1909 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1909 throughout the world.

Champions

 * World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers (4-3)

Births

 * March 2 - Mel Ott
 * March 8 - Pete Fox
 * March 25 - Dutch Leonard
 * March 28 - Lon Warneke
 * April 9 - Claude Passeau
 * April 19 - Bucky Walters
 * May 27 - Pinky Higgins
 * July 7 - Billy Herman
 * October 15 - Mel Harder
 * October 21 - Bill Lee
 * November 5 - Harry Gumbert
 * December 6 - Stan Hack

Deaths

 * February 4 - John Clarkson, 47, pitcher for Chicago, Boston and Cleveland who won over 325 games, then an NL record, with six 30-win seasons including 53 in 1885; pitched 1885 no-hitter, led NL in innings four times and in strikeouts, games and complete games three times each
 * April 6 - Doggie Miller, 44, catcher for Pittsburgh from 1884 to 1893 who scored 80 runs five times, batted .339 for 1894 St. Louis Browns
 * July 5 - Frank Selee, 49, manager who guided Boston to five pennants (1891-93, 1895-96), later built foundation of championship Cubs teams; .607 winning percentage was highest among managers of 1500 games, 1284 victories ranked second all-time upon retirement
 * September 17 - Herman Long, 43, shortstop for the Boston Beaneaters who batted .300 four times, led NL in runs in 1893 and home runs in 1900; set career marks for putouts and total chances, led league in double plays three times and in putouts and fielding average twice each