# 1909 St. Louis Browns season

The 1909 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 7th place in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 89 losses.

## 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 | Lou Criger | 74 | 212 | 36 | .170 | 0 | 9 |
| 1B | Tom Jones | 97 | 337 | 84 | .249 | 0 | 29 |
| 2B | Jimmy Williams | 110 | 374 | 73 | .195 | 0 | 22 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 116 | 403 | 96 | .238 | 0 | 35 |
| 3B | Hobe Ferris | 148 | 556 | 120 | .216 | 4 | 58 |
| OF | Roy Hartzell | 152 | 595 | 161 | .271 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | George Stone | 83 | 310 | 89 | .287 | 1 | 15 |
| OF | Danny Hoffman | 110 | 387 | 104 | .269 | 2 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Art Griggs | 108 | 364 | 102 | .280 | 0 | 43 |
| Jack McAleese | 85 | 267 | 57 | .213 | 0 | 12 |
| Jim Stephens | 79 | 223 | 49 | .220 | 3 | 18 |
| Al Schweitzer | 27 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Devoy | 19 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 0 | 8 |
| Ned Crompton | 17 | 63 | 10 | .159 | 0 | 2 |
| Burt Shotton | 17 | 61 | 16 | .262 | 0 | 0 |
| Ham Patterson | 17 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 5 |
| Wib Smith | 17 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Howell | 18 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Killefer | 11 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 1 |
| Claude Rossman | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 Powell | 34 | 239.0 | 12 | 16 | 2.11 | 82 |
| Rube Waddell | 31 | 220.1 | 11 | 14 | 2.37 | 141 |
| Barney Pelty | 27 | 199.1 | 11 | 11 | 2.30 | 88 |
| Bill Dinneen | 17 | 112.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.46 | 26 |
| Chuck Rose | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.40 | 6 |
| Ed Kusel | 3 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.13 | 2 |
| Jack Gilligan | 3 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.48 | 4 |
| Phil Stremmel | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 6 |
| Bill McCorry | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Bailey | 32 | 199.0 | 9 | 10 | 2.44 | 114 |
| Bill Grahame | 34 | 187.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.12 | 82 |
| Dode Criss | 11 | 55.1 | 1 | 5 | 3.42 | 43 |
| Harry Howell | 10 | 37.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.13 | 16 |