1909 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 154 team games · 62 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1909 season has no award to show. That is a fact about the calendar, not about the players on this page.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1Donie Bush115
1Ty Cobb115
3Eddie Collins104
4Harry Lord89
5Sam Crawford83
6Home Run Baker73
6Harry Davis73
6Tris Speaker73
9Patsy Dougherty71
10Ray Demmitt68

HitsH

1Ty Cobb216
2Eddie Collins198
3Sam Crawford185
4Harry Lord168
4Tris Speaker168
6Home Run Baker165
7Roy Hartzell161
8Nap Lajoie152
8Danny Murphy152
10Donie Bush145

Doubles2B

1Sam Crawford35
2Ty Cobb33
2Nap Lajoie33
4Eddie Collins30
5Danny Murphy28
6Home Run Baker27
7Doc Gessler26
7Tris Speaker26
9Jim Delahanty23
9Patsy Dougherty23

Triples3B

1Home Run Baker19
2Sam Crawford14
2Danny Murphy14
4Patsy Dougherty13
4Bill Hinchman13
4Tris Speaker13
7Ray Demmitt12
7Jake Stahl12
9Harry Davis11
10Ty Cobb10
10Eddie Collins10
10Ted Easterly10
10George Stovall10

Home RunsHR

1Ty Cobb9
2Tris Speaker7
3Sam Crawford6
3Jake Stahl6
5Danny Murphy5
6Home Run Baker4
6Hal Chase4
6Harry Davis4
6Ray Demmitt4
6Hobe Ferris4

Runs Batted InRBI

1Ty Cobb107
2Sam Crawford97
3Home Run Baker85
4Tris Speaker77
5Harry Davis75
6Clyde Engle71
7Danny Murphy69
8Hal Chase63
9Jake Stahl60
10Hobe Ferris58

WalksBB

1Donie Bush88
2Eddie Collins62
3Ray Demmitt55
4Matty McIntyre54
5Harry Davis51
5Patsy Dougherty51
7Ty Cobb48
7Topsy Hartsel48
9Sam Crawford47
9Clyde Engle47

Stolen BasesSB

1Ty Cobb76
2Eddie Collins63
3Donie Bush53
4Patsy Dougherty36
4Harry Lord36
6Tris Speaker35
7George Moriarty34
8Freddy Parent32
9Jimmy Austin30
9Sam Crawford30

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Eddie Collins12.0
2Ty Cobb11.1
3Tris Speaker8.8
4Donie Bush8.4
5Nap Lajoie8.4
6Sam Crawford8.3
7Home Run Baker6.7
8Clyde Engle5.5
9Harry Lord5.4
10Heinie Wagner4.8

Batting Averagemin 477 PA

1Ty Cobb.377
2Eddie Collins.347
3Nap Lajoie.324
4Harry Lord.315
5Sam Crawford.314
6Tris Speaker.309
7Home Run Baker.305
8Jake Stahl.294
9Patsy Dougherty.285
10Doc Gessler.284

On-Base Percentagemin 477 PA

1Ty Cobb.431
2Eddie Collins.416
3Donie Bush.380
4Nap Lajoie.378
5Jake Stahl.377
6Sam Crawford.366
7Tris Speaker.362
8Doc Gessler.361
9Patsy Dougherty.359
10Harry Lord.349

Slugging Percentagemin 477 PA

1Ty Cobb.517
2Sam Crawford.452
3Eddie Collins.450
4Home Run Baker.447
5Tris Speaker.443
6Jake Stahl.434
7Nap Lajoie.431
8Danny Murphy.412
9Patsy Dougherty.391
10Harry Davis.374

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 477 PA

1Ty Cobb.947
2Eddie Collins.866
3Sam Crawford.817
4Jake Stahl.812
5Nap Lajoie.809
6Tris Speaker.805
7Home Run Baker.790
8Patsy Dougherty.751
9Danny Murphy.744
10Doc Gessler.712
10Harry Lord.712

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1George Mullin29
2Frank Smith25
3Ed Willett21
4Eddie Plank19
4Ed Summers19
4Cy Young19
7Charles Bender18
7Harry Krause18
7Cy Morgan18
10Frank Arellanes16

SavesSV

1Frank Arellanes8
2Jack Powell3
3Bill Donovan2
3Tom Hughes2
3Larry Pape2
3Ed Walsh2
3Jack Warhop2
3Ralph Works2
9Charles Bender1
9Heinie Berger1
9King Brockett1
9Eddie Cicotte1
9Jack Coombs1
9Bill Grahame1
9Tom Hughes1
9Walter Johnson1
9Ed Killian1
9Ed Lafitte1
9Joe Lake1
9Bill Lelivelt1
9Glenn Liebhardt1
9Rube Manning1
9Cy Morgan1
9George Mullin1
9Jack Quinn1
9Victor Schlitzer1
9Frank Smith1
9Kid Speer1
9Elmer Steele1
9George Suggs1
9Ed Summers1
9Harry Suter1
9Rube Vickers1
9Ed Willett1
9Fred Winchell1

StrikeoutsSO

1Frank Smith177
2Walter Johnson164
3Heinie Berger162
4Charles Bender161
5Rube Waddell141
6Harry Krause139
7Jim Scott135
8Eddie Plank132
9Bob Groom131
10Ed Walsh127

Innings PitchedIP

1Frank Smith365.0
2George Mullin303.7
3Walter Johnson296.3
4Cy Young294.3
5Cy Morgan293.3
6Ed Willett292.7
7Ed Summers281.7
8Eddie Plank265.3
9Bob Groom260.7
10Jim Scott250.3

Complete GamesCG

1Frank Smith37
2Cy Young30
3George Mullin29
4Walter Johnson27
5Cy Morgan26
6Ed Willett25
7Charles Bender24
7Addie Joss24
7Eddie Plank24
7Ed Summers24

ShutoutsSHO

1Ed Walsh8
2Harry Krause7
2Frank Smith7
4Jack Coombs6
5Charles Bender5
5Cy Morgan5
5Barney Pelty5
5Rube Waddell5
9Heinie Berger4
9Bill Donovan4
9Walter Johnson4
9Addie Joss4
9Jack Powell4
9Jim Scott4
9Smoky Joe Wood4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Frank Smith8.4
2Charles Bender7.0
3Heinie Berger6.2
4Walter Johnson6.2
5Eddie Plank5.9
6George Mullin5.9
7Cy Young5.8
8Ed Walsh5.8
9Ed Summers5.5
10Rube Waddell5.4

Earned Run Averagemin 154 IP

1Harry Krause1.39
2Ed Walsh1.41
3Charles Bender1.66
4Addie Joss1.71
5Ed Killian1.71
6Doc White1.72
7Eddie Plank1.76
8Frank Smith1.80
9Cy Morgan1.81
10Joe Lake1.88

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 154 IP

1Ed Walsh0.94
2Harry Krause0.94
3Addie Joss0.94
4Frank Smith0.95
5Charles Bender0.96
6Doc White1.01
7Frank Arellanes1.02
8Smoky Joe Wood1.02
9Cy Morgan1.04
10Eddie Plank1.04

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 154 IP

1Charles Bender1.60
2Ed Walsh1.84
3Heinie Berger1.88
4Rube Waddell1.89
5Harry Krause1.93
5Frank Smith1.93
7Eddie Plank2.09
8Doc White2.09
9Addie Joss2.12
10Smoky Joe Wood2.14

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1Tommy Leach126
2Fred Clarke97
3Bobby Byrne92
3Honus Wagner92
5Johnny Evers88
5Ed Konetchy88
7Larry Doyle86
8William Barbeau83
8Mike Mitchell83
10Jimmy Sheckard81

HitsH

1Larry Doyle172
2Eddie Grant170
3Honus Wagner168
4Ed Konetchy165
5Al Burch163
6Mike Mitchell162
7Dick Hoblitzell159
8Fred Clarke158
9Dots Miller156
10Owen Wilson155

Doubles2B

1Honus Wagner39
2Sherry Magee33
3Dots Miller31
4Tommy Leach29
4Jimmy Sheckard29
6Kitty Bransfield27
6Larry Doyle27
6Harry Steinfeldt27
9Johnny Bates26
9Joe Tinker26

Triples3B

1Mike Mitchell17
2Ed Konetchy14
2Sherry Magee14
4Dots Miller13
5Whitey Alpermann12
5Red Murray12
5Owen Wilson12
8Fred Clarke11
8Larry Doyle11
8Dick Hoblitzell11
8Frank Schulte11
8Joe Tinker11

