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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n/a Tommy Atkins 5-10½ 165 Left Left 1887-12-09
n/a Chief Bender 6-02 185 Right Right 1884-05-05
n/a Jack Coombs 6-00 185 Right Both 1882-11-18
n/a Jimmy Dygert 5-10 158 Right Right 1884-07-05
n/a Harry Krause 5-10 165 Left Both 1888-07-12
n/a John Kull 6-02 190 Left Left 1882-06-24
n/a Cy Morgan 6-00 175 Right Right 1878-11-10
n/a Eddie Plank 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1875-08-31
n/a Biff Schlitzer 5-11 175 Right Right 1884-12-04
n/a Rube Vickers 6-02 225 Right Left 1878-05-17
n/a Jack Lapp 5-08 160 Right Left 1884-09-10
n/a Ed Larkin 5-08 Unknown Right Right 1885-07-01
n/a Paddy Livingston 5-08 197 Right Right 1880-01-14
n/a Doc Powers Unknown Unknown Right Right 1870-09-22
n/a Ira Thomas 6-02 200 Right Right 1881-01-22
n/a Frank Baker 5-11 173 Right Left 1886-03-13
n/a Jack Barry 5-09 158 Right Right 1887-04-26
n/a Eddie Collins 5-09 175 Right Left 1887-05-02
n/a Jim Curry 5-11 160 Right Right 1886-03-10
n/a Harry Davis 5-10 180 Right Right 1873-07-19
n/a Stuffy McInnis 5-09½ 162 Right Right 1890-09-19
n/a Simon Nicholls 5-11½ 165 Right Left 1882-07-18
n/a Morrie Rath 5-08½ 160 Right Left 1886-12-25
n/a Scotty Barr 6-00 175 Right Right 1886-10-06
n/a Bob Ganley 5-07 156 Left Left 1875-04-23
n/a Topsy Hartsel 5-05 155 Left Left 1874-06-26
n/a Heinie Heitmuller 6-02 215 Right Right 1883-05-25
n/a Joe Jackson 6-01 200 Right Left 1887-07-16
n/a Danny Murphy 5-09 175 Right Right 1876-08-11
n/a Rube Oldring 5-10 186 Right Right 1884-05-30
n/a Amos Strunk 5-11½ 175 Left 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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