# 1909 New York Highlanders season

The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 74 wins and 77 losses, coming in fifth in the American League.
New York was managed by George Stallings, the team's fourth manager in as many years. Games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media. The eventually-famous curving "NY" logo appeared for the first time, on the sleeve and cap of the uniform.

## 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 | Red Kleinow | 78 | 206 | 47 | .228 | 0 | 15 |
| 1B | Hal Chase | 118 | 474 | 134 | .283 | 4 | 63 |
| 2B | Frank LaPorte | 89 | 309 | 92 | .298 | 0 | 31 |
| SS | John Knight | 116 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 0 | 40 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 136 | 437 | 101 | .231 | 1 | 39 |
| OF | Willie Keeler | 99 | 360 | 95 | .264 | 1 | 32 |
| OF | Ray Demmitt | 123 | 427 | 105 | .246 | 4 | 30 |
| OF | Clyde Engle | 135 | 492 | 137 | .278 | 3 | 71 |

#### 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 |
| Kid Elberfeld | 106 | 379 | 90 | .237 | 0 | 26 |
| Birdie Cree | 104 | 343 | 90 | .262 | 2 | 27 |
| Charlie Hemphill | 73 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 0 | 10 |
| Ed Sweeney | 67 | 176 | 47 | .267 | 0 | 21 |
| Walter Blair | 42 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 11 |
| Earle Gardner | 22 | 85 | 28 | .329 | 0 | 15 |
| George McConnell | 13 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Orth | 22 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 5 |
| Neal Ball | 8 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Ward | 9 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Vaughn | 5 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Tiemeyer | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wanner | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Irish McIlveen | 4 | 3 | 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 |
| Jack Warhop | 36 | 243.1 | 13 | 15 | 2.40 | 95 |
| Joe Lake | 31 | 215.1 | 14 | 11 | 1.88 | 117 |
| Rube Manning | 26 | 173.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.17 | 71 |
| King Brockett | 26 | 170.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.12 | 70 |
| Slow Joe Doyle | 17 | 125.2 | 8 | 6 | 2.58 | 57 |
| Pete Wilson | 14 | 93.2 | 6 | 5 | 3.17 | 44 |
| Doc Newton | 4 | 22.1 | 0 | 3 | 2.82 | 11 |
| Al Orth | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 |

#### 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 | 24 | 118.2 | 7 | 8 | 2.65 | 69 |
| Jack Quinn | 23 | 118.2 | 9 | 5 | 1.97 | 36 |
| Jack Chesbro | 9 | 49.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.34 | 17 |
| Dick Carroll | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 |
| George McConnell | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Butch Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
| Russ Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |