1909 New York (A) Highlanders
Record: 79-75
Finish: 4th in AL Division
Runs Scored: 542
Runs Allowed: 556
Exp W-L: 75-79
 
Ballpark: Hilltop Park
Attendance: 2,046,727
Manager: Charlie Purcell

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-63, 6th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE
AA: 55-64, 7th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE
A: 54-65, 8th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Henry York 22 149 568 69 153 20 7 1 60 33 16 48 41 .269 .325 .335 .660 59.6 12.5 3.3
3B  Arden Ferris 25 147 554 70 142 12 6 4 58 61 26 49 32 .256 .317 .321 .638 62.7 13.0 7.7
LF  Clifton Payne 24 146 536 66 159 34 5 2 61 26 19 65 35 .297 .378 .390 .768 73.2 19.8 3.9
2B  Alton Garrity 30 123 483 57 148 11 6 2 47 22 5 25 19 .306 .339 .366 .706 62.9 16.7 3.3
1B *Ned Bigelow 29 120 450 40 110 24 3 2 54 3 3 26 27 .244 .298 .324 .622 42.5 8.0 1.4
LF  Rip Riley 33 102 392 39 92 9 2 1 41 17 11 27 20 .235 .282 .276 .558 28.6 2.3 2.5
SS  Natty Swain 27 102 372 40 93 12 2 0 41 21 9 15 38 .250 .282 .293 .575 29.8 4.0 5.2
C  Monty Eason 25 105 348 33 94 14 1 0 35 2 1 29 10 .270 .337 .316 .653 36.7 8.0 6.3
SS  Chet Spurgeon 24 74 239 16 51 7 2 1 25 7 1 10 31 .213 .250 .272 .522 16.9 1.1 3.6
1B  Joaquin Dejauregui 22 71 184 15 53 6 0 0 18 4 2 13 12 .288 .348 .321 .669 20.6 4.8 0.6
RF *Dope Delaney 23 54 173 20 49 7 0 0 21 1 0 15 15 .283 .342 .324 .666 19.2 4.5 1.2
2B #Samuel Norwood 30 65 134 14 40 3 0 0 11 1 0 15 9 .299 .364 .321 .685 17.6 4.5 0.7
P  Jack Reacher 25 42 116 3 16 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 24 .138 .167 .155 .322 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Pierre Coquillou 34 40 109 6 19 3 0 0 14 0 1 6 21 .174 .216 .202 .417 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Henry Beckley 28 40 116 11 13 1 1 0 6 0 2 6 20 .112 .154 .138 .292 -1.1 0.0 0.0
C  Gregory Hash 35 34 92 7 12 2 1 0 5 0 1 7 11 .130 .192 .174 .366 1.1 0.0 2.3
CF  Dan Daly 27 31 86 8 19 2 0 0 5 7 2 11 5 .221 .306 .244 .550 7.9 1.0 0.8
C  Walter Jovey 25 28 85 7 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 12 .129 .204 .141 .345 1.7 0.0 1.7
P  Robert Munch 28 23 53 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .113 .130 .132 .262 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Llywelyn Ap Rhys 21 19 37 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .081 .081 .108 .189 -1.6 0.0 0.0
3B *Freddy Hanson 29 13 30 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .233 .258 .300 .558 2.2 0.5 0.5
LF  Tom Sweet 25 28 18 12 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 .222 .318 .278 .596 2.2 0.3 0.1
2B #Tony Rash 23 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Clayton Bradley 23 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Sid Nugent 36 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B *Joseph Samson 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Edward Dickson 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joss Hatcher 35 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
LF #John Majors 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Beau Jacoby 25 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 1631 5199 540 1294 173 37 13 518 211 101 385 403 .249 .303 .304 .607 485.2 100.9 45.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 6 3 3 6 8 5 1 7 7 3 4 6 5 5 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jack Reacher 25 16 18 .471 42 42 0 366.0 303 122 6 154 145 3.00 22.9
 Henry Beckley 28 20 14 .588 40 40 0 347.7 301 101 3 104 88 2.61 25.8
 Pierre Coquillou 34 23 13 .639 40 40 0 333.3 316 112 3 125 62 3.02 21.7
 Robert Munch 28 6 9 .400 23 19 0 156.3 155 68 2 45 53 3.92 4.1
 Llywelyn Ap Rhys 21 7 6 .538 19 12 0 113.0 95 33 2 37 85 2.63 8.5
 Joss Hatcher 35 4 11 .267 27 0 0 35.7 52 24 1 18 3 6.05 0.0
 Beau Jacoby 25 3 1 .750 22 0 9 24.3 15 3 0 12 11 1.11 6.2
*Sid Nugent 36 0 1 .000 15 1 1 24.0 22 9 0 12 3 3.38 1.2
 Curtis Nicks 32 0 2 .000 2 0 0 2.3 4 2 0 1 1 7.83 0.0
*Hank Schermerhorn 25 0 0 .000 2 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 0.3
 Tony Hooker 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 2 1 0 0 0 30.00 0.1
Team Totals 28.5 79 75 .513 233 154 11 1403.9 1266 476 17 508 451 3.05 90.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 4 1 5 2 4 6 4 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 32.9
M.Eason 913.7 101 104 303 68 10 1 .974 31.3
G.Hash 257.0 26 34 89 28 0 0 1.000 47.7
W.Jovey 232.3 27 27 87 14 1 0 .990 37.9
D.Delaney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1404.0 154 166 479 110 11 1 .982 35.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.51
N.Bigelow 986.3 109 112 1155 88 7 109 .994 11.34
J.Dejauregui 405.7 44 54 486 36 5 35 .991 11.58
J.Samson 10.0 1 2 13 2 1 2 .938 13.50
T.Sweet 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Faber 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 170 1655 126 13 146 .993 11.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.95
