1909 Major League Baseball season

The 1909 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1909. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the sixth modern World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 7 on October 16. The Pirates defeated the Tigers, four games to three.

This article is about the 1909 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1909 in baseball.
1909 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 12 – October 16, 1909
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Pennant Winners
NL championsPittsburgh Pirates
  NL runners-upChicago Cubs
AL championsDetroit Tigers
  AL runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics
World Series
ChampionsPittsburgh Pirates
  Runners-upDetroit Tigers
Athletics
Browns
Highlanders
Senators
Locations of AL teams for the 1909 MLB season
American League
Giants
Phillies
Pirates
Cardinals
Locations of NL teams for the 1909 MLB season
National League

In the National League, the Chicago Cubs had a record of 104–49 but finished 6+1⁄2 games behind the Pirates, setting a record for the most wins in an MLB regular season without reaching the postseason, which has only been equaled once, by the 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers, who had a record of 104–50.

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