The 1909 Atlanta Crackers season represented the

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baseball team in the

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and won the league pennant. John Heisman was president of the group of owners. The team was managed by Billy Smith and led by Dutch Jordan. The team also included

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, Scotty Barr, Bill Bartley, Dick Bayless,

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, Tom Fisher,

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, Roy Moran, and Syd Smith. Manager Billy Smith credited Syd Smith as the team's best player. The Crackers had just a .222 batting average on the season. Both Tom Fisher and Harold Johns had 20 win seasons, and Tommy Atkins won 19. Only Nashville's Hub Perdue won more games as a pitcher in the Southern Association.

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{{Southern Association champions 1909 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Crackers