1909 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1909 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1909 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Ty Cobb led with 9 home runs, Ty Cobb led with 107 RBI, and Ty Cobb led with 216 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 477 plate appearances at 154 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (154 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. 74 of the 168 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1909 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1909 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ty Cobb DET 156 651 573 115 216 33 10 9 107 76 48 45 .377 .431 .517 .947
Eddie Collins PHA 153 660 571 104 198 30 10 3 56 63 62 36 .347 .416 .450 .866
Honus Wagner PIT 137 591 495 92 168 39 10 5 100 35 66 24 .339 .420 .489 .909
Nap Lajoie CLE 128 521 469 56 152 33 7 1 47 13 35 19 .324 .378 .431 .809
Harry Lord BOS 136 592 534 89 168 12 7 0 31 36 20 39 .315 .349 .363 .712
Sam Crawford DET 156 662 589 83 185 35 14 6 97 30 47 32 .314 .366 .452 .817
Mike Mitchell CIN 145 595 523 83 162 17 17 4 86 37 57 45 .310 .378 .430 .808
Tris Speaker BOS 143 606 544 73 168 26 13 7 77 35 38 53 .309 .362 .443 .805
Dick Hoblitzell CIN 142 592 517 59 159 23 11 4 67 17 44 47 .308 .364 .418 .782
Home Run Baker PHA 148 606 541 73 165 27 19 4 85 20 26 48 .305 .343 .447 .790
Larry Doyle NY1 147 634 570 86 172 27 11 6 49 31 45 42 .302 .360 .419 .779
Jake Stahl BOS 127 505 435 62 128 19 12 6 60 16 43 94 .294 .377 .434 .812
Al Bridwell NY1 145 566 476 59 140 11 5 0 55 32 67 15 .294 .386 .338 .724
Kitty Bransfield PHI 140 570 527 47 154 27 6 1 59 17 18 27 .292 .319 .372 .691
Johnny Bates 2 teams 140 580 502 70 146 26 4 2 38 37 48 53 .291 .360 .371 .730
Fred Clarke PIT 152 660 550 97 158 16 11 3 68 31 80 36 .287 .384 .373 .756
Ed Konetchy SLN 152 660 576 88 165 23 14 4 80 25 65 58 .286 .366 .396 .762
Patsy Dougherty CHA 139 569 491 71 140 23 13 1 55 36 51 56 .285 .359 .391 .751
Solly Hofman CHN 153 613 527 60 150 21 4 2 58 20 53 49 .285 .351 .351 .702
Doc Gessler 2 teams 128 510 450 67 128 26 2 0 54 20 43 55 .284 .361 .351 .712
Hal Chase NYA 118 513 474 60 134 17 3 4 63 25 20 50 .283 .317 .357 .674
Danny Murphy PHA 149 616 541 61 152 28 14 5 69 19 35 38 .281 .332 .412 .744
John Hummel BRO 146 597 542 54 152 15 9 4 52 16 22 59 .280 .311 .363 .674
Dots Miller PIT 151 631 560 71 156 31 13 3 87 14 39 49 .279 .329 .396 .725
Clyde Engle NYA 135 563 492 66 137 20 5 3 71 18 47 55 .278 .347 .358 .705
Dick Egan CIN 127 549 480 59 132 14 3 2 53 39 37 38 .275 .329 .329 .659
George Moriarty DET 133 515 473 43 129 20 4 1 39 34 24 49 .273 .309 .338 .648
Donie Bush DET 157 676 532 115 145 18 2 0 33 53 88 74 .273 .380 .314 .694
Owen Wilson PIT 154 614 569 64 155 22 12 4 59 17 19 66 .272 .303 .374 .677
Al Burch BRO 152 661 601 80 163 20 6 1 30 38 51 59 .271 .329 .329 .659
