1909 Brooklyn Superbas season

1909 Brooklyn Superbas
League	National League
Ballpark	Washington Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Harry Lumley
← 1908 1910 →

The 1909 Brooklyn Superbas handed the manager's job over to outfielder Harry Lumley. However, the team finished in sixth place again and Lumley's playing stats took a tumble as he tried to do both jobs. He was replaced as manager after the season and traded as a player halfway through the next season.

Offseason

• February 18, 1909: Doc Marshall was purchased by the Superbas from the Chicago Cubs^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	110	42	0.724	—	56–21	54–21
Chicago Cubs	104	49	0.680	6½	47–29	57–20
New York Giants	92	61	0.601	18½	44–33	48–28
Cincinnati Reds	77	76	0.503	33½	39–38	38–38
Philadelphia Phillies	74	79	0.484	36½	40–37	34–42
Brooklyn Superbas	55	98	0.359	55½	34–45	21–53
St. Louis Cardinals	54	98	0.355	56	26–48	28–50
Boston Doves	45	108	0.294	65½	27–47	18–61

Record vs. opponents

1909 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	1–21	5–17	8–14–2	10–12	1–20	9–13
Brooklyn	11–11	—	5–16	5–17–1	7–15	11–11	4–18	12–10–1
Chicago	21–1	16–5	—	16–6	11–11–1	16–6	9–13	15–7–1
Cincinnati	17–5	17–5–1	6–16	—	9–13–1	9–12–1	7–15–1	12–10
New York	14–8–2	15–7	11–11–1	13–9–1	—	12–10	11–11–1	16–5
Philadelphia	12–10	11–11	6–16	12–9–1	10–12	—	7–15	16–6
Pittsburgh	20–1	18–4	13–9	15–7–1	11–11–1	15–7	—	18–3
St. Louis	13–9	10–12–1	7–15–1	10–12	5–16	6–16	3–18	—

Roster

1909 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers George Bell Eddie Dent Pembroke Finlayson Sam Fletcher George Hunter Elmer Knetzer Harry McIntire Jim Pastorius Nap Rucker Doc Scanlan Kaiser Wilhelm		Catchers Bill Bergen Joe Dunn Doc Marshall Infielders Whitey Alperman John Hummel Tim Jordan Ed Lennox Pryor McElveen Tommy McMillan Leo Meyer Harry Redmond		Outfielders Al Burch Tom Catterson Wally Clement Red Downey Jul Kustus Harry Lumley Hy Myers Jimmy Sebring Zack Wheat		Manager Harry Lumley

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	Bill Bergen	112	346	48	.139	1	15
1B	Tim Jordan	103	330	90	.273	3	36
2B	Whitey Alperman	111	420	104	.248	1	41
3B	Ed Lennox	126	435	114	.262	2	44
SS	Tommy McMillan	108	373	79	.212	0	24
OF	Al Burch	152	601	163	.271	1	30
OF	Wally Clement	92	340	88	.259	0	17
OF	Harry Lumley	55	172	43	.250	0	14

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Hummel	146	542	152	.280	4	52
Pryor McElveen	81	258	51	.198	3	25
Jul Kustus	53	173	25	.145	1	11
Doc Marshall	50	149	30	.201	0	10
George Hunter	44	123	28	.228	0	8
Zack Wheat	26	102	31	.304	0	4
Jimmy Sebring	25	81	8	.099	0	5
Red Downey	19	78	20	.256	0	8
Joe Dunn	10	25	4	.160	0	2
Leo Meyer	7	23	3	.130	0	0
Hy Myers	6	22	5	.227	0	6
Harry Redmond	6	19	0	.000	0	1
Tom Catterson	9	18	4	.222	0	1

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
Nap Rucker	38	309.1	13	19	2.24	201
George Bell	33	256.0	16	15	2.71	95
Harry McIntire	32	228.0	7	17	3.63	84
Kaiser Wilhelm	22	163.0	3	13	3.26	45
Doc Scanlan	19	141.1	8	7	2.93	72
George Hunter	16	113.1	4	10	2.46	43
Jim Pastorius	12	79.2	1	9	5.76	23
Eddie Dent	6	42.0	2	4	4.29	17
Elmer Knetzer	5	35.2	1	3	3.03	7
Sam Fletcher	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	5

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
Pembroke Finlayson	1	0	0	0	5.14	2

Notes

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1909 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet