As covered here yesterday, the Pittsburgh Pirates took game seven of the 1909 World Series, bringing home their first World Series title. They were dominating during the regular season, winning 110 games, a franchise record. During the postseason, they relied on the pitching of an unlikely hero, Babe Adams, who made just twelve starts all season, but in the series he won all three of his starts.
The season and the series were covered in great detail here. This article is a recap of everything that happened from the off-season until the last pitch of the postseason, put into one place for easy access of the entire story. I have also included links below to any player, who has already been covered on this site, either on their birth date in a previous “This Date in Pirates History” column, or in an individual bio. When new players are added on the site, I will add the links to this post. Currently, 25 of the 29 players have been covered on here.
The Off-Season
Planning for 1909
The Regular Season
Part One
Part Two
Forbes Field Opener
Part Three
Season Recap
The World Series
The match-up
Game one
Game two
Game three
Game four
Game five
Game six
Game seven
The Players
Honus Wagner
Babe Adams
Sam Leever part one/ part two
Deacon Phillippe
Ed Abbaticchio
Bill Abstein
Chick Brandom
Bobby Byrne
Harry Camnitz
Kid Durbin
Sam Frock
George Gibson
Ham Hyatt
Tommy Leach
Nick Maddox part one/ part two (includes Babe Adams content)
Lefty Leifield part one/ part two (no-hitter info)
Dots Miller
Bill Powell
Mike Simon
Vic Willis
Jap Barbeau
Ward Miller
Paddy O’Connor
Chief Wilson
Howie Camnitz
About John Dreker
John was born in Kearny, NJ, hometown of the 2B for the Pirates 1909 World Championship team, Dots Miller. In fact they have some of the same relatives in common, so it was only natural for him to become a lifelong Pirates fan. Before joining Pirates Prospects in July 2010, John had written numerous articles on the history of baseball while also releasing his own book and co-authoring another on the history of the game. He writes a weekly article on Pirates history for the site, has already interviewed many of the current minor leaguers with many more on the way and follows the foreign minor league teams very closely for the site. John also provides in person game reports of the West Virginia Power and Altoona Curve.