1909 STANDINGS National League Pittsburgh Pirates 110 42 .724 — Chicago Cubs 104 49 .680 6.5 New York Giants 92 61 .601 18.5 Cincinnati Reds 77 76 .503 33.5 Philadelphia Phillies 74 79 .484 36.5 Brooklyn Superbas 55 98 .359 55.5 St. Louis Cardinals 54 98 .355 56 Boston Doves 45 108 .294…
1909 – Kid Elberfeld, who helped make the Highlanders a winner, is sold to Washington for $5,000.
Wagner won his seventh NL championship in 1909 (he added an eighth and last title two years later), hitting .339. Howie Camnitz and Vic Willis won 25 and 22 games, respectively, for the Pirates and Lefty Leifield posted 19 victories. Detroit won its third straight AL flag in 1909, paced by the hitting of Ty…
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