1909 New York Highlanders

74-77 • .490 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
77 Losses
.490 Win %
5th Rank
589 R 587 RA
Diff +2

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589 Runs Scored
587 Runs Allowed
+2 Run Diff
505K Attendance

📈 vs. 1909 AL Average

Batting Avg .247 2% above the 1909 league average (.243)
OBP .312 3% above the 1909 league average (.302)
SLG .310 1% above the 1909 league average (.308)
Team ERA 2.65 7% worse than the 1909 league average (2.47)
Runs Scored 589 10% above the 1909 league average (533 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHilltop Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 505,500
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Avg per Game 6,564

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1909

Batting Avg

1 Earle Gardner 0.329 2 Frank LaPorte 0.298 3 King Brockett 0.283 4 Hal Chase 0.283 5 Clyde Engle 0.278

Home Runs

1 Hal Chase 4 2 Ray Demmitt 4 3 Clyde Engle 3 4 Birdie Cree 2 5 Jimmy Austin 1

RBI

1 Clyde Engle 71 2 Hal Chase 63 3 John Knight 40 4 Jimmy Austin 39 5 Willie Keeler 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Clyde Engle 135 492 66 137 20 5 3 71 47 55 18 0.278
Hal Chase 118 474 60 134 17 3 4 63 20 50 25 0.283
Jimmy Austin 136 437 37 101 11 5 1 39 32 61 30 0.231
Ray Demmitt 123 427 68 105 12 12 4 30 55 43 16 0.246
Kid Elberfeld 106 379 47 90 9 5 0 26 28 17 23 0.237
Willie Keeler 99 360 44 95 7 5 1 32 24 6 10 0.264
John Knight 116 360 46 85 8 5 0 40 37 68 15 0.236
Birdie Cree 104 343 48 90 6 3 2 27 30 31 10 0.262
Frank LaPorte 89 309 35 92 19 3 0 31 18 36 5 0.298
Red Kleinow 78 206 24 47 11 4 0 15 25 31 7 0.228
Charlie Hemphill 73 181 23 44 5 1 0 10 32 23 10 0.243
Ed Sweeney 67 176 18 47 3 0 0 21 16 19 3 0.267
Walter Blair 42 110 5 23 2 2 0 11 7 17 2 0.209
Jack Warhop 36 86 6 11 1 1 0 3 2 16 0 0.128
Earle Gardner 22 85 12 28 4 0 0 15 3 8 4 0.329
Joe Lake 31 81 10 14 3 2 0 8 2 19 0 0.173
King Brockett 26 60 6 17 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 0.283
Rube Manning 26 60 5 11 1 0 0 3 2 11 0 0.183
Jack Quinn 23 45 2 7 1 0 0 2 3 9 0 0.156
George McConnell 13 43 4 9 0 1 0 5 1 9 1 0.209
Slow Joe Doyle 17 42 5 7 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.167
Tom Hughes 24 39 2 5 1 1 1 3 1 15 0 0.128
Al Orth 22 34 3 9 0 1 0 5 5 9 1 0.265
Pete Wilson 14 34 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 10 0 0.118
Neal Ball 8 29 5 6 1 1 0 3 3 10 2 0.207
Joe Ward 9 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0.179
Jack Chesbro 9 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.176
Bobby Vaughn 5 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.143
Eddie Tiemeyer 3 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.375
Jack Wanner 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.125
Doc Newton 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.167
Irish McIlveen 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dick Carroll 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Charles Schmidt 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Russ Ford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1909

ERA

1 Joe Lake 1.88 2 Jack Quinn 1.97 3 King Brockett 2.12 4 Jack Warhop 2.40 5 Slow Joe Doyle 2.58

Wins

1 Joe Lake 14 2 Jack Warhop 13 3 King Brockett 10 4 Jack Quinn 9 5 Slow Joe Doyle 8

Strikeouts

1 Joe Lake 117 2 Jack Warhop 95 3 Rube Manning 71 4 King Brockett 70 5 Tom Hughes 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Warhop 13 15 2.40 36 23 2 243.1 197 65 81 95
Joe Lake 14 11 1.88 31 26 1 215.1 180 45 59 117
Rube Manning 7 11 3.17 26 21 1 173.0 167 61 48 71
King Brockett 10 8 2.12 26 18 1 170.0 148 40 59 70
Slow Joe Doyle 8 6 2.58 17 15 0 125.2 103 36 37 57
Tom Hughes 7 8 2.65 24 15 2 118.2 109 35 37 69
Jack Quinn 9 5 1.97 23 11 1 118.2 110 26 24 36
Pete Wilson 6 5 3.17 14 13 0 93.2 82 33 43 44
Jack Chesbro 0 4 6.34 9 4 0 49.2 70 35 13 17
Doc Newton 0 3 2.82 4 4 0 22.1 27 7 11 11
Dick Carroll 0 0 3.60 2 1 0 5.0 7 2 1 1
Charles Schmidt 0 0 7.20 1 0 0 5.0 10 4 1 2
George McConnell 0 1 2.25 2 1 0 4.0 3 1 3 4
Russ Ford 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 3.0 4 3 4 2
Al Orth 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 3.0 6 4 1 1

👥 Roster (35)

Jimmy Austin Neal Ball Walter Blair King Brockett Dick Carroll Hal Chase Jack Chesbro Birdie Cree Ray Demmitt Slow Joe Doyle Kid Elberfeld Clyde Engle +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1909 New York Highlanders

What was the 1909 New York Highlanders record?
The 1909 New York Highlanders finished 74-77 (.490 win pct).
Who led the 1909 New York Highlanders in home runs?
Hal Chase led the 1909 New York Highlanders with 4 home runs.
What was the 1909 New York Highlanders team ERA?
The 1909 New York Highlanders posted a team ERA of 2.65.
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