1902 Boston Americans season

1902 Boston Americans
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Owner(s) Charles Somers
Manager(s) Jimmy Collins
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The 1902 Boston Americans season was the second season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 60 losses. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played their home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Regular season

Season summary

The Americans finished in third place in the American League, 6½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Americans were led by Buck Freeman, who hit 11 home runs and drove in 121 runs. Patsy Dougherty, on the other hand, led the team with a .342 average. Their longest winning streak of the season came between July 19 and 28 when they defeated the Chicago White Stockings, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers until succumbing on the 29th to the Tigers. Their longest losing streak was between July 12 and 18, when they fell to the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Blues, until defeating the Chicago White Stockings on July 19.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 8353 0.610 — 56–17 27–36
St. Louis Browns 7858 0.574 5 49–21 29–37
Boston Americans 7760 0.562 6½ 43–27 34–33
Chicago White Stockings 7460 0.552 8 48–20 26–40
Cleveland Bronchos 6967 0.507 14 40–25 29–42
Washington Senators 6175 0.449 22 40–28 21–47
Detroit Tigers 5283 0.385 30½ 34–33 18–50
Baltimore Orioles 5088 0.362 34 32–31 18–57

Record vs. opponents

1902 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET PHI STL WSH
Baltimore —4–168–11–19–1110–106–132–18–111–9–1
Boston 16–4—12–86–1411–7–19–1115–58–11
Chicago 11–8–18–12—12–712–7–110–109–9–112–7–1
Cleveland 11–914–67–12—8–108–129–10–112–8
Detroit 10–107–11–17–12–110–8—4–165–159–11
Philadelphia 13–611–910–1012–816–4—9–10–112–6
St. Louis 18–2–15–159–9–110–9–115–510–9–1—11–9
Washington 9–11–111–87–12–18–1211–96–129–11—

Opening Day lineup

Freddy ParentSS
Chick StahlCF
Jimmy Collins3B
Buck FreemanRF
Charlie HickmanLF
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Jack WarnerC
Bill DinneenP

Roster

1902 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
3BJimmy Collins108429138.322661
SSFreddy Parent138567156.275362
OFBuck Freeman138564174.30911121
OFChick Stahl127508164.323258
OFPatsy Dougherty108438150.342034

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
Jack Warner6522252.234012

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
Bill Dinneen42371.121212.93136
Tom Hughes949.1333.2815

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
Doc Adkins420114.053
Nick Altrock318022.005
Pep Deininger212009.752

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


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