1909 Philadelphia Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

1909 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1909 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Tommy Atkins

5-10½

165

Left

1887-12-09

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Chief Bender

6-02

185

Right

1884-05-05

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Jack Coombs

6-00

185

Right

Both

1882-11-18

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Jimmy Dygert

5-10

158

Right

1884-07-05

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Harry Krause

5-10

165

Left

Both

1888-07-12

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John Kull

6-02

190

Left

1882-06-24

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Cy Morgan

6-00

175

Right

1878-11-10

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Eddie Plank

5-11½

175

Left

1875-08-31

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Biff Schlitzer

5-11

175

Right

1884-12-04

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Rube Vickers

6-02

225

Right

Left

1878-05-17

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Jack Lapp

5-08

160

Right

Left

1884-09-10

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Ed Larkin

5-08

Unknown

Right

1885-07-01

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Paddy Livingston

5-08

197

Right

1880-01-14

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Doc Powers

Unknown

Right

1870-09-22

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Ira Thomas

6-02

200

Right

1881-01-22

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Frank Baker

5-11

173

Right

Left

1886-03-13

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Jack Barry

5-09

158

Right

1887-04-26

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Eddie Collins

5-09

175

Right

Left

1887-05-02

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Jim Curry

5-11

160

Right

1886-03-10

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Harry Davis

5-10

180

Right

1873-07-19

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Stuffy McInnis

5-09½

162

Right

1890-09-19

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Simon Nicholls

5-11½

165

Right

Left

1882-07-18

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Morrie Rath

5-08½

160

Right

Left

1886-12-25

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Scotty Barr

6-00

175

Right

1886-10-06

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Bob Ganley

5-07

156

Left

1875-04-23

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Topsy Hartsel

5-05

155

Left

1874-06-26

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Heinie Heitmuller

6-02

215

Right

1883-05-25

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Joe Jackson

6-01

200

Right

Left

1889-07-16

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Danny Murphy

5-09

175

Right

1876-08-11

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Rube Oldring

5-10

186

Right

1884-05-30

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Amos Strunk

5-11½

175

Left

1889-01-22

The 1909 Philadelphia Athletics played 153 games during the regular season, won 95 games, lost 58 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 102/97) where 674,915 fans witnessed their 1909 Athletics finish the season with a .621 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position
C Ira Thomas (84)
1B Harry Davis (149)
2B Eddie Collins (152)
3B Frank Baker (146)
SS Jack Barry (124)
LF Topsy Hartsel (72)
CF Bob Ganley (77)
RF Danny Murphy (149)

SP Jack Coombs
SP Harry Krause
SP Cy Morgan
SP Eddie Plank

CL Chief Bender

1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1909 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1909 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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