Rath | 7 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 3 |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson | 5 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Larkin | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Powers | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Curry | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Eddie Plank | 34 | 265.1 | 19 | 10 | 1.76 | 132 |
| Chief Bender | 34 | 250.0 | 18 | 8 | 1.66 | 161 |
| Cy Morgan | 28 | 228.2 | 16 | 11 | 1.65 | 81 |
| Jack Coombs | 30 | 205.2 | 12 | 11 | 2.32 | 97 |
| Tommy Atkins | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |

#### 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 Krause | 32 | 213.0 | 18 | 8 | 1.39 | 139 |
| Jimmy Dygert | 32 | 137.1 | 9 | 5 | 2.42 | 79 |
| Rube Vickers | 18 | 55.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 25 |
| Biff Schlitzer | 4 | 13.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| John Kull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |