1909 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago_Cubs_alternate_logo_1909_to_1910.png 1909 National League West Side Park Chicago 104 49 y 2nd Charles Murphy Frank Chance The 1909 Chicago Cubs season was the 38th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 34th in the National League and the 17th at West Side Park. The Cubs won 104 games but finished second in the National League, 6½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs had won the pennant the previous three years and would win it again in 1910. Of their 104 victories, 97 were wins for a Cubs starting pitcher; this was the most wins in a season by the starting staff of any major league team from 1908 to the present day.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/YWQqw Pitching Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Pitcher Won, as Starter, sorted by greatest Performances matching selected criteria by a Team Baseball Reference August 29, 2018 The 104 wins was the most by any team in Major League Baseball history by a team that failed to finish first—a record that would be unbroken for more than a century. The record was equaled by the 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers and eventually broken by the 2021 Dodgers, who won 106 games but finished a game behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.October 3, 2021 Trea Turner wins NL batting title, Dodgers beat Brewers 10-3 en-US Associated Press https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401229475 October 4, 2021 ESPN To date, the Cubs' 104 wins is the most in Major League Baseball history by a team that failed to make the postseason. The legendary infield of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance, and Harry Steinfeldt was still intact, but it was the pitching staff that excelled. The Cubs pitchers had a collective earned run average of 1.75, a microscopic figure even for the dead-ball era. Three Finger Brown was one of the top two pitchers in the league (with Christy Mathewson) again, going 27–9 with a 1.31 ERA. Offseason February 18, 1909: Doc Marshall was purchased from the Cubs by the Brooklyn Superbas.Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1909 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Mordecai Brown Ray Brown Andy Coakley King Cole Chick Fraser Rip Hagerman Irv Higginbotham Rube Kroh Carl Lundgren Orval Overall Jack Pfiester Pat Ragan Ed Reulbach Rudy Schwenck Catchers Jimmy Archer Pat Moran Tom Needham Infielders Frank Chance Johnny Evers Del Howard Fred Luderus Harry Steinfeldt Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman Outfielders George Browne Bill Davidson Solly Hofman John Kane Wildfire Schulte Jimmy Sheckard Joe Stanley Manager Frank Chance 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 Jimmy Archer 80 261 60 .230 1 30 1B Frank Chance 93 324 88 .272 0 46 2B Johnny Evers 127 463 122 .263 1 24 SS Joe Tinker 143 516 132 .256 4 57 3B Harry Steinfeldt 151 528 133 .252 2 59 OF Jimmy Sheckard 148 525 134 .255 1 43 OF Solly Hofman 153 527 150 .285 2 58 OF Frank Schulte 140 538 142 .264 4 60 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 Pat Moran 77 246 54 .220 1 23 Del Howard 69 203 40 .197 1 24 Heinie Zimmerman 65 183 50 .273 0 21 Joe Stanley Joe Stanley (1900s outfielder) 22 52 7 .135 0 2 John Kane John Kane (outfielder) 20 45 4 .089 0 5 George Browne George Browne (baseball) 12 39 8 .205 0 1 Fred Luderus 11 37 11 .297 1 9 Tom Needham 13 28 4 .143 0 0 Bill Davidson Bill Davidson (baseball) 2 7 1 .143 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 Mordecai Brown 50 342.2 27 9 1.31 172 Orval Overall 38 285.0 20 11 1.42 205 Ed Reulbach 35 262.2 19 10 1.78 105 Jack Pfiester 29 196.2 17 6 2.43 73 Rube Kroh 17 120.1 9 4 1.65 51 Ray Brown Ray Brown (National League pitcher) 1 9.0 1 0 2.00 2 King Cole King Cole (baseball) 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 1 Andy Coakley 1 2.0 0 1 18.00 1 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 Rip Hagerman 13 79.0 4 4 1.82 32 Irv Higginbotham 19 78.0 5 2 2.19 32 Rudy Schwenck 3 14.0 1 1 3.86 3 Carl Lundgren 2 4.1 0 1 4.15 0 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Pat Ragan 2 0 0 0 2.45 2 Chick Fraser 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Awards and honors League top five finishers Mordecai Brown NL leader in wins (27) #2 in NL in ERA (1.31) #4 in NL in strikeouts (172) Orval Overall MLB leader in strikeouts (205) #3 in NL in ERA (1.42) Notes 2 References 1909 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1900s in Chicago