1907 Boston Americans season

1907 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor
Manager(s)	Cy Young, George Huff, Bob Unglaub, and Deacon McGuire
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The 1907 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 90 losses.

Regular season

1907 spring training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Player-manager Cy Young is second from the right.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	0.325	43½	26–48	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

Opening Day lineup

Denny Sullivan	CF
Jimmy Collins	3B
Bob Unglaub	1B
Jack Hoey	LF
Buck Freeman	RF
Hobe Ferris	2B
Heinie Wagner	SS
Lou Criger	C
Cy Young	P

Roster

1907 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Ed Barry Fred Burchell Bill Dinneen Ralph Glaze Joe Harris Beany Jacobson Rube Kroh Cy Morgan Frank Oberlin Tex Pruiett Elmer Steele Jesse Tannehill George Winter Cy Young		Catchers Charlie Armbruster Lou Criger Bob Peterson Al Shaw Infielders Jimmy Collins Hobe Ferris John Knight Harry Lord Bob Unglaub Heinie Wagner		Outfielders Jimmy Barrett Chet Chadbourne Bunk Congalton Buck Freeman Myron Grimshaw Jack Hoey Freddy Parent Tris Speaker Denny Sullivan George Whiteman Other batters Deacon McGuire		Managers George Huff Deacon McGuire Bob Unglaub Cy Young Chick Stahl (Stahl committed suicide on March 28 during spring training)

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
1B	Unglaub, BobBob Unglaub	139	544	138	.254	1	62
OF	Sullivan, DennyDenny Sullivan	144	551	135	.245	1	26

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	6	4	3	.750	1	1

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	43	343.1	21	15	1.99	147
Barry, EdEd Barry	2	17.1	0	1	2.08	6

Other 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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References

• 1907 Boston Americans team page at Baseball Reference
• 1907 Boston Americans season at baseball-almanac.com