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Major League Baseball team season
The
1909 Chicago Cubs season
was the 38th season of the
Chicago Cubs
franchise, the 34th in the
National League
and the 17th at
West Side Park
. The Cubs won 104 games but finished second in the
National League
, 6½ games behind the
Pittsburgh Pirates
. The Cubs had won the pennant the previous three years and would win it again in
1910
. Of their 104 victories, 97 were
wins
for a Cubs
starting pitcher
; this was the most wins in a season by the starting staff of any major league team from 1908 to the present day.
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The 104 wins was the most by any team in
Major League Baseball
history by a team that failed to finish first?a record that would be unbroken for more than a century. The record was equaled by the
1942 Brooklyn Dodgers
and eventually broken by the
2021 Dodgers
, who won 106 games but finished a game behind the
San Francisco Giants
in the
NL West
.
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The legendary infield of
Joe Tinker
,
Johnny Evers
,
Frank Chance
, and
Harry Steinfeldt
was still intact, but it was the pitching staff that excelled. The Cubs pitchers had a collective
earned run average
of 1.75, a microscopic figure even for the dead-ball era.
Three Finger Brown
was one of the top two pitchers in the league (with
Christy Mathewson
) again, going 27?9 with a 1.31 ERA.
Offseason
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Regular season
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Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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BOS
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BR
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CHC
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CIN
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NYG
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PHI
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PIT
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STL
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Boston
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?
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11?11
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1?21
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5?17
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8?14?2
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10?12
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1?20
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9?13
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Brooklyn
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11?11
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?
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5?16
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5?17?1
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7?15
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11?11
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4?18
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12?10?1
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Chicago
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21?1
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16?5
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?
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16?6
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11?11?1
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16?6
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9?13
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15?7?1
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Cincinnati
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17?5
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17?5?1
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6?16
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?
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9?13?1
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9?12?1
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7?15?1
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12?10
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New York
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14?8?2
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15?7
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11?11?1
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13?9?1
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?
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12?10
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11?11?1
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16?5
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Philadelphia
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12?10
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11?11
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6?16
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12?9?1
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10?12
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?
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7?15
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16?6
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Pittsburgh
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20?1
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18?4
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13?9
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15?7?1
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11?11?1
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15?7
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?
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18?3
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St. Louis
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13?9
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10?12?1
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7?15?1
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10?12
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5?16
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6?16
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3?18
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?
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Roster
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1909 Chicago Cubs
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Awards and honors
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League top five finishers
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Mordecai Brown
- NL leader in wins (27)
- #2 in NL in ERA (1.31)
- #4 in NL in strikeouts (172)
Orval Overall
- MLB leader in strikeouts (205)
- #3 in NL in ERA (1.42)
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References
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1874
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