1909 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1909 American League South Side Park Chicago, Illinois 78 74 y 4th Charles Comiskey Billy Sullivan The 1909 Chicago White Sox season was the franchise's ninth season in Major League Baseball. The White Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses. Regular season Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1909 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Nick Altrock Bill Burns Lou Fiene Fred Olmstead Frank Owen Jim Scott Frank Smith Harry Suter Ed Walsh Catchers Yip Owens Fred Payne Billy Sullivan Infielders Jake Atz George Davis Jiggs Donahue Frank Isbell Freddy Parent Ham Patterson Billy Purtell Barney Reilly Lee Tannehill Outfielders Dave Altizer Cuke Barrows Willis Cole Gavvy Cravath Patsy Dougherty Ed Hahn Bobby Messenger Mike Welday Doc White Manager Billy Sullivan 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 C Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan (baseball, born 1875) 97 265 43 .162 0 16 1B Frank Isbell 120 433 97 .224 0 33 2B Jake Atz 119 381 90 .236 0 22 SS Freddy Parent 136 472 123 .261 0 30 3B Lee Tannehill 155 531 118 .222 0 47 OF Ed Hahn 76 287 52 .181 1 16 OF Patsy Dougherty 139 491 140 .285 1 55 OF Dave Altizer 116 382 89 .233 1 20 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 Billy Purtell 103 361 93 .258 0 40 Doc White 72 192 45 .234 0 7 Yip Owens 64 174 35 .201 0 17 Willis Cole 46 165 39 .236 0 16 Bobby Messenger 31 112 19 .170 0 0 Fred Payne 32 82 20 .244 0 12 Mike Welday 29 74 14 .189 0 5 George Davis George Davis (shortstop) 28 68 9 .132 0 2 Gavvy Cravath 19 50 9 .180 1 8 Barney Reilly 12 25 5 .200 0 3 Cuke Barrows 5 20 3 .150 0 2 Jiggs Donahue 2 4 0 .000 0 2 Ham Patterson 1 3 0 .000 0 0 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 Frank Smith 51 365.0 25 17 1.80 177 Jim Scott 36 250.1 12 12 2.30 135 Ed Walsh 31 230.1 15 11 1.41 127 Doc White 24 177.2 11 9 1.72 77 Bill Burns Sleepy Bill Burns 23 168.0 7 13 2.04 50 Fred Olmstead 8 54.2 3 2 1.81 21 Nick Altrock 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 2 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 Harry Suter 18 87.1 2 3 2.47 53 Lou Fiene 13 72.0 2 5 4.13 24 Frank Owen 3 16.0 1 1 4.50 3 References 1909 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:1900s in Chicago