1909 National League

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The 1909 season of the National League was the thirty-fourth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	110	42	2	.714	-.-	699 (4.54)	447 (2.90)	0.260	0.323	0.353	2.07	0.964
2	Chicago Cubs	155	104	49	2	.671	6.5	635 (4.10)	390 (2.52)	0.245	0.304	0.322	1.75	0.962
3	New York Giants	158	92	61	5	.582	18.5	623 (3.94)	546 (3.46)	0.254	0.323	0.328	2.27	0.954
4	Cincinnati Reds	157	77	76	4	.490	33.5	606 (3.86)	599 (3.82)	0.250	0.315	0.323	2.52	0.952
5	Philadelphia Phillies	154	74	79	1	.481	36.5	516 (3.35)	518 (3.36)	0.244	0.296	0.309	2.44	0.962
6	Brooklyn Superbas	155	55	98	2	.355	55.5	444 (2.86)	627 (4.05)	0.229	0.276	0.296	3.10	0.956
7	St. Louis Cardinals	154	54	98	2	.351	56.0	583 (3.79)	731 (4.75)	0.243	0.319	0.303	3.41	0.950
8	Boston Doves	155	45	108	2	.290	65.5	435 (2.81)	683 (4.41)	0.223	0.281	0.274	3.20	0.948

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Eddie Grant Chief Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates	154
At Bats	Eddie Grant	Philadelphia Phillies	631
Runs Scored	Tommy Leach	Pittsburgh Pirates	126
Hits	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	172
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	39
Triples	Mike Mitchell	Cincinnati Reds	17
Home Runs	Red Murray	New York Giants	7
Total Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	242
Runs Batted In	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	100
Stolen Bases	Bob Bescher	Cincinnati Reds	54
Walks	Fred Clarke	Pittsburgh Pirates	80
Hit by Pitch	John Titus	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Sacrifice Hits	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	46
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.339
On-Base Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.420
Slugging Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.489
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.909
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	173

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	27
Losses	George Ferguson	Boston Doves	23
Win-Loss Percentage	Howie Camnitz Christy Mathewson	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	0.806
Appearances	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	50
Games Started	Vic Willis	Pittsburgh Pirates	35
Complete Games	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	32
Shutouts	Orval Overall	Chicago Cubs	9
Games Finished	Doc Crandall	New York Giants	20
Saves	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	7
Innings Pitched	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	342.2
Batters Faced	Al Mattern	Boston Doves	1314
Hits Allowed	Al Mattern	Boston Doves	322
Home Runs Allowed	Hooks Wiltse	New York Giants	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Al Mattern Earl Moore	Boston Doves Philadelphia Phillies	108
Hit Batsmen	Harry McIntire	Brooklyn Superbas	21
Strikeouts	Orval Overall	Chicago Cubs	205
Wild Pitches	Fred Beebe	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Balks	Al Mattern	Boston Doves	4
Runs Allowed	Al Mattern	Boston Doves	154
Earned Runs Allowed	Al Mattern	Boston Doves	100
Earned Run Average	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1.14
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	0.828

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3.

Umpires

• Bill Brennan
• Steve Cusack
• Bob Emslie
• Jim Johnstone
• Bill Klem
• John Mullin
• Hank O'Day
• Cy Rigler
• Paul Steinberg
• Harry Truby

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1909 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]