Roy Hartzell SLA 152 647 595 64 161 12 5 0 32 14 29 50 .271 .312 .308 .620
John Titus PHI 151 645 540 69 146 22 6 3 46 23 66 43 .270 .367 .350 .717
Sherry Magee PHI 143 603 522 60 141 33 14 2 66 38 43 36 .270 .339 .398 .737
Eddie Grant PHI 154 700 631 75 170 18 4 1 37 28 35 74 .269 .311 .315 .626
Harry Davis PHA 149 603 530 73 142 22 11 4 75 20 51 72 .268 .338 .374 .711
Rube Ellis SLN 149 637 575 76 154 10 9 3 46 18 54 76 .268 .334 .332 .666
Art Devlin NY1 143 584 491 61 130 19 8 0 56 26 65 25 .265 .362 .336 .698
George Gibson PIT 150 571 510 42 135 25 9 2 52 9 44 26 .265 .326 .361 .686
Bob Unglaub WS1 130 518 480 43 127 14 9 3 41 15 22 67 .265 .301 .350 .651
Frank Schulte CHN 140 591 538 57 142 16 11 4 60 23 24 57 .264 .298 .357 .655
Johnny Evers CHN 127 552 463 88 122 19 6 1 24 28 73 18 .263 .369 .337 .705
Red Murray NY1 149 633 570 74 150 15 12 7 91 48 45 52 .263 .319 .368 .688
Ed Lennox BRO 126 497 435 33 114 18 9 2 44 11 47 41 .262 .337 .359 .695
Tommy Leach PIT 151 682 587 126 153 29 8 6 43 27 66 49 .261 .337 .368 .705
Freddy Parent CHA 136 551 472 61 123 10 5 0 30 32 46 24 .261 .335 .303 .638
Bill Abstein PIT 137 570 512 51 133 20 10 1 70 16 27 59 .260 .302 .344 .646
Tom Jones 2 teams 141 552 490 43 127 18 3 0 47 22 23 21 .259 .305 .308 .613
Steve Evans SLN 143 590 498 67 129 17 6 2 56 14 66 54 .259 .362 .329 .691
Bill Hinchman CLE 139 524 457 57 118 20 13 2 53 22 41 82 .258 .331 .372 .703
Joe Tinker CHN 143 555 516 56 132 26 11 4 57 23 17 45 .256 .280 .372 .652
Heinie Wagner BOS 124 477 430 53 110 16 7 1 49 18 35 31 .256 .316 .333 .649
Jimmy Sheckard CHN 148 644 525 81 134 29 5 1 43 15 72 71 .255 .346 .335 .681
Harry Steinfeldt CHN 151 621 528 73 133 27 6 2 59 22 57 37 .252 .331 .337 .668
George Stovall CLE 145 595 565 60 139 17 10 2 49 25 6 40 .246 .259 .322 .581
Ray Demmitt NYA 123 498 427 68 105 12 12 4 30 16 55 43 .246 .340 .358 .698
Beals Becker BSN 152 645 562 60 138 15 6 6 24 21 47 87 .246 .305 .326 .631
Harry Niles BOS 145 616 546 65 134 12 5 1 38 27 39 48 .245 .311 .291 .602
Wid Conroy WS1 139 549 488 44 119 13 4 1 20 24 37 38 .244 .298 .293 .592
Matty McIntyre DET 125 542 476 65 116 18 9 1 34 13 54 51 .244 .325 .326 .650
Bill Sweeney BSN 138 539 493 44 120 19 3 1 36 25 37 22 .243 .296 .300 .596
Bob Bescher CIN 124 513 446 73 107 17 6 1 34 54 56 76 .240 .335 .312 .647
Amby McConnell BOS 121 509 453 61 108 7 8 0 36 26 34 37 .238 .300 .289 .589
George McBride WS1 156 574 504 38 118 16 0 0 34 17 36 59 .234 .294 .266 .560
Jim Delahanty 2 teams 136 528 452 47 105 23 6 1 41 13 40 50 .232 .316 .316 .632
Jimmy Austin NYA 136 500 437 37 101 11 5 1 39 30 32 61 .231 .285 .286 .571
William Barbeau 2 teams 139 611 525 83 121 19 3 0 30 33 65 66 .230 .326 .278 .604
Bobby Byrne 2 teams 151 690 589 92 133 19 8 1 40 29 78 49 .226 .327 .290 .618
Red Dooin PHI 141 510 468 42 105 14 1 2 38 14 21 21 .224 .264 .271 .535
Frank Isbell CHA 120 477 433 33 97 17 6 0 33 23 23 34 .224 .265 .291 .556
Lee Tannehill CHA 155 594 531 39 118 21 5 0 47 12 31 52 .222 .269 .281 .550
Mickey Doolin PHI 147 556 493 39 108 12 10 1 35 10 37 53 .219 .276 .290 .566
Hobe Ferris SLA 148 583 556 36 120 18 5 4 58 11 12 58 .216 .232 .288 .520
Jack Barry PHA 124 491 409 56 88 11 2 1 23 17 44 48 .215 .307 .259 .566
Hans Lobert CIN 122 495 425 50 90 13 5 4 52 30 48 26 .212 .304 .294 .598
Cy Seymour UNQ NY1 80 315 280 37 87 12 5 1 30 14 25 8 .311 .369 .400 .769
Frank LaPorte UNQ NYA 89 337 309 35 92 19 3 0 31 5 18 36 .298 .340 .379 .719
Bill Carrigan UNQ BOS 94 312 280 25 83 13 2 1 36 2 17 24 .296 .341 .368 .709
Jack Lelivelt UNQ WS1 91 345 318 25 93 8 6 0 24 8 19 41 .292 .334 .355 .690
Harry McCormick UNQ NY1 121 476 413 68 120 21 8 3 27 4 49 42 .291 .373 .402 .775
Joe Birmingham UNQ CLE 100 370 343 29 99 10 5 1 38 12 19 57 .289 .333 .356 .689
George Stone UNQ SLA 83 350 310 33 89 5 4 1 15 8 24 34 .287 .340 .339 .679
Heinie Heitmuller UNQ PHA 64 239 210 36 60 9 8 0 15 7 18 35 .286 .351 .405 .755
Harry Hooper UNQ BOS 81 282 255 29 72 3 4 0 12 15 16 27 .282 .337 .325 .662
Rudy Hulswitt UNQ SLN 82 314 289 21 81 8 3 0 29 7 19 18 .280 .329 .329 .658
Art Griggs UNQ SLA 108 401 364 38 102 17 5 0 43 11 24 38 .280 .330 .354 .684
Davy Jones UNQ DET 69 239 204 44 57 2 2 0 10 12 28 26 .279 .369 .309 .678
Jack Meyers UNQ NY1 90 252 220 15 61 10 5 1 30 3 22 12 .277 .359 .382 .741
Tim Jordan UNQ BRO 103 403 330 47 90 20 3 3 36 13 59 41 .273 .386 .379 .765
Frank Chance UNQ CHN 93 370 324 53 88 16 4 0 46 29 30 32 .272 .341 .346 .686
Alan Storke UNQ 2 teams 85 322 292 23 79 10 2 0 22 6 19 21 .271 .317 .318 .636
Rebel Oakes UNQ CIN 120 476 415 55 112 10 5 3 31 23 40 40 .270 .341 .340 .681
Topsy Hartsel UNQ PHA 83 323 267 30 72 4 4 1 18 3 48 26 .270 .381 .326 .707
Bris Lord UNQ CLE 69 270 249 26 67 7 3 1 25 10 8 30 .269 .295 .333 .628
Danny Hoffman UNQ SLA 110 440 387 44 104 6 7 2 26 24 41 67 .269 .349 .336 .685
Ed Sweeney UNQ NYA 67 200 176 18 47 3 0 0 21 3 16 19 .267 .328 .284 .612
George Browne UNQ 2 teams 115 466 432 47 115 15 6 1 17 16 22 46 .266 .306 .336 .642
Willie Keeler UNQ NYA 99 427 360 44 95 7 5 1 32 10 24 6 .264 .327 .319 .647
Roy Thomas UNQ BSN 82 339 281 36 74 9 1 0 11 5 47 32 .263 .369 .302 .671
Ginger Beaumont UNQ BSN 123 456 407 35 107 11 4 0 60 12 35 26 .263 .321 .310 .631
Birdie Cree UNQ NYA 104 395 343 48 90 6 3 2 27 10 30 31 .262 .338 .315 .653
Oscar Stanage UNQ DET 77 269 252 17 66 8 6 0 21 2 11 27 .262 .298 .341 .639
Ted Easterly UNQ CLE 98 308 287 32 75 14 10 1 27 8 13 28 .261 .293 .390 .684
Claude Rossman UNQ 2 teams 84 318 295 16 76 8 3 0 39 10 13 31 .258 .289 .305 .594
Billy Purtell UNQ CHA 103 412 361 34 93 9 3 0 40 14 19 27 .258 .302 .299 .601
Wally Clement UNQ 2 teams 95 380 343 35 88 8 4 0 17 11 18 35 .257 .294 .303 .597
Larry McLean UNQ CIN 95 358 324 26 83 12 2 2 36 1 21 13 .256 .307 .324 .632
Elmer Flick UNQ CLE 66 259 235 28 60 10 2 0 15 9 22 27 .255 .322 .315 .637
Joe Ward UNQ 2 teams 83 233 212 24 54 8 2 0 23 9 10 20 .255 .295 .311 .606
Neal Ball UNQ 2 teams 104 391 353 34 89 14 3 1 28 19 20 58 .252 .294 .317 .611
Dode Paskert UNQ CIN 104 369 322 49 81 7 4 0 33 23 34 60 .252 .327 .298 .625
Harry Lumley UNQ BRO 55 202 172 13 43 8 3 0 14 1 16 20 .250 .314 .331 .645
Terry Turner UNQ CLE 53 226 208 25 52 7 4 0 16 14 14 18 .250 .304 .322 .626
Ed Phelps UNQ SLN 104 364 306 43 76 13 1 0 22 7 39 34 .248 .350 .297 .648
Al Shaw UNQ SLN 114 387 331 45 82 12 7 2 34 15 55 66 .248 .355 .344 .699
Whitey Alpermann UNQ BRO 111 442 420 35 104 19 12 1 41 7 2 44 .248 .262 .357 .619
Germany Schaefer UNQ 2 teams 124 448 408 39 101 17 1 1 26 14 20 61 .248 .284 .301 .586
Admiral Schlei UNQ NY1 92 332 279 25 68 12 0 0 30 4 40 17 .244 .343 .287 .629
Roger Bresnahan UNQ SLN 72 288 234 27 57 4 1 0 23 11 46 19 .244 .370 .269 .639
Charlie Hemphill UNQ NYA 73 216 181 23 44 5 1 0 10 10 32 23 .243 .357 .282 .639
Dave Shean UNQ 2 teams 111 430 379 46 92 13 6 1 33 17 31 33 .243 .305 .317 .622
Peaches Graham UNQ BSN 92 306 267 27 64 6 3 0 17 7 24 17 .240 .302 .285 .587
Raymond Charles UNQ 2 teams 112 431 382 36 91 9 3 0 34 9 35 39 .238 .310 .277 .588
Bobby Wallace UNQ SLA 116 451 403 36 96 12 2 0 35 7 38 25 .238 .310 .278 .588
Kid Elberfeld UNQ NYA 106 431 379 47 90 9 5 0 26 23 28 17 .237 .314 .288 .601
Pat Donahue UNQ BOS 65 203 177 14 42 4 1 2 25 2 17 21 .237 .308 .305 .613
Jake Atz UNQ CHA 119 440 381 39 90 18 3 0 22 14 38 33 .236 .309 .299 .608
John Knight UNQ NYA 116 416 360 46 85 8 5 0 40 15 37 68 .236 .311 .286 .597
Bill O'Hara UNQ NY1 115 414 360 48 85 9 3 1 30 31 41 40 .236 .318 .286 .604
Fred Tenney UNQ NY1 101 441 375 43 88 8 2 3 30 8 52 31 .235 .333 .291 .623
Doc White UNQ CHA 72 238 192 24 45 1 5 0 7 7 33 27 .234 .347 .292 .638
Paddy Livingston UNQ PHA 64 207 175 15 41 6 4 0 15 4 15 18 .234 .323 .314 .638
Otto Knabe UNQ PHI 113 469 402 40 94 13 3 0 34 9 35 39 .234 .308 .281 .589
Bill Dahlen UNQ BSN 69 231 197 22 46 6 1 2 16 4 29 21 .234 .332 .305 .636
Jiggs Donahue UNQ 2 teams 86 325 287 13 67 12 1 0 30 9 23 17 .233 .293 .282 .575
Dave Altizer UNQ CHA 116 458 382 47 89 6 7 1 20 27 39 33 .233 .330 .293 .623
Tom Downey UNQ CIN 119 468 416 39 96 9 6 1 32 16 32 34 .231 .287 .288 .576
Rube Oldring UNQ PHA 90 367 326 39 75 13 8 1 28 17 20 39 .230 .287 .328 .615
Jimmy Archer UNQ CHN 80 286 261 31 60 9 2 1 30 5 12 31 .230 .266 .291 .558
Red Kleinow UNQ NYA 78 241 206 24 47 11 4 0 15 7 25 31 .228 .315 .320 .635
Ira Thomas UNQ PHA 84 286 256 22 57 9 3 0 31 4 18 34 .223 .292 .281 .573
George Perring UNQ CLE 88 316 283 26 63 10 9 0 20 6 19 30 .223 .283 .322 .605
Jim Stephens UNQ SLA 79 244 223 18 49 5 0 3 18 5 13 28 .220 .278 .283 .561
Pat Moran UNQ CHN 77 269 246 18 54 11 1 1 23 2 16 22 .220 .278 .285 .563
Charlie Starr UNQ 2 teams 64 263 219 16 48 2 3 0 6 7 31 23 .219 .329 .256 .585
