1909 San Francisco Seals season

The pitching staff included two 30-game winners.

Frank Browning led the PCL and all of Minor League Baseball with 32 wins and a 2.00 earned run average (ERA).[3][1] Browning later played for the Detroit Tigers and performed as part of a vaudeville quartet.

Clarence "Cack" Henley finished second with a 31–10 record and a 1.56 ERA.[3][1] On June 8, 1909, Henley pitched a 24-inning, complete-game shutout at Freeman's Park in Oakland. Jimmy Wiggs pitched 23 scoreless innings for Oakland and lost on an unearned run in the 24th inning.[4][5]

Right fielder Henry Melchior appeared in 195 games for the Seals, tallied 47 extra base hits and 27 stolen bases, and led the PCL with a .298 batting average.[1] Melchior continued to play on the West Coast until 1915 but never played in the major leagues.[6]

Outfielder Doc Miller compiled a .347 batting average for the Seals but did not have enough at bats (he had 219) to qualify for the batting title.[3] Miller later played five years in the major leagues.[7]

Third baseman Rollie Zeider compiled a .289 batting average and led the PCL with 93 stolen bases and 141 runs scored.[1] Zeider later played nine seasons in the major leagues.[8]

Left fielder Ping Bodie, a San Francisco native, led the team with 10 home runs.[3] He hit 30 home runs for the Seals in 1910 and later played nine seasons in the majors.[9]

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