A.Garrity 1059.7 115 117 271 436 20 87 .972 6.00
S.Norwood 273.0 32 34 61 97 2 22 .988 5.21
C.Spurgeon 62.3 6 11 14 22 2 7 .947 5.20
T.Rash 9.0 1 1 0 7 0 1 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 163 346 562 24 117 .974 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.95
A.Ferris 1285.0 141 143 113 320 21 30 .954 3.03
C.Spurgeon 59.0 7 7 7 18 3 5 .893 3.81
J.Dejauregui 36.0 4 5 2 4 1 0 .857 1.50
F.Hanson 18.0 2 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.00
A.Garrity 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00
J.Majors 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
T.Rash 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1413.0 155 160 124 349 25 38 .950 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.12
N.Swain 897.7 101 101 137 355 12 58 .976 4.93
C.Spurgeon 477.7 51 54 90 187 6 37 .979 5.22
F.Hanson 44.0 5 5 10 22 0 6 1.000 6.55
A.Garrity 10.0 0 2 0 7 0 0 1.000 6.30
Team Total 1429.3 157 162 237 571 18 101 .978 5.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.50
R.Riley 904.7 100 101 269 2 2 0 .993 2.70
C.Payne 360.3 40 40 87 3 5 1 .947 2.25
D.Delaney 89.0 10 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
T.Sweet 39.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
D.Daly 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Ferris 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.York 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 162 388 5 7 1 .983 2.52
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 3.17
C.Payne 918.0 101 101 319 8 8 1 .976 3.21
D.Delaney 298.3 33 33 101 2 3 1 .972 3.11
D.Daly 171.7 19 20 76 1 1 0 .987 4.04
T.Sweet 14.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
P.Faber 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 160 502 11 12 2 .977 3.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.51
H.York 1305.7 144 146 349 15 11 4 .971 2.51
D.Daly 55.0 6 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.47
D.Delaney 22.7 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
C.Bradley 11.7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
E.Dickson 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 159 365 15 12 4 .969 2.44
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.08
J.Reacher 366.0 42 42 20 50 5 4 .933 1.72
H.Beckley 347.7 40 40 26 61 0 2 1.000 2.25
P.Coquillou 333.3 40 40 31 63 9 6 .913 2.54
R.Munch 156.3 19 23 5 25 3 2 .909 1.73
L.Ap Rhys 113.0 12 19 12 26 2 3 .950 3.03
J.Hatcher 35.7 0 27 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.51
B.Jacoby 24.3 0 22 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.48
S.Nugent 24.0 1 15 4 5 0 1 1.000 3.38
C.Nicks 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Schermerhorn 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Hooker 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1404.0 154 233 100 238 19 18 .947 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Garrity .306
On-Base Pct Payne .378
Slugging Pct Payne .390
OPS Payne .768
OPS+ Payne 150
Secondary Average Payne 0.228
XR Payne 73.2
Games York 149
At-Bats York 568
Runs Ferris 70
Hits Payne 159
Total Bases Payne 209
Singles Garrity 129
Doubles Payne 34
Triples York 7
Homeruns Ferris 4
RBIs Payne 61
Stolen Bases Ferris 61
Caught Stealing Ferris 26
Walks Payne 65
Strikeouts York 41
Win Shares Payne 19.8
ERA Beckley 2.61
ERA+ Beckley 117
Wins Coquillou 23
Losses Reacher 18
Winning Pct Coquillou .639
Saves Jacoby 9
Games Pitched Reacher 42
Games Started Reacher 42
Complete Games Reacher 32
Shutouts Beckley, Coquillou, Reacher 5
Innings Pitched Reacher 366.0
Hits Allowed Coquillou 316
Homeruns Allowed Reacher 6
Strikeouts Reacher 145
Walks Allowed Reacher 154
Walks per 9IP Munch 2.6
Hits per 9IP Reacher 7.5
WHiP Beckley 1.16
Strikeouts per 9IP Reacher 3.6
OAVG Reacher .229
OOBP Beckley .290
OSLG Beckley .293
OOPS Beckley .582
Win Shares Beckley 25.8
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Henry Beckley $ 5,050,000
Pierre Coquillou $ 5,050,000
Henry York $ 4,428,571
Jack Reacher $ 4,392,857
Rip Riley $ 3,840,000
Clifton Payne $ 2,464,286
Arden Ferris $ 2,357,143
Alton Garrity $ 2,190,000
Ned Bigelow $ 1,810,000
Natty Swain $ 1,660,000
Chet Spurgeon $ 1,585,714
Samuel Norwood $ 1,135,714
Joss Hatcher $ 750,000
Beau Jacoby $ 542,857
Sid Nugent $ 510,000
Dan Daly $ 350,000
Theo Gash $ 350,000
Gregory Hash $ 350,000
Aaron Walters $ 350,000
Hank Schermerhorn $ 350,000
Edward Dickson $ 300,000
Jack Axworth $ 300,000
Murphy Battle $ 300,000
Bertram Beals $ 300,000
Tom Sweet $ 300,000
Clayton Bradley $ 300,000
Dilbert Cassell $ 300,000
Joseph Samson $ 300,000
Freddy Hanson $ 300,000
Dope Delaney $ 300,000
Walter Jovey $ 300,000
Monty Eason $ 300,000
Paul Faber $ 300,000
Tony Rash $ 300,000
Curtis Nicks $ 300,000
Robert Munch $ 300,000
Loren Geiser $ 300,000
Llywelyn Ap Rhys $ 300,000
Dick Mayo $ 300,000
John Majors $ 300,000
Tony Hooker $ 300,000
Joaquin Dejauregui $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Signed     Murphy Battle