1909 New York Highlanders season

Baseball team season March 2026 November 2013 New York Highlanders 1909 American League Hilltop Park New York City, New York 74 77 y 5th William Devery and Frank Farrell George Stallings The 1909 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 74 wins and 77 losses, coming in fifth in the American League. New York was managed by George Stallings, the team's fourth manager in as many years. Games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the media. The eventually-famous curving "NY" logo appeared for the first time, on the sleeve and cap of the uniform. Regular season Season standings New York Highlanders Record vs. opponents NYH Roster 1909 New York Highlanders Roster Pitchers King Brockett Dick Carroll Jack Chesbro Slow Joe Doyle Russ Ford Tom Hughes Joe Lake Rube Manning Doc Newton Jack Quinn Butch Schmidt Jack Warhop Pete Wilson Catchers Walter Blair Red Kleinow Ed Sweeney Infielders Jimmy Austin Neal Ball Hal Chase Kid Elberfeld Earle Gardner John Knight Frank LaPorte George McConnell Al Orth Eddie Tiemeyer Bobby Vaughn Jack Wanner Joe Ward Outfielders Birdie Cree Ray Demmitt Clyde Engle Charlie Hemphill Willie Keeler Other positions Irish McIlveen Manager George Stallings Coaches Duke Farrell 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 Red Kleinow 78 206 47 .228 0 15 1B Hal Chase 118 474 134 .283 4 63 2B Frank LaPorte 89 309 92 .298 0 31 SS John Knight John Knight (baseball) 116 360 85 .236 0 40 3B Jimmy Austin 136 437 101 .231 1 39 OF Willie Keeler 99 360 95 .264 1 32 OF Ray Demmitt 123 427 105 .246 4 30 OF Clyde Engle 135 492 137 .278 3 71 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 Kid Elberfeld 106 379 90 .237 0 26 Birdie Cree 104 343 90 .262 2 27 Charlie Hemphill 73 181 44 .243 0 10 Ed Sweeney 67 176 47 .267 0 21 Walter Blair 42 110 23 .209 0 11 Earle Gardner 22 85 28 .329 0 15 George McConnell 13 43 9 .209 0 5 Al Orth 22 34 9 .265 0 5 Neal Ball 8 29 6 .207 0 3 Joe Ward 9 28 5 .179 0 0 Bobby Vaughn 5 14 2 .143 0 0 Eddie Tiemeyer 3 8 3 .375 0 0 Jack Wanner 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Irish McIlveen 4 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 Jack Warhop 36 243.1 13 15 2.40 95 Joe Lake 31 215.1 14 11 1.88 117 Rube Manning 26 173.0 7 11 3.17 71 King Brockett 26 170.0 10 8 2.12 70 Slow Joe Doyle 17 125.2 8 6 2.58 57 Pete Wilson 14 93.2 6 5 3.17 44 Doc Newton 4 22.1 0 3 2.82 11 Al Orth 1 3.0 0 0 12.00 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 Tom Hughes 24 118.2 7 8 2.65 69 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 23 118.2 9 5 1.97 36 Jack Chesbro 9 49.2 0 4 6.34 17 Dick Carroll Dick Carroll (baseball) 2 5.0 0 0 3.60 1 George McConnell 2 4.0 0 1 2.25 4 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 Butch Schmidt 1 0 0 0 7.20 2 Russ Ford 1 0 0 0 9.00 2 References 1909 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1909 New York Highlanders page at Baseball Reference Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Highlanders New York Highlanders Category:1900s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan