# 1909 New York Giants season

The 1909 New York Giants season was the franchise's 27th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 92–61 record, 18½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## 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 | Admiral Schlei | 92 | 279 | 68 | .244 | 0 | 30 |
| 1B | Fred Tenney | 101 | 375 | 88 | .235 | 3 | 30 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 147 | 570 | 172 | .302 | 6 | 49 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 143 | 491 | 130 | .265 | 0 | 56 |
| SS | Al Bridwell | 145 | 476 | 140 | .294 | 0 | 55 |
| LF | Moose McCormick | 121 | 413 | 120 | .291 | 3 | 27 |
| CF | Bill O'Hara | 115 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 1 | 30 |
| RF | Red Murray | 149 | 570 | 150 | .263 | 7 | 91 |

#### 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 |
| Cy Seymour | 80 | 280 | 87 | .311 | 1 | 30 |
| Fred Merkle | 79 | 236 | 45 | .191 | 0 | 20 |
| Chief Meyers | 90 | 220 | 61 | .277 | 1 | 30 |
| Buck Herzog | 42 | 130 | 24 | .185 | 0 | 8 |
| Art Fletcher | 33 | 98 | 21 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
| Tillie Shafer | 38 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
| Fred Snodgrass | 28 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 1 | 6 |
| Art Wilson | 19 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 5 |
| Josh Devore | 22 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Arlie Latham | 4 | 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 |
| Christy Mathewson | 37 | 275.1 | 25 | 6 | 1.14 | 149 |
| Bugs Raymond | 39 | 270.0 | 18 | 12 | 2.47 | 121 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 37 | 269.1 | 20 | 11 | 2.00 | 119 |
| Red Ames | 34 | 244.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.69 | 156 |
| Rube Marquard | 29 | 173.0 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 109 |
| Louis Drucke | 3 | 24.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 8 |
| George Daly | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Crandall | 30 | 122.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.88 | 55 |
| Al Klawitter | 6 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 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 |
| Bull Durham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.27 | 2 |
| Jake Weimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Red Waller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

Red Ames
* #5 strikeouts (156)
Al Bridwell
* #3 on-base percentage (.386)
* #5 batting average (.294)
Larry Doyle
* #3 slugging percentage (.419)
* #4 batting average (.302)
Christy Mathewson
* #1 earned run average (1.14)
* #2 wins (25)
Moose McCormick
* #5 slugging percentage (.402)
Red Murray
* #1 home runs (7)
* #2 runs batted in (91)
* #2 stolen bases (48)