WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE
Outfielder Lester "Tug" Wilson of Medicine Hat beat out fellow Mad Hatter Lloyd Zimmerman to capture the 1909 batting crown in the Western Canada Baseball League. Wilson compiled a .365 mark in 88 games while Zimmerman finished at .348. Wally Smith of Calgary was third, at .330. Smith, the Broncho third baseman topped the circuit in triples, with 17, and tied Luke Collins of Regina for the lead in home runs, with 5. Si Bennett of Medicine Hat scored the most runs, 87, and led in two-base hits, with 24. Harold O'Hayer of Moose Jaw Robin Hoods stole 53 bases to top the circuit.
101 years after the completion of the 1909 season, the final statistics have finally been compiled. The league did not arrange for statistics to be kept for that second season of professional baseball on the prairies. In 2010, the hitting and pitching figures were compiled from box scores and game reports as carried in newspapers of the eight league teams. Medicine Hat won the league title for the second straight year topping the circuit with 67 wins, edging Winnipeg Maroons for the championship.
Paddy Welsh, who split his mound work between Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw, was the top winner and league workhorse. He finished with 23 wins in 35 games. He led the league in complete games, 30, innings pitched, 275, and strikeouts, 150. John Collins of the Winnipeg Maroons had the top winning percentage, .875, based on his 14-2 won-lost record.
Average : Wilson MH - .365 At Bats : Morrell BR & Thompson BR - 406 Runs : Bennett MH - 87 Hits : Cox LB/CG - 129 Doubles - Bennett MH - 24 Triples : Smith CG - 17 Home Runs : Smith CG & Collins RG - 5 Stolen Bases : O'Hayer MJ - 53
Total Bases : Wilson MH - 179 WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Wilson Lester (Tug) MH 88 334 75 122 19 13 4 37 .365 Zimmerman Lloyd MH 75 270 57 94 16 7 3 20 .348 Smith Wally CG 83 291 44 96 15 17 5 14 .330 Whisman Ray MH 59 182 29 59 7 3 0 8 .324 Bond Harold WM 79 275 36 89 18 7 0 11 .324 Cox Eugene (Chesty) CG/LB 101 403 71 129 22 1 0 26 .320 Donovan William CG 75 291 63 91 12 8 3 13 .313 Bennett Si MH 103 379 87 114 24 4 1 43 .301 Corrigan Jack LB 87 311 51 90 11 4 0 17 .289 Edmonds/Edmunds Jerry WM 106 326 46 94 8 3 1 13 .288 Walters Louis (Roxy) MJ 89 321 55 92 9 5 2 23 .287 Dunn Bert MH 47 151 28 42 8 3 0 8 .278 Collins Luke RG 95 354 68 98 14 10 5 32 .277 Connors Mickey CG 86 329 50 91 10 3 1 24 .277 Krueger William WM 84 295 54 81 7 1 0 43 .275 Sterling Louis ED 56 164 20 45 9 2 1 5 .274 Parkes Clyde CG 74 239 32 65 6 4 1 7 .272 Quinn Jack RG 94 343 33 93 9 3 0 11 .271 McGarry Emmett LB 38 133 21 36 0 0 0 11 .271 Beatty J.W. Jack WM 107 363 52 98 18 8 2 27 .270 Godfrey MJ 68 241 38 65 7 5 0 10 .270 Olmstead F. MJ 100 318 52 85 8 2 1 19 .267 Kolar Steve RG/LB 69 270 38 72 7 3 0 11 .267 Lynch Joe LB 96 348 44 92 15 4 1 10 .264 Moran/Morgan Pat MH/ED 44 161 19 41 5 1 0 6 .255 Morrell Ray BR 108 406 52 103 11 9 0 10 .254 Chick Fred LB 36 119 15 30 3 3 2 7 .252 Thompson Cecil BR 110 406 53 102 21 12 1 9 .251 Bell Ralph LB 96 299 54 75 10 6 2 15 .251 Brennan Jack ED 92 325 44 81 14 4 2 28 .249 Taylor John LB 43 157 20 39 5 1 0 1 .248 O'Hayer Harold MJ 89 320 66 79 14 3 0 53 .247 Gardner Frank RG 77 288 38 70 10 4 0 6 .243 Kelly CG/LB/ED 91 324 30 78 18 6 2 1 .241 McDonough Ed RG 88 312 27 75 13 3 1 10 .240 Lee ED 62 204 17 49 1 1 0 5 .240 Piper Larry WM 106 404 68 97 16 8 3 25 .240 Gouche/Gouchee Del CG 99 343 32 82 5 3 0 5 .239 Zwicker (Dutch) CG/MH 110 394 48 94 17 7 1 19 .239 Burridge Harry ED 76 239 29 57 8 5 0 15 .238 Ward Davey MH/MJ 87 281 36 67 14 5 0 13 .238 Gilchrist J. MJ 54 169 19 40 6 0 0 5 .237 Anderson Arch WM 104 374 57 88 10 2 0 15 .235 Ward Ed RG 79 285 48 67 14 4 1 10 .235 Corrigan Joe LB 94 345 67 81 14 7 3 40 .235 Miller Jim CG 39 115 12 27 1 2 1 7 .235 Myers/Meyers A. MJ/RG 87 328 44 76 17 3 0 8 .232 Holmes M.C. (Ducky) WM 100 367 36 85 11 4 0 20 .232 Williams Sid MH 30 108 13 25 3 1 0 3 .231 Sheehan Jerry CG 53 178 21 41 8 6 2 3 .230 Woods Monte BR 51 152 15 35 6 4 0 2 .230 Childers Wallace MH 107 383 47 88 17 5 0 12 .230 Williams MJ 63 209 30 48 3 4 1 8 .230 Smith Tom ED 56 166 16 38 7 3 0 4 .229 Standridge Pete CG 83 254 30 58 9 6 3 9 .228 Stingle BR 95 325 29 74 16 4 1 24 .228 O'Brien Billy ED 87 312 35 71 7 5 1 9 .228 Chandler H.J. CG 49 176 15 40 6 3 0 13 .227 Sporer Joseph (Lefty) RG 52 156 17 35 7 0 0 1 .224 Livingstone RG 30 118 10 26 4 0 0 0 .220 Harper Alex MH 105 343 57 75 17 5 0 15 .219 Anthony F. MJ 88 279 38 61 10 2 1 12 .219 Grimes Jimmy (Dad) BR/MH 39 138 21 30 0 1 0 7 .217 Stanley BR 72 235 26 51 9 3 1 8 .217 Ronesch Jerry BR 101 342 27 74 12 8 3 9 .216 Anderson LB/RG 35 126 20 27 4 3 1 0 .214 Rogers Ed/Jack BR 101 329 39 70 7 4 2 42 .213 Davidson Sam MH 79 251 31 53 8 7 0 6 .211 Baker R.W.(Molly) CG 98 357 52 75 9 6 0 23 .210 Pieh Cyrus LB 40 105 8 22 2 0 1 3 .210 Parker ED 84 293 35 61 4 1 0 9 .208 Grogan Joseph WM 57 193 20 40 7 2 0 10 .207 Middlestead/Middlestadt D. MJ 43 150 19 31 2 1 0 13 .207 McGuire Dennis ED 99 349 34 72 9 1 0 17 .206 Taylor M.O. (Kid) MJ 96 342 42 70 5 2 0 18 .205 Speiser Frank WM 58 167 15 34 8 1 1 5 .204 Campbell Billy MH 52 177 43 36 5 2 0 13 .203 Niedenfuer LB/RG 41 123 11 25 2 0 0 1 .203 Canty Thomas LB/RG 52 154 16 31 3 0 0 5 .201 Smith Joe MJ 53 151 11 30 2 4 0 3 .199 Traeger Charles BR 88 289 23 56 6 3 0 6 .194 Wheeler CG/BR 81 269 40 51 7 10 0 19 .190 Brown BR 32 113 9 21 3 0 0 3 .186 Townsend F.W. MH/LB 91 281 47 52 4 3 1 13 .185 Shea Jack ED 39 131 11 24 5 3 0 2 .183 McNeill F.B. (Tacks) ED/LB 44 101 7 18 4 2 0 3 .178 Miller BR 46 153 13 27 4 1 0 10 .176 Summers RG 35 124 24 21 6 0 0 5 .169 Seaton Joe BR 47 152 10 25 5 1 1 7 .164 Gragion Jack ED 94 332 32 50 4 3 0 11 .151 Welsh/Welch Paddy MH/MJ 36 105 12 14 3 0 0 1 .133 McMahon Robert WM/RG 54 177 8 23 2 1 0 2 .130 Barnstead Fred CG/ED 45 110 12 14 2 1 1 1 .127 (Fewer than 100 Abs) Burleski BR 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Lepper Fred CG/ED/LB 16 50 10 17 1 0 0 1 .340 Goodwin Andy CG/LB/MH 6 12 3 4 0 2 0 0 .333 McIntyre WM 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 Taylor/Kaylor BR 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 Owens E.J. WM 3 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 .300 Lohr Frank WM 5 14 1 4 1 0 0 3 .286 Parker Sam BR 16 57 6 16 1 2 0 3 .281 Collins John WM 26 76 11 21 2 0 0 1 .276 Watts/Watt Al BR 10 27 1 7 1 1 0 1 .259 Roosevelt Wm. K. (Teddy) BR 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 Monette BR 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Peterson RG 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Steele Davis MJ 22 66 14 16 9 1 0 0 .242 Watson/Walton/Dalton RG 16 63 7 15 3 1 0 2 .238 Matt RG 13 47 4 11 1 1 0 2 .234 Reaves Bill ED 10 30 3 7 0 0 0 3 .233 Campbell Bobby MH 25 64 7 14 3 1 0 0 .219 Killilay CG/LB 24 56 6 12 0 2 0 1 .214 Lezie Phil LB 32 80 10 17 2 1 1 1 .213 Grady J. ED 25 66 2 14 0 0 0 2 .212 Hinrichs Henry BR 33 85 3 18 2 0 0 1 .212 Hamilton/Hulen