1909 Chicago Cubs season

The 1909 Chicago Cubs won 104 games but finished second in the National League, 6½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs had won the pennant the previous three years and would win it again in 1910.

The legendary infield of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance, and Harry Steinfeldt was still intact, but it was the pitching staff that excelled. The Cubs pitchers had a collective earned run average of 1.75, a microscopic figure even for the dead-ball era. Three Finger Brown was one of the top two pitchers in the league (with Christy Mathewson) again, going 27-9 with a 1.31 ERA.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 League top five finishers
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

February 18, 1909: Doc Marshall was purchased from the Cubs by the Brooklyn Superbas.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Roster

1909 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Frank Chance

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
1B	Chance, FrankFrank Chance	93	324	88	.272	0	46
2B	Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers	127	463	122	.263	1	24
SS	Tinker, JoeJoe Tinker	143	516	132	.256	4	57

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
Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman	65	183	50	.273	0	21
Stanley, JoeJoe Stanley	22	52	7	.135	0	2

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
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown	50	342.2	27	9	1.31	172
Overall, OrvalOrval Overall	38	285	20	11	1.42	205
Reulbach, EdEd Reulbach	35	262.2	19	10	1.78	105
Brown, RayRay Brown	1	9	1	0	2.00	2
Cole, KingKing Cole	1	9	1	0	0.00	1
Coakley, AndyAndy Coakley	1	2	0	1	18.00	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
Hagerman, RipRip Hagerman	13	79	4	4	1.82	32

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

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Mordecai Brown

NL leader in wins (27)
#2 in NL in ERA (1.31)
#4 in NL in strikeouts (172)

Orval Overall

MLB leader in strikeouts (205)
#3 in NL in ERA (1.42)

Notes

References

1909 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1909 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1909 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Plant Field
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein
General Manager: Jed Hoyer
Manager: Vacant

World Series
championships (4)

1882
1885
1907
1908

National League
championships (16)

Division
championships

Eastern	1984 1989

Central	2003 2007 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Other assets

Seasons (142)

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1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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1909 Chicago Cubs season