1909 New York Highlanders Roster by Baseball Almanac

1909 New York Highlanders Roster

The 1909 New York Highlanders 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 New York Highlanders Opening Day starters list, a 1909 New York Highlanders salary list, a 1909 New York Highlanders uniform number breakdown and a 1909 New York Highlanders primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Lew Brockett

5-10½

168

Right

1880-07-23

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Dick Carroll

6-02

Unknown

Right

1884-07-21

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Jack Chesbro

5-09

180

Right

1874-06-05

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Slow Joe Doyle

5-08

150

Right

1881-09-15

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Russ Ford

5-11

175

Right

1883-04-25

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Tom Hughes

6-02

175

Right

1884-01-28

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Joe Lake

6-00

185

Right

1881-01-06

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Rube Manning

6-00

180

Right

1883-04-29

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Doc Newton

6-00

185

Left

1877-10-26

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Jack Quinn

6-00

196

Right

1883-07-01

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Butch Schmidt

6-01½

200

Left

1886-07-19

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Jack Warhop

5-09½

168

Right

1884-07-04

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Pete Wilson

Unknown

Left

Unknown

1885-10-09

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Walter Blair

6-00

185

Right

1883-10-13

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Red Kleinow

5-10

165

Right

1877-07-20

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Ed Sweeney

6-01

200

Right

1888-07-19

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Jimmy Austin

5-07½

155

Right

Both

1879-12-08

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Neal Ball

5-07

145

Right

1881-04-22

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Hal Chase

6-00

175

Left

Right

1883-02-13

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Kid Elberfeld

5-07

158

Right

1875-04-13

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Earle Gardner

5-11

160

Right

1884-01-24

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John Knight

6-02½

180

Right

1885-10-06

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Frank LaPorte

5-08

175

Right

1880-02-06

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George McConnell

6-03

190

Right

1877-09-16

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Al Orth

6-00

200

Right

Left

1872-09-05

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Eddie Tiemeyer

5-11½

185

Right

1885-05-09

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Bobby Vaughn

5-09

150

Right

1885-06-04

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Jack Wanner

5-11½

190

Right

1885-11-29

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Joe Ward

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1884-09-02

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Birdie Cree

5-06

150

Right

1882-10-23

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Ray Demmitt

5-08

170

Right

Left

1884-02-02

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Clyde Engle

5-10

190

Right

1884-03-19

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Charlie Hemphill

5-09

160

Left

1876-04-20

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Willie Keeler

5-04½

140

Left

1872-03-03

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Irish McIlveen

5-11½

180

Left

1880-07-27

The 1909 New York Highlanders played 151 games during the regular season, won 74 games, lost 77 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Hilltop Park (Park Factors: 101/102) where 501,000 fans witnessed their 1909 Highlanders finish the season with a .490 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 New York Highlanders Opening Day starters list, a 1909 New York Highlanders salary list, a 1909 New York Highlanders uniform number breakdown and a 1909 New York Highlanders primary starters list:

1909 New York Highlanders
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1909 New York Highlanders
Most Games by Position
C Red Kleinow (77)
1B Hal Chase (118)
2B Frank LaPorte (83)
3B Jimmy Austin (111)
SS John Knight (76)
LF Birdie Cree ()
LF Ray Demmitt ()
LF Clyde Engle ()
LF Charlie Hemphill ()
CF Birdie Cree ()
CF Ray Demmitt ()
CF Clyde Engle ()
CF Charlie Hemphill ()
RF Willie Keeler (95)

SP Lew Brockett
SP Slow Joe Doyle
SP Tom Hughes
SP Joe Lake
SP Rube Manning

CL Jack Warhop

1909 New York Highlanders
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1909 New York Highlanders
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1909 New York Highlanders 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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