1909 Detroit Tigers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 98–54 (.645), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1909 Bill Donovan 22 50 6 9 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 .180 .226 .180 .406
1909 Bill Lelivelt 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
1909 Boss Schmidt 84 275 21 53 8 2 1 28 7 27 7 0 .193 .221 .247 .468
1909 Charley O'Leary 76 271 29 53 10 0 0 13 6 21 9 0 .196 .216 .232 .448
1909 Claude Rossman 82 297 16 75 8 3 0 39 13 31 10 0 .253 .284 .300 .584
1909 Davy Jones 69 210 44 57 2 2 0 10 28 26 12 0 .271 .360 .300 .660
1909 Del Gainer 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1909 Donie Bush 157 584 115 145 18 2 0 33 88 74 53 0 .248 .351 .286 .637
1909 Ed Killian 25 65 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 .154 .179 .154 .333
1909 Ed Willett 42 115 10 22 5 3 0 10 3 37 0 0 .191 .218 .287 .505
1909 Ed Lafitte 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1909 Ed Summers 35 97 4 10 1 0 0 3 4 30 0 0 .103 .139 .113 .252
1909 Elijah Jones 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1909 George Suggs 9 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 .062 .118 .125 .243
1909 George Moriarty 133 490 43 129 20 4 1 39 24 49 34 0 .263 .299 .327 .626
1909 George Mullin 53 128 13 27 7 0 0 17 13 25 2 0 .211 .284 .266 .549
1909 Germany Schaefer 87 294 26 70 12 0 0 22 14 48 12 0 .238 .273 .279 .552
1909 Henry Beckendorf 15 28 1 7 1 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 .250 .300 .286 .586
1909 Hughie Jennings 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1909 Jim Delahanty 46 159 29 38 10 1 0 20 17 23 9 0 .239 .346 .314 .660
1909 Joe Casey 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
1909 Kid Speer 13 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 .120 .185 .160 .345
1909 Matty McIntyre 125 485 65 116 18 9 1 34 54 51 13 0 .239 .319 .320 .639
1909 Oscar Stanage 77 256 17 66 8 6 0 21 11 27 2 0 .258 .294 .336 .630
1909 Ralph Works 16 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118
1909 Red Killefer 23 62 6 17 2 2 1 4 3 8 2 0 .274 .338 .419 .758
1909 Sam Crawford 156 614 83 185 35 14 6 97 47 32 30 0 .301 .352 .433 .785
1909 Tom Jones 44 164 13 43 9 0 0 18 5 7 9 0 .262 .297 .317 .614
1909 Ty Cobb 156 597 115 216 33 10 9 107 48 45 76 0 .362 .415 .496 .911
– – 152 5,327 666 1,360 209 58 19 521 397 623 280 0 .255 .312 .327 .639

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1909 Bill Donovan 21 140.1 8 7 2 0 0 121 50 36 60 6 76 17 0 13 4 2.31 1.29
1909 Bill Lelivelt 4 20.0 0 1 1 0 0 27 12 10 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 4.50 1.45
1909 Ed Killian 25 173.1 11 9 1 0 0 150 45 33 49 6 54 19 0 14 3 1.71 1.15
1909 Ed Willett 41 292.2 21 10 1 0 0 239 112 76 76 15 89 34 0 25 3 2.34 1.08
1909 Ed Lafitte 3 14.0 0 1 1 0 0 22 14 6 2 1 11 1 0 1 0 3.86 1.71
1909 Ed Summers 35 281.2 19 9 1 0 0 243 91 70 52 10 107 32 0 24 3 2.24 1.05
1909 Elijah Jones 2 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 10 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2.70 1.00
1909 George Suggs 9 44.1 1 3 1 0 0 34 12 10 10 3 18 4 0 2 0 2.03 0.99
1909 George Mullin 40 303.2 29 8 1 0 0 258 96 75 78 8 124 35 0 29 3 2.22 1.11
1909 Kid Speer 12 76.1 4 4 1 0 0 88 39 24 13 4 12 8 0 4 0 2.83 1.32
1909 Ralph Works 16 64.0 4 1 2 0 0 62 19 14 17 1 31 4 0 4 0 1.97 1.23
– – 152 1,420.1 98 54 12 0 0 1,254 493 357 359 54 528 158 0 117 16 2.26 1.14