Joe Delahanty UNQ SLN 123 468 411 28 88 16 4 2 54 10 42 50 .214 .292 .287 .579
Wilbur Good UNQ CLE 94 360 318 33 68 6 5 0 17 13 28 68 .214 .296 .264 .560
Jack McAleese UNQ SLA 85 312 267 33 57 7 0 0 12 18 32 37 .213 .318 .240 .558
Tommy McMillan UNQ BRO 108 400 373 18 79 15 1 0 24 11 20 33 .212 .254 .257 .511
Gabby Street UNQ WS1 137 452 407 25 86 12 1 0 29 2 26 25 .211 .262 .246 .508
Boss Schmidt UNQ DET 84 285 253 21 53 8 2 1 28 7 7 27 .209 .240 .269 .508
Red Killefer UNQ 2 teams 63 210 182 17 38 3 2 1 9 6 16 28 .209 .291 .264 .554
Fred Stem UNQ BSN 73 272 245 13 51 2 3 0 11 5 12 16 .208 .254 .241 .495
Bob Ganley UNQ 2 teams 99 407 337 37 70 7 2 0 14 20 29 26 .208 .270 .240 .511
Charley O'Leary UNQ DET 76 278 261 29 53 10 0 0 13 9 6 21 .203 .224 .241 .465
Clyde Milan UNQ WS1 130 460 400 36 80 12 4 1 15 10 31 33 .200 .268 .258 .525
Pryor McElveen UNQ BRO 81 277 258 22 51 8 1 3 25 6 14 44 .198 .242 .271 .513
Fred Beck UNQ BSN 96 364 334 20 66 5 6 2 27 5 17 40 .198 .245 .266 .512
Del Howard UNQ CHN 69 241 203 25 40 4 2 1 24 6 18 17 .197 .282 .251 .533
Jimmy Williams UNQ SLA 110 415 374 32 73 3 6 0 22 6 29 34 .195 .257 .235 .492
Chick Autry UNQ 2 teams 74 271 232 19 45 6 0 0 17 6 23 26 .194 .272 .220 .492
Fred Merkle UNQ NY1 79 257 236 15 45 9 1 0 20 8 16 46 .191 .245 .237 .482
Jack Coffey UNQ BSN 73 274 257 21 48 4 4 0 20 2 11 36 .187 .229 .233 .462
Bill Bradley UNQ CLE 95 376 334 30 62 6 3 0 22 8 19 37 .186 .236 .222 .458
Fred Osborn UNQ PHI 58 218 189 14 35 4 1 0 19 6 12 14 .185 .238 .217 .455
Ed Hahn UNQ CHA 76 329 287 30 52 6 0 1 16 9 31 12 .181 .268 .213 .480
Lou Criger UNQ SLA 74 250 212 15 36 1 1 0 9 2 25 22 .170 .261 .184 .444
Billy Sullivan UNQ CHA 97 302 265 11 43 3 0 0 16 9 17 50 .162 .226 .174 .400
Bill Bergen UNQ BRO 112 372 346 16 48 1 1 1 15 4 10 50 .139 .163 .156 .319
Showing 1-50 of 168 batters listed (74 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. 66 of the 130 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1909 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Christy Mathewson NY1 25 6 37 33 26 8 2 275.1 192 35 36 149 1.14 0.83
Mordecai Brown CHN 27 9 50 34 32 8 7 342.2 246 50 53 172 1.31 0.87
Harry Krause PHA 18 8 32 21 16 7 0 213.0 151 33 49 139 1.39 0.94
Ed Walsh CHA 15 11 31 28 20 8 2 230.1 166 36 50 127 1.41 0.94
Orval Overall CHN 20 11 38 32 23 9 3 285.0 204 45 80 205 1.42 1.00
Howie Camnitz PIT 25 6 41 30 20 6 3 283.0 207 51 68 133 1.62 0.97
Charles Bender PHA 18 8 34 29 24 5 1 250.0 196 46 45 161 1.66 0.96
Addie Joss CLE 14 13 33 28 24 4 0 242.2 198 46 31 67 1.71 0.94
Ed Killian DET 11 9 25 19 14 3 1 173.1 150 33 49 54 1.71 1.15
Doc White CHA 11 9 24 21 14 3 0 177.2 149 34 31 77 1.72 1.01
Eddie Plank PHA 19 10 34 33 24 3 0 265.1 215 52 62 132 1.76 1.04
Ed Reulbach CHN 19 10 35 32 23 6 0 262.2 194 52 82 105 1.78 1.05
Frank Smith CHA 25 17 51 40 37 7 1 365.0 278 73 70 177 1.80 0.95
Cy Morgan 2 teams 18 17 40 36 26 5 1 293.1 204 59 102 111 1.81 1.04
Joe Lake NYA 14 11 31 26 17 3 1 215.1 180 45 59 117 1.88 1.11
Art Fromme CIN 19 13 37 34 22 4 2 279.1 195 59 101 126 1.90 1.06
Bill Burns 2 teams 8 14 29 23 11 3 0 197.1 186 42 41 63 1.92 1.15
Eddie Cicotte BOS 14 5 27 17 10 1 1 162.1 117 35 56 82 1.94 1.07
Hooks Wiltse NY1 20 11 37 29 20 4 3 269.1 228 60 51 119 2.00 1.04
Harry Gaspar CIN 19 11 44 29 19 4 2 260.0 228 58 57 65 2.01 1.10
Earl Moore PHI 18 12 38 34 24 4 0 299.2 238 70 108 173 2.10 1.15
Frank Corridon PHI 11 7 27 19 11 3 0 171.0 147 40 61 69 2.11 1.22
Jack Powell SLA 12 16 34 27 18 4 3 239.0 221 56 42 82 2.11 1.10
King Brockett NYA 10 8 26 18 10 3 1 170.0 148 40 59 70 2.12 1.22
George McQuillan PHI 13 16 41 28 16 4 2 247.2 202 59 54 96 2.14 1.03
Smoky Joe Wood BOS 11 7 24 19 13 4 0 160.2 121 39 43 88 2.18 1.02
Frank Arellanes BOS 16 12 45 28 17 1 8 230.2 192 56 43 82 2.18 1.02
Nick Maddox PIT 13 8 31 27 17 4 0 203.1 173 50 39 56 2.21 1.04
Walter Johnson WS1 13 25 40 36 27 4 1 296.1 247 73 84 164 2.22 1.12
George Mullin DET 29 8 40 35 29 3 1 303.2 258 75 78 124 2.22 1.11
Ed Summers DET 19 9 35 32 24 3 1 281.2 243 70 52 107 2.24 1.05
Vic Willis PIT 22 11 39 35 24 4 1 289.2 243 72 83 95 2.24 1.13
Nap Rucker BRO 13 19 38 33 28 6 1 309.1 245 77 101 201 2.24 1.12
Lew Richie 2 teams 8 8 33 14 9 2 3 176.2 158 44 62 53 2.24 1.25
Cy Young CLE 19 15 35 34 30 3 0 294.1 267 74 59 109 2.26 1.11
Jim Scott CHA 12 12 36 29 20 4 0 250.1 194 64 93 135 2.30 1.15
Barney Pelty SLA 11 11 27 23 17 5 0 199.1 158 51 53 88 2.30 1.06
Jack Coombs PHA 12 11 30 24 18 6 1 205.2 156 53 73 97 2.32 1.11
Ed Willett DET 21 10 41 34 25 3 1 292.2 239 76 76 89 2.34 1.08
Lefty Leifield PIT 19 8 32 26 13 3 0 201.2 172 53 54 43 2.37 1.12
Rube Waddell SLA 11 14 31 28 16 5 0 220.1 204 58 57 141 2.37 1.18
Cy Falkenberg CLE 10 9 24 18 13 2 0 165.0 135 44 50 82 2.40 1.12
Jack Warhop NYA 13 15 36 23 21 3 2 243.1 197 65 81 95 2.40 1.14
Slim Sallee SLN 10 11 32 27 12 1 0 219.0 223 59 59 55 2.42 1.29
Jack Pfiester CHN 17 6 29 25 13 5 0 196.2 179 53 49 73 2.43 1.16
Bob Ewing CIN 11 12 31 29 14 2 0 218.1 195 59 63 86 2.43 1.18
Bill Bailey SLA 9 10 32 20 17 1 0 199.0 174 54 75 114 2.44 1.25
Bugs Raymond NY1 18 12 39 30 17 2 0 270.0 239 74 87 121 2.47 1.21
Rube Marquard NY1 5 13 29 22 8 0 1 173.0 155 50 73 109 2.60 1.32
Lew Moren PHI 16 15 40 31 19 2 1 257.2 226 76 93 110 2.65 1.24
Red Ames NY1 15 10 34 27 20 2 1 244.0 217 73 81 156 2.69 1.22
George Bell BRO 16 15 33 30 29 6 1 256.0 236 77 73 95 2.71 1.21
Heinie Berger CLE 13 14 34 29 19 4 1 247.0 221 75 58 162 2.73 1.13
Jack Rowan CIN 11 12 38 23 14 0 0 225.2 185 70 104 81 2.79 1.28
Fred Beebe SLN 15 21 44 34 18 1 1 287.2 256 90 104 105 2.82 1.25
Al Mattern BSN 15 21 47 32 24 2 3 316.1 322 100 108 98 2.85 1.36
Bob Groom WS1 7 26 44 31 17 1 0 260.2 218 83 105 131 2.87 1.24
Charlie Smith 2 teams 6 12 26 18 9 1 0 170.2 163 59 39 83 3.11 1.18
Bill Grahame SLA 8 14 34 21 13 3 1 187.1 171 65 60 82 3.12 1.23
Johnny Lush SLN 11 18 34 28 21 2 0 221.1 215 77 69 66 3.13 1.28
Rube Manning NYA 7 11 26 21 11 2 1 173.0 167 61 48 71 3.17 1.24
Kaiser Wilhelm BRO 3 13 22 17 14 1 0 163.0 176 59 59 45 3.26 1.44
Dolly Gray WS1 5 19 36 26 19 0 0 218.0 210 87 77 87 3.59 1.32
Harry McIntire BRO 7 17 32 26 20 2 1 228.0 200 92 91 84 3.63 1.28
Bob Harmon SLN 6 11 21 17 10 0 0 159.0 155 65 65 48 3.68 1.38
Cecil Ferguson BSN 5 23 36 30 19 3 0 226.2 235 94 83 87 3.73 1.40
José Méndez UNQ CSH 6 2 10 8 7 2 0 75.0 53 9 17 74 1.08 0.93
Babe Adams UNQ PIT 12 3 25 12 7 3 2 130.0 88 16 23 65 1.11 0.85
Cliff Curtis UNQ BSN 4 5 10 9 8 2 0 83.0 53 13 30 22 1.41 1.00
Walter Ball UNQ LEL 3 4 10 6 5 2 0 60.1 54 11 6 30 1.64 0.99
Rube Kroh UNQ CHN 9 4 17 13 10 2 0 120.1 97 22 30 51 1.65 1.06
Sy Hayman UNQ PG 3 4 7 7 6 0 0 62.0 55 12 9 22 1.74 1.03
Fred Olmstead UNQ CHA 3 2 8 6 5 0 0 54.2 52 11 12 21 1.81 1.17
Rip Hagerman UNQ CHN 4 4 13 7 4 1 0 79.0 64 16 28 32 1.82 1.16
Ralph Works UNQ DET 4 1 16 4 4 0 2 64.0 62 14 17 31 1.97 1.23
Jack Quinn UNQ NYA 9 5 23 11 8 0 1 118.2 110 26 24 36 1.97 1.13
Larry Pape UNQ BOS 2 0 11 3 2 1 2 57.1 46 13 12 18 2.04 1.01
Irv Higginbotham UNQ 2 teams 6 2 22 7 5 0 1 89.1 69 21 22 34 2.12 1.02
Rube Washington UNQ 2 teams 5 2 8 6 6 0 0 59.1 53 14 19 30 2.12 1.21
José Muñoz UNQ CSH 6 3 12 9 9 0 0 94.0 82 24 19 36 2.30 1.07
Bill Donovan UNQ DET 8 7 21 17 13 4 2 140.1 121 36 60 76 2.31 1.29
Deacon Phillippe UNQ PIT 8 3 22 13 7 1 0 131.2 121 34 14 38 2.32 1.03
Jimmy Dygert UNQ PHA 9 5 32 13 6 1 0 137.1 117 37 50 79 2.42 1.22
Doc Reisling UNQ WS1 2 4 10 6 6 1 0 66.2 70 18 17 22 2.43 1.30
George Hunter UNQ BRO 4 10 16 13 10 0 0 113.1 104 31 38 43 2.46 1.25
Harry Suter UNQ CHA 2 3 18 7 3 1 1 87.1 72 24 28 53 2.47 1.15
Charley Hall UNQ BOS 6 4 11 7 3 0 0 59.2 59 17 17 27 2.56 1.27
Slow Joe Doyle UNQ NYA 8 6 17 15 8 3 0 125.2 103 36 37 57 2.58 1.11
Tom Hughes UNQ NYA 7 8 24 15 9 2 2 118.2 109 35 37 69 2.65 1.23
Billy Campbell UNQ CIN 7 11 30 15 7 0 2 148.1 162 44 39 37 2.67 1.36
Tom Hughes UNQ WS1 4 7 22 13 7 2 1 120.1 113 36 33 77 2.69 1.21
Harry Coveleski UNQ PHI 6 10 24 17 8 2 1 121.2 109 37 49 56 2.74 1.30
Ray Collins UNQ BOS 4 3 12 8 4 2 0 73.2 70 23 18 31 2.81 1.19
Sam Leever UNQ PIT 8 1 19 4 2 0 2 70.0 74 22 14 23 2.83 1.26
Kid Speer UNQ DET 4 4 12 8 4 0 1 76.1 88 24 13 12 2.83 1.32
Bob Spade UNQ CIN 5 5 14 13 8 0 0 98.0 91 31 39 31 2.85 1.33
Elmer Steele UNQ BOS 4 4 16 8 2 0 1 75.2 75 24 15 32 2.85 1.19
Doc Crandall UNQ NY1 6 4 30 8 4 0 6 122.0 117 39 33 55 2.88 1.23
Carl Sitton UNQ CLE 3 2 14 5 3 0 0 50.0 50 16 16 16 2.88 1.32
Bob Rhoads UNQ CLE 5 9 20 15 9 2 0 133.1 124 43 50 46 2.90 1.30
Glenn Liebhardt UNQ CLE 1 5 12 4 1 0 1 52.1 54 17 16 15 2.92 1.34
Doc Scanlan UNQ BRO 8 7 19 17 12 2 0 141.1 125 46 65 72 2.93 1.34
Fred Burchell UNQ BOS 3 3 10 5 1 0 0 52.0 51 17 11 12 2.94 1.19
Charlie Chech UNQ BOS 7 5 17 13 6 1 0 106.2 107 35 27 40 2.95 1.26
Tully Sparks UNQ PHI 6 11 24 16 6 1 0 121.2 126 40 32 40 2.96 1.30
Buster Brown UNQ 2 teams 4 8 25 18 8 2 0 148.1 130 52 72 42 3.16 1.36
Pete Wilson UNQ NYA 6 5 14 13 7 1 0 93.2 82 33 43 44 3.17 1.33
Kirby White UNQ BSN 6 13 23 19 11 1 0 148.1 134 53 80 53 3.22 1.44
Andrew Skinner UNQ KCG 4 4 10 9 6 1 0 75.2 71 28 30 18 3.33 1.33
Jack Ryan UNQ BOS 3 3 13 8 2 0 0 59.1 64 22 20 24 3.34 1.42
Bill Foxen UNQ PHI 3 7 18 7 5 1 0 83.1 65 31 32 37 3.35 1.16
Rube Vickers UNQ PHA 2 2 18 3 1 0 1 55.2 60 21 19 25 3.40 1.42
Dode Criss UNQ SLA 1 5 11 6 3 0 0 55.1 53 21 32 43 3.42 1.54
Bill Dinneen UNQ SLA 6 7 17 13 8 3 0 112.0 112 43 29 26 3.46 1.26
Steve Melter UNQ SLN 0 1 23 1 0 0 3 64.1 79 25 20 24 3.50 1.54
Harry Wolter UNQ BOS 4 4 11 6 0 0 0 59.0 66 23 30 21 3.51 1.63
Ed Karger UNQ 2 teams 6 5 21 11 4 0 0 102.1 97 41 52 25 3.61 1.46
Jean Dubuc UNQ CIN 2 5 19 5 2 0 1 71.1 72 29 46 19 3.66 1.65
John Raleigh UNQ SLN 1 10 15 10 3 0 0 80.2 85 34 21 26 3.79 1.31
Victor Schlitzer UNQ 2 teams 4 7 17 11 5 0 1 83.0 81 35 24 29 3.80 1.27
Charlie Rhodes UNQ SLN 3 5 12 10 4 0 0 61.0 55 27 33 25 3.98 1.44
Lou Fiene UNQ CHA 2 5 13 6 4 0 0 72.0 75 33 18 24 4.12 1.29
Les Backman UNQ SLN 3 11 21 15 8 0 0 128.1 146 59 39 35 4.14 1.44
Roy Witherup UNQ WS1 1 5 12 8 5 0 0 68.0 79 32 20 26 4.24 1.46
Tom Tuckey UNQ BSN 0 9 17 10 4 0 0 90.2 104 43 22 16 4.27 1.39
Eddie Higgins UNQ SLN 3 3 16 5 5 0 0 66.0 68 33 17 15 4.50 1.29
Vive Lindaman UNQ BSN 1 6 15 6 6 1 0 66.0 75 34 28 13 4.64 1.56
Forrest More UNQ 2 teams 2 10 25 6 4 0 0 98.2 95 52 40 27 4.74 1.37
Jim Pastorius UNQ BRO 1 9 12 9 5 1 0 79.2 91 51 58 23 5.76 1.87
Jack Chesbro UNQ 2 teams 0 5 10 5 2 0 0 55.2 77 38 17 20 6.14 1.69
Showing 1-50 of 130 pitchers listed (66 qualified)

Reading the 1909 leader tables

74 of the 168 hitters in the 1909 table reach the qualification line. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by Ty Cobb at .377, with Eddie Collins next at .347. Sorting by home runs brings Ty Cobb (9) to the top. Ty Cobb's 76 steals are the most listed. Rows marked “2 teams” combine a traded player's stints, as with Johnny Bates and Doc Gessler. The 1909 pitching table lists 130 pitchers, 66 of them qualified. Christy Mathewson has the lowest qualified ERA, 1.14. The counting columns are topped by George Mullin in wins (29) and Orval Overall in strikeouts (205).

1909 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1909?
Ty Cobb led with 9 home runs in 1909.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1909?
Ty Cobb led with 107 RBI in 1909.
Who led MLB in hits in 1909?
Ty Cobb led with 216 hits in 1909.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1909?
Ty Cobb led at .377 in 1909, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1909?
George Mullin led with 29 wins in 1909.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1909?
Orval Overall led with 205 strikeouts in 1909.