# 1909 Washington Senators season

The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park. The Senators still hold the Major League record for the most games lost in one month of a season, with 29 losses (and only 5 wins) in July.

## 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 | Gabby Street | 137 | 407 | 86 | .211 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Jiggs Donahue | 84 | 283 | 67 | .237 | 0 | 28 |
| 2B | Jim Delahanty | 90 | 302 | 67 | .222 | 1 | 21 |
| SS | George McBride | 156 | 504 | 118 | .234 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Wid Conroy | 139 | 488 | 119 | .244 | 1 | 20 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 130 | 400 | 80 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
| OF | George Browne | 103 | 393 | 107 | .272 | 1 | 16 |
| OF | Jack Lelivelt | 91 | 318 | 93 | .292 | 0 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Unglaub | 130 | 480 | 127 | .265 | 3 | 41 |
| Otis Clymer | 45 | 138 | 27 | .196 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany Schaefer | 37 | 128 | 31 | .242 | 1 | 4 |
| Red Killefer | 40 | 121 | 21 | .174 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Yohe | 21 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Ganley | 19 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 0 | 5 |
| Cliff Blankenship | 39 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
| Jack Slattery | 32 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
| Doc Gessler | 17 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 0 | 8 |
| Warren Miller | 26 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Freeman | 19 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
| Speed Kelly | 17 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 16 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Hardy | 10 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Shipke | 9 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kahoe | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Crooke | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Orth Collins | 8 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavvy Cravath | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Hemphill | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sebring | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 40 | 296.1 | 13 | 25 | 2.22 | 164 |
| Bob Groom | 44 | 260.2 | 7 | 26 | 2.87 | 131 |
| Dolly Gray | 36 | 218.0 | 5 | 19 | 3.59 | 87 |
| Charlie Smith | 23 | 145.2 | 3 | 12 | 3.27 | 72 |
| Dixie Walker | 4 | 36.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.50 | 25 |
| Bill Forman | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 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 |
| Tom Hughes | 22 | 120.1 | 4 | 7 | 2.69 | 77 |
| Roy Witherup | 12 | 68.0 | 1 | 5 | 4.24 | 26 |
| Doc Reisling | 10 | 66.2 | 2 | 4 | 2.43 | 22 |
| Frank Oberlin | 9 | 41.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.73 | 13 |
| Nick Altrock | 9 | 38.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.45 | 9 |
| Bill Burns | 6 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.23 | 13 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.43 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Ohl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
| Joe Hovlik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Burt Keeley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 0 |
| Orth Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |