1909 Chicago White Sox

78-74 • .513 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
74 Losses
.513 Win %
4th Rank
492 R 464 RA
Diff +28

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492 Runs Scored
464 Runs Allowed
+28 Run Diff
490K Attendance

📈 vs. 1909 AL Average

Batting Avg .221 9% below the 1909 league average (.243)
OBP .291 4% below the 1909 league average (.302)
SLG .274 11% below the 1909 league average (.308)
Team ERA 2.05 17% better than the 1909 league average (2.47)
Runs Scored 492 8% below the 1909 league average (533 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSouth Side Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 490,800
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Avg per Game 6,059

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1909

Batting Avg

1 Patsy Dougherty 0.285 2 Freddy Parent 0.261 3 Billy Purtell 0.258 4 Fred Payne 0.244 5 Willis Cole 0.236

Home Runs

1 Dave Altizer 1 2 Gavvy Cravath 1 3 Patsy Dougherty 1 4 Ed Hahn 1

RBI

1 Patsy Dougherty 55 2 Lee Tannehill 47 3 Billy Purtell 40 4 Frank Isbell 33 5 Freddy Parent 30
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lee Tannehill 155 531 39 118 21 5 0 47 31 52 12 0.222
Patsy Dougherty 139 491 71 140 23 13 1 55 51 56 36 0.285
Freddy Parent 136 472 61 123 10 5 0 30 46 24 32 0.261
Frank Isbell 120 433 33 97 17 6 0 33 23 34 23 0.224
Dave Altizer 116 382 47 89 6 7 1 20 39 33 27 0.233
Jake Atz 119 381 39 90 18 3 0 22 38 33 14 0.236
Billy Purtell 103 361 34 93 9 3 0 40 19 27 14 0.258
Ed Hahn 76 287 30 52 6 0 1 16 31 12 9 0.181
Billy Sullivan 97 265 11 43 3 0 0 16 17 50 9 0.162
Doc White 72 192 24 45 1 5 0 7 33 27 7 0.234
Yip Owens 64 174 12 35 4 1 0 17 8 18 3 0.201
Willis Cole 46 165 17 39 7 3 0 16 16 19 3 0.236
Frank Smith 53 127 11 22 6 3 0 20 10 31 0 0.173
Bobby Messenger 31 112 18 19 1 1 0 0 13 24 7 0.170
Jim Scott 36 85 7 9 2 0 0 5 9 37 0 0.106
Ed Walsh 32 84 5 18 5 0 0 11 6 26 4 0.214
Fred Payne 32 82 8 20 2 0 0 12 5 3 0 0.244
Mike Welday 29 74 3 14 0 0 0 5 4 21 2 0.189
George Davis 28 68 5 9 1 0 0 2 10 10 4 0.132
Bill Burns 23 59 3 9 3 0 0 3 5 12 0 0.153
Gavvy Cravath 19 50 7 9 0 0 1 8 19 8 3 0.180
Harry Suter 18 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18 0 0.094
Lou Fiene 15 29 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.069
Barney Reilly 12 25 3 5 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 0.200
Fred Olmstead 8 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.095
Cuke Barrows 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.150
Frank Owen 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Jiggs Donahue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.000
Nick Altrock 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ham Patterson 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1909

ERA

1 Ed Walsh 1.41 2 Doc White 1.72 3 Frank Smith 1.80 4 Fred Olmstead 1.81 5 Bill Burns 2.04

Wins

1 Frank Smith 25 2 Ed Walsh 15 3 Jim Scott 12 4 Doc White 11 5 Bill Burns 7

Strikeouts

1 Frank Smith 177 2 Jim Scott 135 3 Ed Walsh 127 4 Doc White 77 5 Harry Suter 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Smith 25 17 1.80 51 40 1 365.0 278 73 70 177
Jim Scott 12 12 2.30 36 29 0 250.1 194 64 93 135
Ed Walsh 15 11 1.41 31 28 2 230.1 166 36 50 127
Doc White 11 9 1.72 24 21 0 177.2 149 34 31 77
Bill Burns 7 13 2.04 23 19 0 168.0 161 38 34 50
Harry Suter 2 3 2.47 18 7 1 87.1 72 24 28 53
Lou Fiene 2 5 4.13 13 6 0 72.0 75 33 18 24
Fred Olmstead 3 2 1.81 8 6 0 54.2 52 11 12 21
Frank Owen 1 1 4.50 3 2 0 16.0 19 8 3 3
Nick Altrock 0 1 5.00 1 1 0 9.0 16 5 1 2

👥 Roster (30)

Dave Altizer Nick Altrock Jake Atz Cuke Barrows Bill Burns Willis Cole Gavvy Cravath George Davis Jiggs Donahue Patsy Dougherty Lou Fiene Ed Hahn +18 more

30 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1909 Chicago White Sox

What was the 1909 Chicago White Sox record?
The 1909 Chicago White Sox finished 78-74 (.513 win pct).
Who led the 1909 Chicago White Sox in home runs?
Dave Altizer led the 1909 Chicago White Sox with 1 home runs.
What was the 1909 Chicago White Sox team ERA?
The 1909 Chicago White Sox posted a team ERA of 2.05.
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