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1909 Bill Donovan P 21 9 29 1 39 1 .974 1.81
1909 Bill Lelivelt P 4 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 2.00
1909 Ed Killian P 25 11 49 1 61 1 .984 2.40
1909 Ed Willett P 41 13 91 7 111 2 .937 2.54
1909 Ed Lafitte P 3 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1909 Ed Summers P 35 14 89 3 106 8 .972 2.94
1909 Elijah Jones P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1909 George Suggs P 9 1 12 0 13 0 1.000 1.44
1909 George Mullin P 40 11 99 3 113 2 .973 2.75
1909 Kid Speer P 12 4 30 2 36 2 .944 2.83
1909 Ralph Works P 16 2 16 2 20 1 .900 1.12
1909 Boss Schmidt C 81 315 107 20 442 7 84 83 49.7% .955 5.21
1909 Henry Beckendorf C 15 36 9 2 47 4 11 7 38.9% .957 3.00
1909 Joe Casey C 3 9 5 0 14 1 3 4 57.1% 1.000 4.67
1909 Oscar Stanage C 77 324 80 15 419 12 91 62 40.5% .964 5.25
1909 Claude Rossman 1B 75 913 36 18 967 30 .981 12.65
1909 Del Gainer 1B 2 12 1 1 14 0 .929 6.50
1909 George Moriarty 1B 24 283 12 3 298 12 .990 12.29
1909 Hughie Jennings 1B 2 9 1 0 10 2 1.000 5.00
1909 Sam Crawford 1B 18 189 10 6 205 2 .971 11.06
1909 Tom Jones 1B 44 452 33 8 493 20 .984 11.02
1909 Charley O'Leary 2B 15 36 34 1 71 3 .986 4.67
1909 Germany Schaefer 2B 86 180 273 16 469 26 .966 5.27
1909 Jim Delahanty 2B 46 88 127 13 228 13 .943 4.67
1909 Red Killefer 2B 17 28 55 8 91 3 .912 4.88
1909 Charley O'Leary 3B 54 59 118 15 192 4 .922 3.28
1909 George Moriarty 3B 106 117 253 24 394 11 .939 3.49
1909 Charley O'Leary SS 4 6 9 2 17 1 .882 3.75
1909 Donie Bush SS 157 308 567 71 946 38 .925 5.57
1909 Charley O'Leary LF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1909 Davy Jones LF 57 103 4 2 109 1 .982 1.88
1909 Matty McIntyre LF 122 217 14 6 237 1 .975 1.89
1909 Ed Willett CF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1909 Sam Crawford CF 139 297 7 11 315 2 .965 2.19
1909 Boss Schmidt RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1909 George Mullin RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1909 Germany Schaefer RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1909 Red Killefer RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1909 Ty Cobb RF 156 222 24 14 260 7 .946 1.58
– – 152 4,278 2,206 275 6,759 217 189 156 45.2% .959 42.66

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1909 Bill Donovan 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 Boss Schmidt 6 18 0 4 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .222 .300 .389 .689
1909 Charley O'Leary 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 Davy Jones 7 30 6 7 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 .233 .281 .333 .615
1909 Donie Bush 7 25 5 7 1 0 0 3 5 3 1 2 .280 .437 .320 .757
1909 Ed Willett 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 Ed Summers 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 George Moriarty 7 22 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 .273 .360 .318 .678
1909 George Mullin 6 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .187 .235 .250 .485
1909 Jim Delahanty 7 26 2 9 5 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 .346 .414 .538 .952
1909 Matty McIntyre 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 Oscar Stanage 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1909 Ralph Works 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 Sam Crawford 7 28 4 7 3 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 .250 .276 .464 .740
1909 Tom Jones 7 25 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 .240 .296 .280 .576
1909 Ty Cobb 7 26 3 6 3 0 0 5 2 2 2 1 .231 .310 .346 .656
– – 7 237 28 56 18 0 2 26 20 22 6 6 .236 .307 .338 .644

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1909 Bill Donovan 2 12.0 1 1 0 0 0 7 4 4 8 1 7 2 0 1 0 3.00 1.25
1909 Ed Willett 2 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.39
1909 Ed Summers 2 7.1 0 2 0 0 0 13 13 7 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 8.59 2.32
1909 George Mullin 4 32.0 2 1 0 0 0 23 14 8 8 2 20 3 0 3 1 2.25 0.97
1909 Ralph Works 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.00
– – 8 61.0 3 4 0 0 0 50 34 21 20 6 34 7 0 4 1 3.10 1.15

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1909 Bill Donovan P 2 0 5 1 6 0 .833 2.50
1909 Ed Willett P 2 1 3 1 5 0 .800 2.00
1909 Ed Summers P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1909 George Mullin P 4 0 12 0 12 0 1.000 3.00
1909 Ralph Works P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1909 Boss Schmidt C 6 31 10 3 44 3 0 0 0.0% .932 6.83
1909 Oscar Stanage C 2 12 2 0 14 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 7.00
1909 Sam Crawford 1B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1909 Tom Jones 1B 7 73 1 1 75 1 .987 10.57
1909 Jim Delahanty 2B 7 10 17 2 29 1 .931 3.86
1909 Charley O'Leary 3B 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1909 George Moriarty 3B 7 7 15 0 22 2 1.000 3.14
1909 Donie Bush SS 7 9 18 5 32 3 .844 3.86
1909 Davy Jones LF 7 14 0 1 15 0 .933 2.00
1909 Matty McIntyre LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1909 Davy Jones CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1909 Sam Crawford CF 7 17 0 2 19 0 .895 2.43
1909 Ty Cobb RF 7 8 0 1 9 0 .889 1.14
– – 7 183 88 17 288 10 0 0 .941 38.71

Frequently asked questions about the 1909 Detroit Tigers

Who had the most hits on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 216 hits in 156 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with a .362 batting average in 156 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 9 home runs in 156 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with a .415 on-base percentage (OBP) in 156 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with a .496 slugging percentage in 156 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ty Cobb led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 76 stolen bases in 156 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ed Killian had a 1.71 earned-run average (ERA) in 25 games, the lowest on the 1909 Detroit Tigers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ed Summers had a 1.05 WHIP in 35 games, the lowest on the 1909 Detroit Tigers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

George Mullin led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 124 strikeouts in 40 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

George Mullin led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 29 wins in 40 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1909 Detroit Tigers?

Ralph Works led the 1909 Detroit Tigers with 2 saves in 16 games.