1909 Boston Doves season

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| name = Boston Doves

| season = 1909

| misc =

| league = National League

| ballpark = South End Grounds

| city = Boston, Massachusetts

| record = 45–108 (.294)

| league_place = 8th

| owners = George Dovey, John Dovey

| managers = Harry Smith, Frank Bowerman

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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 {{frac|65|1|2}} games behind the NL Champs and eventual World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/starrch01.shtml Charlie Starr page at Baseball Reference]

= Roster =

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer	Jake Boultes}} {{MLBplayer	Buster Brown}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Chappelle}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Cooney}} {{MLBplayer	Cliff Curtis}} {{MLBplayer	Gus Dorner}} {{MLBplayer	Chick Evans}} {{MLBplayer	George Ferguson}} {{MLBplayer	Vive Lindaman}} {{MLBplayer	Al Mattern}} {{MLBplayer	Tom McCarthy}} {{MLBplayer	Forrest More}} {{MLBplayer	Lew Richie}} {{MLBplayer	Tom Tuckey}} {{MLBplayer	Kirby White}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer	Frank Bowerman}} {{MLBplayer	Peaches Graham}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Rariden}} {{MLBplayer	Al Shaw}} {{MLBplayer	Harry Smith}} Infielders {{MLBplayer	Chick Autry}} {{MLBplayer	Jack Coffey}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Dahlen}} {{MLBplayer	Gus Getz}} {{MLBplayer	Claude Ritchey}} {{MLBplayer	Dave Shean}} {{MLBplayer	Hosea Siner}} {{MLBplayer	Charlie Starr}} {{MLBplayer	Fred Stem}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Sweeney}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer	Johnny Bates}} {{MLBplayer	Ginger Beaumont}} {{MLBplayer	Fred Beck}} {{MLBplayer	Beals Becker}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Dam}} {{MLBplayer	Ernie Diehl}} {{MLBplayer	Herbie Moran}} {{MLBplayer	Roy Thomas}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer	Frank Bowerman}} {{MLBplayer	Harry Smith}}

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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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
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align="center" \| C	Peaches Graham	92	267	64	.240	0	17
align="center" \| 1B	Fred Stem	73	245	51	.208	0	11
align="center" \| 2B	Dave Shean	75	267	66	.247	1	29
align="center" \| SS	Jack Coffey	73	257	48	.187	0	20
align="center" \| 3B	Bill Sweeney	138	493	120	.243	1	36
align="center" \| OF	Roy Thomas	82	281	74	.263	0	11
align="center" \| OF	Ginger Beaumont	123	407	107	.263	0	60
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Fred Beck	96	334	66	.198	2	27
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|Bates\|Johnny Bates (baseball)}}	63	236	68	.288	1	23
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Charlie\|Starr}}	61	216	48	.222	0	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Chick\|Autry\|Chick Autry (first baseman)}}	65	199	39	.196	0	13
align="center" \| Bill Dahlen	69	197	46	.234	2	16
align="center" \| Gus Getz	40	148	33	.223	0	9
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Harry\|Smith\|Harry Smith (1900s catcher)}}	43	113	19	.168	0	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Frank\|Bowerman}}	33	99	21	.212	0	4
align="center" \| Claude Ritchey	30	87	15	.172	0	3
align="center" \| Bill Rariden	13	42	6	.143	0	1
align="center" \| Al Shaw	18	41	4	.098	0	0
align="center" \| Herbie Moran	8	31	7	.226	0	0
align="center" \| Hosea Siner	10	23	3	.130	0	1
align="center" \| Bill Cooney	5	10	3	.300	0	0
align="center" \| Ernie Diehl	1	4	2	.500	0	0
align="center" \| Bill Dam	1	2	1	.500	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
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align="center" \| Al Mattern	47	316.1	15	21	2.85	108
align="center" \| Cecil Ferguson	36	226.2	5	23	3.73	87
align="center" \| Kirby White	23	148.1	6	13	3.22	53
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Buster\|Brown\|Buster Brown (baseball)}}	18	123.1	4	8	3.14	32
align="center" \| Cliff Curtis	10	83.0	4	5	1.41	22
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Lew\|Richie}}	22	131.2	7	7	2.32	42
align="center" \| Tom Tuckey	17	90.2	0	9	4.27	16
align="center" \| Vive Lindaman	15	66.0	1	6	4.64	13
align="center" \| Forrest More	10	48.2	1	5	4.44	10
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Chappelle}}	5	29.0	1	1	1.86	8
align="center" \| Gus Dorner	5	24.2	1	2	2.55	7
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bill Cooney	3	0	0	0	1.42	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jake\|Boultes}}	1	0	0	0	6.75	1
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Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1909.shtml 1909 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference]

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Boston Doves

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