Billy MH 20 69 10 14 5 0 0 2 .203 Mills CG 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 .200 Brown WM 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Farr RG 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Nelson LB/MH 33 86 11 17 2 1 0 4 .198 VanZandt Ike WM 14 41 5 8 1 0 0 0 .195 Brennagan RG 7 21 1 4 1 0 0 0 .190 Hanson Pete BR 5 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 .188 O'Hearn LB 4 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 .188 Geehan Ed CG 15 43 5 8 1 0 0 1 .186 Currie Clarence MJ 20 38 4 7 0 0 0 1 .184 Chandler Bert LB 7 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 .182 Goldrich W.S. RG 26 73 6 13 1 0 0 0 .178 Farrar/Farrer RG 26 79 6 14 3 1 0 1 .177 Roos RG 14 47 4 8 2 1 0 1 .170 Rosevear A. MJ 20 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 .161 Carroll A. MJ 11 38 4 6 1 0 0 1 .158 Carson MJ 18 45 5 7 1 0 0 0 .156 Earl Charlie BR 23 66 3 10 0 0 0 0 .152 Nye/Neight Bill ED 18 54 6 8 1 0 1 1 .148 Murphy Connie ED 20 75 7 11 0 0 0 5 .147 Cierzan Pearl WM 32 82 6 12 0 1 0 1 .146 Blackburn Charles R. RG 13 49 4 7 0 0 0 1 .143 Hooker John RG 40 99 23 14 3 2 1 3 .141 Rochon (Shorty) CG/MH/RG 19 66 8 9 2 0 0 7 .136 Hiseler/Heiseler CG 11 30 1 4 0 0 0 3 .133 McCartney BR/MJ 7 23 2 3 1 0 0 0 .130 Jasper/Jastran BR 18 63 6 8 0 0 0 5 .127 Wright WM 6 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 .125 Gilmour/Gilmore LB 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 McCauley/McAuley BR/RG 21 73 7 9 1 3 1 6 .123 Miller J.L. Joe WM 29 83 1 10 0 1 0 0 .120 Vining Ernie CG 10 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 .118 Kane WM/MJ 6 17 3 2 0 0 0 1 .118 Menzel C.W. LB 8 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 .111 Minnis BR 7 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 .105 Meehan Pat BR 4 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 .100 Crist Charles CG 32 77 2 6 1 0 0 2 .078 Hoar CG 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 .077 Wilson Jimmy MH 3 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 Hartman WM 5 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 .071 Becker A.G. WM 10 34 2 2 1 0 0 1 .059 Rush Harry CG 16 38 2 2 0 0 0 1 .053 Gebeau H.J. LB 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vrooman/Vrootman BR 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Haufmann BR 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gray CG 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harper RG 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones RG 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ritter RG 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz Sammy ED 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brier BR 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blackburn Billy MH 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrett LB 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cummings BR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waggon ED 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis WM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shuster J. WM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Source : Original research, newspaper box scores