Home RunsHR

1Red Murray7
2Beals Becker6
2Larry Doyle6
2Tommy Leach6
5Honus Wagner5
6Dick Hoblitzell4
6John Hummel4
6Ed Konetchy4
6Hans Lobert4
6Mike Mitchell4
6Frank Schulte4
6Joe Tinker4
6Owen Wilson4

Runs Batted InRBI

1Honus Wagner100
2Red Murray91
3Dots Miller87
4Mike Mitchell86
5Ed Konetchy80
6Bill Abstein70
7Fred Clarke68
8Dick Hoblitzell67
9Sherry Magee66
10Ginger Beaumont60
10Frank Schulte60

WalksBB

1Fred Clarke80
2Bobby Byrne78
3Johnny Evers73
4Jimmy Sheckard72
5Al Bridwell67
6Steve Evans66
6Tommy Leach66
6John Titus66
6Honus Wagner66
10William Barbeau65
10Art Devlin65
10Ed Konetchy65

Stolen BasesSB

1Bob Bescher54
2Red Murray48
3Dick Egan39
4Al Burch38
4Sherry Magee38
6Johnny Bates37
6Mike Mitchell37
8Honus Wagner35
9William Barbeau33
10Al Bridwell32

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Honus Wagner11.7
2Fred Clarke8.4
3Mike Mitchell7.2
4Tommy Leach6.7
5Ed Konetchy6.0
6Dick Egan6.0
7Art Devlin5.9
8Johnny Bates5.8
9Solly Hofman5.8
10Sherry Magee5.7

Batting Averagemin 477 PA

1Honus Wagner.339
2Mike Mitchell.310
3Dick Hoblitzell.308
4Larry Doyle.302
5Al Bridwell.294
6Kitty Bransfield.292
7Johnny Bates.291
8Fred Clarke.287
9Ed Konetchy.286
10Solly Hofman.285

On-Base Percentagemin 477 PA

1Honus Wagner.420
2Al Bridwell.386
3Fred Clarke.384
4Mike Mitchell.378
5Johnny Evers.369
6John Titus.367
7Ed Konetchy.366
8Dick Hoblitzell.364
9Art Devlin.362
9Steve Evans.362

Slugging Percentagemin 477 PA

1Honus Wagner.489
2Mike Mitchell.430
3Larry Doyle.419
4Dick Hoblitzell.418
5Sherry Magee.398
6Ed Konetchy.396
6Dots Miller.396
8Owen Wilson.374
9Fred Clarke.373
10Kitty Bransfield.372
10Joe Tinker.372

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 477 PA

1Honus Wagner.909
2Mike Mitchell.808
3Dick Hoblitzell.782
4Larry Doyle.779
5Ed Konetchy.762
6Fred Clarke.756
7Sherry Magee.737
8Johnny Bates.730
9Dots Miller.725
10Al Bridwell.724

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1Mordecai Brown27
2Howie Camnitz25
2Christy Mathewson25
4Vic Willis22
5Orval Overall20
5Hooks Wiltse20
7Art Fromme19
7Harry Gaspar19
7Lefty Leifield19
7Ed Reulbach19

SavesSV

1Mordecai Brown7
2Doc Crandall6
3Howie Camnitz3
3Al Mattern3
3Steve Melter3
3Orval Overall3
3Lew Richie3
3Hooks Wiltse3
9Babe Adams2
9Chick Brandom2
9Billy Campbell2
9Art Fromme2
9Harry Gaspar2
9Sam Leever2
9Christy Mathewson2
9George McQuillan2

StrikeoutsSO

1Orval Overall205
2Nap Rucker201
3Earl Moore173
4Mordecai Brown172
5Red Ames156
6Christy Mathewson149
7Howie Camnitz133
8Art Fromme126
9Bugs Raymond121
10Hooks Wiltse119

Innings PitchedIP

1Mordecai Brown342.7
2Al Mattern316.3
3Nap Rucker309.3
4Earl Moore299.7
5Vic Willis289.7
6Fred Beebe287.7
7Orval Overall285.0
8Howie Camnitz283.0
9Art Fromme279.3
10Christy Mathewson275.3

Complete GamesCG

1Mordecai Brown32
2George Bell29
3Nap Rucker28
4Christy Mathewson26
5Al Mattern24
5Earl Moore24
5Vic Willis24
8Orval Overall23
8Ed Reulbach23
10Art Fromme22

ShutoutsSHO

1Orval Overall9
2Mordecai Brown8
2Christy Mathewson8
4George Bell6
4Howie Camnitz6
4Ed Reulbach6
4Nap Rucker6
8Jack Pfiester5
9Art Fromme4
9Harry Gaspar4
9Nick Maddox4
9George McQuillan4
9Earl Moore4
9Vic Willis4
9Hooks Wiltse4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1Mordecai Brown8.5
2Christy Mathewson7.7
3Orval Overall7.4
4Nap Rucker6.0
5Howie Camnitz5.8
6Red Ames5.2
7Earl Moore4.8
8Art Fromme4.6
9Hooks Wiltse4.5
10Vic Willis4.4

Earned Run Averagemin 154 IP

1Christy Mathewson1.14
2Mordecai Brown1.31
3Orval Overall1.42
4Howie Camnitz1.62
5Ed Reulbach1.78
6Art Fromme1.90
7Hooks Wiltse2.00
8Harry Gaspar2.01
9Earl Moore2.10
10Frank Corridon2.10

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 154 IP

1Christy Mathewson0.83
2Mordecai Brown0.87
3Howie Camnitz0.97
4Orval Overall1.00
5George McQuillan1.03
6Hooks Wiltse1.04
7Nick Maddox1.04
8Ed Reulbach1.05
9Art Fromme1.06
10Harry Gaspar1.10

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 154 IP

1Christy Mathewson1.65
2Orval Overall1.77
3Mordecai Brown1.80
4Red Ames2.11
5Howie Camnitz2.14
6Nap Rucker2.31
7Jack Pfiester2.39
8George McQuillan2.39
9Hooks Wiltse2.43
10Bob Ewing2.46

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1909 is 477 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 154-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1Ricardo Hernández24
2Pete Hill21
3John Henry Lloyd17
3José Magriñat17
5Agustín Parpetti16
5Esteban Santa Cruz16
7Pete Booker15
7Regino García15
7Ramón Govantes15
7Luis Padrón15

HitsH

1John Henry Lloyd35
2Pete Hill34
3Ramón Govantes33
4José Magriñat31
4Luis Padrón31
6Agustín Parpetti28
7Ricardo Hernández27
8Luis Bustamante25
8Nate Harris25
8Esteban Santa Cruz25

Doubles2B

1John Henry Lloyd9
2Pete Hill7
3Pete Booker6
3Luis Bustamante6
3José Magriñat6
3Luis Padrón6
3George Wright6
8Agustín Parpetti5
8Bill Pettus5
8Danger Talbert5

Triples3B

1Ricardo Hernández5
2Frank Duncan3
2Ramón Govantes3
2José Magriñat3
2Jim Norman3
6Bill Francis2
6Knucks James2
6John Henry Lloyd2
6Eugene Milliner2
6J. Williams2

Home RunsHR

1Pete Hill2
1John Henry Lloyd2
3Frank Duncan1
3Charles Earle1
3Jerry Fisher1
3Bill Francis1
3Joe Green1
3Knucks James1
3Bobby Marshall1
3Jim Norman1
3Agustín Parpetti1
3James Patton1
3Bill Pettus1
3Bruce Petway1
3Wesley Pryor1
3Ginney Robinson1
3William Sloan1
3George Wright1

Runs Batted InRBI

1Pete Hill18
2John Henry Lloyd17
2Agustín Parpetti17
4José Magriñat15
5George Wright14
6Frank Duncan13
6Luis Padrón13
8Luis Bustamante12
8Ramón Govantes12
10Jim Norman11

WalksBB

1Ricardo Hernández13
1Pete Hill13
3Luis Bustamante11
3Nate Harris11
3José Magriñat11
6Agustín Parpetti10
7Ramón Govantes9
7Topeka Jack Johnson9
9José Méndez8
9Luis Padrón8

Stolen BasesSB

1Nate Harris4
1Knucks James4
1Bruce Petway4
4Andrew Payne3
4Spottswood Poles3
4Esteban Santa Cruz3
4Danger Talbert3
8Pete Booker2
8Phil Bradley2
8Frank Duncan2
8Pete Hill2
8Grant Johnson2
8Will McMurray2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1John Henry Lloyd2.6
2Pete Hill2.0
3Luis Padrón1.3
4Pete Booker0.9
5Jim Norman0.9
6Bill Monroe0.8
7Ricardo Hernández0.8
8Joe Green0.8
9Regino García0.7
10Bill Pettus0.7

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1909 is 477 plate appearances and 154 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 154 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1909 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 62 ranking tables here, 35 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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