More 1909 Baseball Season Highlights

1909 proved to be an exciting baseball season, both on and off the field, as everything from an 18-inning scoreless game to Ty Cobb's arrest for assault in Cleveland made the news. See more highlights from the 1909 season below:
  • Mathewson and Pirate Howie Camnitz have 25-6 records to tie for the National League lead in win pet.

  • Red Ames of the Giants pitches an Opening Day no-hitter for nine innings, but loses to Brooklyn 3-0 in 13 innings.

  • Cleveland's Tris Speaker tops the American League in putouts, assists, and DPs.

  • Brooklyn catcher Bill Bergen hits .139 in 112 games, the lowest average in history by a regular.

  • Detroit and Washington play an 18-inning scoreless tie on July 16, Ed Killian going the route for Detroit.

  • Washington scores an American League record-low 380 runs.

  • The Cubs beat Boston a National League record 21 times during the season.

  • The Phils are rained out of games a record ten straight days.

  • Walter Johnson loses an American League record ten games in which his team is shut out -- five of them to Chicago.

  • Cub Jimmy Sheckard collects a National League record 46 sacrifice hits.

  • On August 23, catcher Bergen throws out seven would-be base thieves.

  • The Cardinals commit a record 17 errors in a doubleheader on July 3.

  • Wagner gets a raise to $10,000 -- his top yearly salary as a player.

  • Cobb is indicted for the felonious assault of a Cleveland night watchman.

  • Sam Crawford is again the American League runner-up to Cobb in RBI (107-97) and total bases (296-266).

  • Cy Young returns to Cleveland where he began his career in 1890 -- wins 19 games and is the club leader.

  • Cincinnati's Bob Bescher wins his first of four straight National League stolen base crowns, as he pilfers 54.

  • Washington loses 29 games in which it's shut out -- an American League record low.

  • On June 19 vs. New York, Walter Johnson walks seven and throws four wild pitches, but wins 7-4.

  • Frank Baker of the A's hits 19 triples -- an American League rookie record.

  • Red Dooin sets a 20th-century National League record for catchers when he commits 40 errors.

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