Wins : Welsh MH/MJ - 23 Won-Lost Pct : Collins WM - 14-2, .875 Games : McNeill ED/LB & Welsh MH/MJ - 35 Complete Games : Welsh MH/MJ - 30 Innings : Welsh MH/MJ - 275 Strikeouts : Welsh MH/MJ - 150 WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA Collins John WM 18 16 15 14 2 .875 152 39 61 Geehan Ed CG 15 14 13 8 3 .727 112 42 77 Nelson LB/MH 31 26 23 17 7 .708 225 88 117 Welsh/Welch Paddy MH/MJ 35 34 30 23 11 .676 275 74 150 Miller J.L. Joe WM 28 27 23 16 8 .667 223 76 91 Parkes Clyde CG 23 21 20 14 7 .667 195 66 131 Dunn Bert MH 16 13 12 10 5 .667 117 31 56 Rosevear A. MJ 15 8 3 4 2 .667 82 36 47 Whisman Ray MH 29 26 24 15 8 .652 220 60 73 Lezie Phil LB 25 20 19 13 7 .650 174 66 142 Rush Harry CG 13 11 10 7 4 .636 97 27 50 Cierzan Pearl WM 29 28 25 17 10 .630 235 85 99 Hooker John RG 30 28 26 16 11 .593 258 32 140 Pieh Cyrus LB 33 25 18 14 10 .583 205 88 108 Campbell Bobby MH 24 24 20 11 8 .579 174 30 80 Smith Joe MJ 31 26 21 15 11 .577 226 52 95 VanZandt Ike WM 12 11 11 5 4 .556 98 36 41 Crist Charles CG 30 23 19 11 9 .550 208 56 121 Speiser Frank WM 21 20 20 11 10 .524 174 46 76 Standridge Pete CG 18 13 9 6 6 .500 114 31 54 Currie Clarence MJ 15 12 10 6 6 .500 92 29 41 Morrell Ray BR 14 9 9 5 5 .500 96 35 52 Sporer Joseph (Lefty) 26 24 21 11 14 .440 200 45 137 Hinrichs Henry BR 27 26 25 10 13 .435 214 61 143 Gilchrist J. MJ 25 23 18 10 13 .435 175 71 79 Barnstead Fred CG/ED 24 23 17 9 12 .429 163 68 73 Niedenfuer LB/RG 24 23 18 9 13 .409 177 66 63 McNeill F.B. (Tacks) ED/LB 35 30 20 10 15 .400 217 51 144 Woods Monte BR 26 25 20 9 14 .391 202 71 78 Sterling Louis ED 28 25 23 10 16 .385 220 79 103 Grady J. ED 25 23 21 8 13 .381 181 58 95 Earl Charlie BR 21 21 20 6 13 .316 170 66 76 Goldrich W.S. RG 25 18 15 5 11 .313 170 44 72 Canty Thomas LB/RG 16 9 5 2 5 .286 87 42 53 Smith Tom ED 29 22 16 5 13 .278 190 50 68 Killilay CG/LB 20 15 9 4 11 .267 120 48 89 (Fewer than 12 games) Goodwin Andy CG/LB/MH 5 3 0 2 1 .667 21 10 9 Menzel C.W. LB 8 7 5 3 2 .600 49 19 11 Hartman WM 5 4 4 2 2 .500 39 19 23 Carson MJ 11 10 7 4 5 .444 75 19 30 Seaton Joe BR 11 9 9 4 5 .444 77 37 78 Vining Ernie CG 10 5 3 2 3 .400 47 10 21 McCartney BR/MJ 7 5 5 2 4 .333 57 25 16 Cox Eugene (Chesty) LB 7 2 1 1 2 .333 38 11 17 Gebeau H.J. LB 7 5 1 1 2 .333 36 21 13 Watts/Watt Al BR 7 6 4 2 5 .286 51 20 29 Hanson Pete BR 4 3 3 1 3 .250 31 8 11 Taylor M.O. (Kid) MJ 8 0 0 0 0 .000 26 12 13 Bond Harold WM 2 0 0 0 0 .000 4 4 1 Farrar/Farrer RG 2 1 0 0 0 .000 7 8 6 McGarry Emmett 2 0 0 0 0 .000 8 4 5 Zimmerman Lloyd MH 2 0 0 0 0 .000 8 5 2 Zwicker (Dutch) CG 2 0 0 0 0 .000 8 1 8 Collins Luke RG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 Cummings BR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 3 Hiseler/Heiseler CG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 Meyers A./Myers RG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 Miller Jim CG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 Summers RG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 Harper Alex MH 2 1 1 0 1 .000 9 2 2 Monette BR 2 1 1 0 1 .000 10 9 12 Ronesch Jerry BR 2 1 1 0 1 .000 12 3 4 Shea Jack ED 2 1 1 0 1 .000 11 11 9 Taylor/Kaylor BR 2 2 1 0 1 .000 11 6 4 Blackburn Billy MH 1 1 0 0 1 .000 6 2 1 Kelly CG 1 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 Vrooman/Vrootman BR 3 3 2 0 2 .000 22 8 6 Walters Louis Roxy MJ 3 2 1 0 2 .000 10 4 7 Blackburn Charles RG 2 2 2 0 2 .000 16 6 7 Brown WM 2 2 1 0 2 .000 12 6 8 Peterson RG 2 2 1 0 2 .000 10 10 7 Roosevelt Wm. K. (Teddy) BR 4 4 2 0 3 .000 22 16 12 Lee ED 9 7 4 0 6 .000 58 22 27
Source - Original research, box scores
BR = Brandon Angels, CG = Calgary Cowboys, ED = Edmonton Eskimos, LB = Lethbridge Miners,
MH = Medicine Hat Mad Hatters, MJ = Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, RG = Regina Bonepilers,
WM = Winnipeg Maroons