1903 Boston Americans season

The 1903 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses. They won the 1903 World Series in 8 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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

Season summary[]

The 1903 Boston Americans won the American League championship by finishing 14½ games up on 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.

Regular season[]

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[]

Template:1903 American League Standings

Roster[]

1903 Boston Americans roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Nick Altrock
Bill Dinneen
Norwood Gibson
Tom Hughes
George Winter
Cy Young

Catchers

Infielders

Jimmy Collins
Hobe Ferris
Harry Gleason
Candy LaChance
Freddy Parent

Outfielders

Patsy Dougherty
Buck Freeman
Jack O'Brien
Chick Stahl

Other batters

George Stone

Manager

Jimmy Collins

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[]

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[]

Template:1903 MLB season by team Template:Boston Red Sox

Preceded by: Philadelphia Athletics 1902	American League Champions Boston Americans 1903	Succeeded by: Boston Americans 1904
Preceded by: First World Series	World Series Champions Champions Boston Americans 1903	Succeeded by: New York Giants 1905