1909 Boston Doves season

The 1909 Boston Doves season was the 39th season of the franchise.
The 1909 Doves set an MLB record that still stands for most games behind the first place winner in any season since 1900. They finished games behind the NL Champs and eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Notable transactions

July 16, 1909: Charlie Starr and Johnny Bates were traded by the Doves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Buster Brown, Lew Richie and Dave Shean.

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	Peaches Graham	92	267	64	.240	0	17
1B	Fred Stem	73	245	51	.208	0	11
2B	Dave Shean	75	267	66	.247	1	29
SS	Jack Coffey	73	257	48	.187	0	20
3B	Bill Sweeney	138	493	120	.243	1	36
OF	Roy Thomas	82	281	74	.263	0	11
OF	Ginger Beaumont	123	407	107	.263	0	60
OF	Beals Becker	152	562	138	.246	6	24

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

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
Al Mattern	47	316.1	15	21	2.85	108
Cecil Ferguson	36	226.2	5	23	3.73	87
Kirby White	23	148.1	6	13	3.22	53
	18	123.1	4	8	3.14	32
Cliff Curtis	10	83.0	4	5	1.41	22
Tom McCarthy	8	46.1	0	5	3.50	11

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
	22	131.2	7	7	2.32	42
Tom Tuckey	17	90.2	0	9	4.27	16
Vive Lindaman	15	66.0	1	6	4.64	13
Forrest More	10	48.2	1	5	4.44	10
	5	29.0	1	1	1.86	8
Gus Dorner	5	24.2	1	2	2.55	7
Chick Evans	4	21.2	0	3	4.57	11

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
Bill Cooney	3	0	0	0	1.42	3
	1	0	0	0	6.75	1