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…
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…
1909 – The Boston Red Sox hire former Washington Senators skipper Patsy Donovan as manager, replacing Fred Lake. Lake will move across town to manage the Doves next season.
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On October 16, 1909, Pittsburgh Pirates 27 year old rookie Babe Adams earns his third win of the World Series. Adams shuts out the Detroit Tigers, 8-0, to give the Pirates the World Championship. Adams also won Games 1 (4-1) and 5 (8-4), Pittsburgh wins its first Fall Classic in franchise history. Tigers Starter Bill…
At Bennett Park, Honus Wagner becomes the first player to steal three bases in a World Series contest. The Pirates third baseman’s thievery enables Pittsburgh to beat Detroit, 8-6, in Game 3 of the Fall Classic.
Sponsor this Page On October 3, 1909 Detroit Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb becomes the first player in baseball history to win the Triple Crown, leading the Junior Circuit in batting average, home runs, and RBIs. The ‘Georgia Peach’ accomplishes the feat batting .377, driving in 107 runs, and hitting nine homers, all of which…
On September 16, 1909, William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. President to attend a major league game. President Taft watches Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants defeat the Cubs in Chicago, 2-1. Mathewson outduels another Hall of Famer, Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown.
1909 – Ty Cobb clinches the American League home run title with his 9th round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside-the-park, including two on July 15th. Only Sam Crawford (12 in 1901) has hit more inside-the-park homers in a year than Cobb.
The Athletics and Red Sox split a doubleheader, each team winning, 1 – 0. The Red Sox also pick up pitcher Jack Chesbro (0-4) on waivers from the Highlanders. The future Hall of Fame member will pitch and lose one game for Boston before calling it quits.
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