1909 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1908 / 1910

Top Hitter

Pete
Hill

Top Pitcher

Walter
Ball

Leaders

Batting Average

#	Player	Team	BA
1	Andrew Skinner	KCG	.385
2	William Binga	SPG	.364
3	Pete Hill	LEL	.354
4	Candy Jim Taylor	SPG	.348
5	Joe Green	LEL	.323
6	Eugene Milliner	SPG	.304
7	Bill Pettus	KCG	.295
8	Pete Booker	LEL	.291
9	Dee Williams	BUX/KCG	.281
10	Sam Strothers	LEL	.276

ERA

#	Player	Team	ERA
1	Rube Foster	LEL	0.00
2	Bill Lindsay	KCG	0.00
3	Baby Webb	SBB	0.00
4	Lefty Pangburn	BUX	0.73
5	Walter Taylor	BUX/KCG	0.80
6	Walter Ball	LEL	1.64
7	John Lawson	LEL	2.00
8	Frank Talbott	ABC	2.00
9	Rube Washington	KCG	2.15
10	Dicta Johnson	LEL/ILL	2.25

All-1909 Team

Glossary

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dee Williams	BUX/KCG	0.6	0.2	0.4
Joe Green	LEL	0.6	0.8	-0.1

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Hill	LEL	1.8	1.5	0.3
William Sloan	MULT	0.1	0.2	-0.2

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Andrew Payne	LEL	0.8	0.4	0.5
Bingo Bingham	BG	0.4	0.2	0.2

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
George Wright	LEL	0.9	0.4	0.4
Johnny Pugh	BG	0.5	0.5	0.0

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Dick Wallace	SPG	0.4	0.0	0.4
C. I. Taylor	BG	0.3	0.0	0.3

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jim Norman	KCG	0.8	0.3	0.4
Danger Talbert	LEL	0.4	0.1	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Rube Foster	LEL	1.4	0.2	0.0
Baby Webb	SBB	0.6	-0.1	0.0

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Pete Booker	LEL	0.6	0.6	-0.1
Bill Pettus	KCG	0.5	0.4	0.0

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Walter Taylor	BUX/KCG	56.1	1.3	1.3	0.0
Andrew Skinner	KCG	75.2	1.3	0.9	0.3
Charles Dougherty	LEL	42.1	1.2	1.2	0.0
John Lawson	LEL	18.0	0.7	0.8	-0.1
Bill Lindsay	KCG	9.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Rube Washington	KCG	50.1	0.5	0.6	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit
Walter Ball	LEL	60.1	1.7	1.7
Lefty Pangburn	BUX	12.1	0.4	0.4
Charles Jessup	KEY	4.0	0.1	0.1
Arthur Gilliard	BG	17.0	-0.1	-0.1
Johnny Davis	SPG	11.2	-0.3	-0.3

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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