# 1909 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1909 Brooklyn Superbas handed the manager's job over to outfielder Harry Lumley. However, the team finished in sixth place again and Lumley's playing stats took a tumble as he tried to do both jobs. He was replaced as manager after the season and traded as a player halfway through the next season.

## Offseason

* February 18, 1909: Doc Marshall was purchased by the Superbas from the Chicago Cubs

## 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 | Bill Bergen | 112 | 346 | 48 | .139 | 1 | 15 |
| 1B | Tim Jordan | 103 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 3 | 36 |
| 2B | Whitey Alperman | 111 | 420 | 104 | .248 | 1 | 41 |
| 3B | Ed Lennox | 126 | 435 | 114 | .262 | 2 | 44 |
| SS | Tommy McMillan | 108 | 373 | 79 | .212 | 0 | 24 |
| OF | Al Burch | 152 | 601 | 163 | .271 | 1 | 30 |
| OF | Wally Clement | 92 | 340 | 88 | .259 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Harry Lumley | 55 | 172 | 43 | .250 | 0 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| John Hummel | 146 | 542 | 152 | .280 | 4 | 52 |
| Pryor McElveen | 81 | 258 | 51 | .198 | 3 | 25 |
| Jul Kustus | 53 | 173 | 25 | .145 | 1 | 11 |
| Doc Marshall | 50 | 149 | 30 | .201 | 0 | 10 |
| George Hunter | 44 | 123 | 28 | .228 | 0 | 8 |
| Zack Wheat | 26 | 102 | 31 | .304 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Sebring | 25 | 81 | 8 | .099 | 0 | 5 |
| Red Downey | 19 | 78 | 20 | .256 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Dunn | 10 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 2 |
| Leo Meyer | 7 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 0 |
| Hy Myers | 6 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Redmond | 6 | 19 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Catterson | 9 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Nap Rucker | 38 | 309.1 | 13 | 19 | 2.24 | 201 |
| George Bell | 33 | 256.0 | 16 | 15 | 2.71 | 95 |
| Harry McIntire | 32 | 228.0 | 7 | 17 | 3.63 | 84 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 22 | 163.0 | 3 | 13 | 3.26 | 45 |
| Doc Scanlan | 19 | 141.1 | 8 | 7 | 2.93 | 72 |
| George Hunter | 16 | 113.1 | 4 | 10 | 2.46 | 43 |
| Jim Pastorius | 12 | 79.2 | 1 | 9 | 5.76 | 23 |
| Eddie Dent | 6 | 42.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.29 | 17 |
| Elmer Knetzer | 5 | 35.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.03 | 7 |
| Sam Fletcher | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Pembroke Finlayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |