1909 Brooklyn Superbas season

1909 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Harry Lumley
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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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg Pirates	110	42	0.724	—	56–21	54–21
Chicago Cubs	104	49	0.680	6½	47–29	57–20
New York Giants	92	61	0.601	18½	44–33	48–28
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	0.503	33½	39–38	38–38
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	0.484	36½	40–37	34–42
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	0.359	55½	34–45	21–53
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	0.355	56	26–48	28–50
Boston Doves	45	108	0.294	65½	27–47	18–61

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
Pittsburg	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	—

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
3B	Ed Lennox
SS	Tommy McMillan
OF	Al Burch
OF	Wally Clement
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
Pryor McElveen
Jul Kustus
Doc Marshall	50	149	30	.201	0	10
George Hunter
Zack Wheat
Jimmy Sebring
Red Downey
Joe Dunn
Leo Meyer
Hy Myers
Harry Redmond
Tom Catterson

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
George Bell	33	256	16	15	2.71	95
Harry McIntire
Doc Scanlan
Kaiser Wilhelm
George Hunter
Jim Pastorius
Eddie Dent	6	42	2	4	4.29	17
Elmer Knetzer
Sam Fletcher

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

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1909 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet