1909 Season Wrap-Up
Northern League
After the snows melted, the race for the Northern League regular season pennant proved fierce between three teams. Cottonwood, Grand Canyon adn Payson all traded places in the top spot throughout the summer and into September.
Even though Cottonwood won its last two games, a 6-4 finish down the stretch left the defending AZL champs out of the post-season. The River Runners and Longhorns shared the NL crown with 91-71 records.
Frank Chance and
Johnny Evers led a robust Grand Canyon hitting attack, batting .285 and .287 respectively. Pitcher
Orval Overall went 23-7 with a 1.87 ERA.
Cy Seymour doubled a team-record 33 times.
Rookie CF
Tris Speaker — who ironically got his first-ever AZL hit off of Overall — sparked the Longhorns with a .294 batting average in his debut season. The All-Star player had 57 RBI and six homers... Lefty pitchers Noodles Hahn and Slim Sallee both had 20-win seasons for the 'Horns...
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Grand Canyon 91 71 .562 - 90-72 1 45-36 46-35 10-12 35-31 1 L1 4-6
Payson 91 71 .562 - 86-76 5 52-29 39-42 8-7 33-26 1 W1 6-4
Cottonwood 90 72 .556 1.0 90-72 0 46-35 44-37 16-11 34-29 - W2 6-4
Jerome 85 77 .525 6.0 83-79 2 41-40 44-37 5-7 32-22 - W1 5-5
Flagstaff 80 82 .494 11.0 83-79 -3 42-39 38-43 8-5 28-29 - W6 8-2
Prescott 74 88 .457 17.0 75-87 -1 35-46 39-42 11-11 31-36 - L1 7-3
Sedona 69 93 .426 22.0 70-92 -1 37-44 32-49 3-10 27-34 - L2 3-7
Kayenta 68 94 .420 23.0 71-91 -3 36-45 32-49 10-8 22-35 - L7 1-9
Southern League
The SL was a one-team race during the last half of the season. The Yuma Prisoners ran away with things, posting a league best 98-64 record. The Prisoners were magnificent in one-run games, winning 40 of 58. Wow.
No one had a spectacular season hitting-wise for Yuma. But the team's average was among the best in the league at .238.
Addie Joss went 24-14 from the mound.
Case Patten won 21 games,
Doc Newton won 18 and
Bill Grahame won 17.
Bisbee slipped into the No. 2 spot, 10 games back. The Prospectors had seven guys with 45 or more RBIs, led by
Dick Hoblitzel's 63...
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Yuma 98 64 .605 - 94-68 4 51-30 47-34 14-6 40-18 * W3 6-4
Bisbee 88 74 .543 10.0 88-74 0 49-32 39-42 10-11 34-22 - W4 7-3
Nogales 86 76 .531 12.0 90-72 -4 44-37 42-39 11-9 34-31 - W1 4-6
Tombstone 82 80 .506 16.0 84-78 -2 38-43 44-37 9-8 28-37 - L5 3-7
Carefree 76 86 .469 22.0 80-82 -4 38-43 38-43 9-13 25-35 - L2 5-5
Tucson 74 88 .457 24.0 80-82 -6 40-41 34-47 9-12 26-41 - W2 6-4
Tempe 73 89 .451 25.0 67-95 6 41-40 32-49 3-12 33-34 - L1 4-6
Phoenix 71 91 .438 27.0 64-98 7 43-38 28-53 15-9 27-29 - L2 5-5