1903 Boston Americans season

1903 Boston Americans
1903 World Series champions
1903 American League Champions
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Owner(s) Henry Killilea
Manager(s) Jimmy Collins
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The Boston Americans finished first in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses. They went on to participate in the first World Series held between the American League and National League champions. They won the 1903 World Series in 8 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played their home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Regular season

Season summary

The 1903 Boston Americans won the American League championship by finishing 14½ games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. The Americans were led by Buck Freeman, who hit 13 home runs and drove in 104 runs, his third straight 100-RBI campaign for the Boston club. Meanwhile, they won 10 straight games in early June to put themselves in the AL lead for good. They met the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first modern World Series, an agreement between the AL and the NL as a post-season tournament. The "Amerks" won the series in 8 games, winning the 8th game at Huntington Avenue Grounds to clinch the championship.

Opening Day lineup

Patsy Dougherty LF
Jimmy Collins 3B
Chick Stahl CF
Buck Freeman RF
Freddy Parent SS
Candy LaChance 1B
Hobe Ferris 2B
Duke Farrell C
George Winter P

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 91 47 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 75 60 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 77 63 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 72 62 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 65 71 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 65 74 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 60 77 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 43 94 0.314 47½ 29–40 14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 14–6 12–8 10–9–1 13–7 13–6 14–6 15–5–2
Chicago 6–14 — 10–10 10–9 7–11–1 6–14 9–11 12–8
Cleveland 8–12 10–10 — 9–11 14–6 9–11 11–9 16–4
Detroit 9–10–1 9–10 11–9 — 10–9 11–9 6–14 9–10
New York 7–13 11–7–1 6–14 9–10 — 10–8–1 15–5 14–5
Philadelphia 6–13 14–6 11–9 9–11 8–10–1 — 11–8 16–3–1
St. Louis 6–14 11–9 9–11 14–6 5–15 8–11 — 12–8
Washington 5–15–2 8–12 4–16 10–9 5–14 3–16–1 8–12 —

Roster

1903 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Criger, LouLou Criger 96 317 61 .192 3 31
1B LaChance, CandyCandy LaChance 141 522 134 .257 1 53
2B Ferris, HobeHobe Ferris 141 525 132 .251 9 66
3B Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins 130 540 160 .296 5 72
SS Parent, FreddyFreddy Parent 139 560 170 .304 4 80
OF Freeman, BuckBuck Freeman 141 567 163 .287 13 104
OF Dougherty, PatsyPatsy Dougherty 139 590 195 .331 4 59
OF Stahl, ChickChick Stahl 77 299 82 .274 2 44

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
O'Brien, JackJack O'Brien 96 338 71 .210 3 38
Stahl, JakeJake Stahl 40 92 22 .239 2 8
Farrell, DukeDuke Farrell 17 52 21 .404 0 8
Smith, AleckAleck Smith 11 33 10 .303 0 4
Gleason, HarryHarry Gleason 6 13 2 .154 0 2
Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Young, CyCy Young 40 341.7 28 9 2.08 176
Dinneen, BillBill Dinneen 37 299 21 13 2.26 148
Hughes, TomTom Hughes 33 244.7 20 7 2.57 112
Gibson, NorwoodNorwood Gibson 24 183.3 13 9 3.19 76
Winter, GeorgeGeorge Winter 24 178.3 9 8 3.08 64
Altrock, NickNick Altrock 1 8 0 1 9.00 3

World series

Huntington Avenue Grounds before the first modern World Series game vs. Pittsburgh
Main article: 1903 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(BOS-PIT)

 Attendance
1 October 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Boston Americans 3 0–1 16,242
2 October 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Boston Americans 3 1–1 9,415
3 October 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Boston Americans 2 1–2 18,801
4 October 6 Boston Americans 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 1–3 7,600
5 October 7 Boston Americans 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 2–3 12,322
6 October 8 Boston Americans 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 3–3 11,556
7 October 10 Boston Americans 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 4–3 17,038
8 October 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Boston Americans 3 5–3 7,455

References

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