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 1903 Boston Americans season was the third season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses. They went on to participate in the first World Series held between the AL and National League (NL) champions. The Americans won the 1903 World Series in eight 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 DoughertyLF
Jimmy Collins3B
Chick StahlCF
Buck FreemanRF
Freddy ParentSS
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Duke FarrellC
George WinterP

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9147 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 7560 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 7763 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 7262 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 6571 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 6574 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 6077 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 4394 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 —14–612–810–9–113–713–614–615–5–2
Chicago 6–14—10–1010–97–11–16–149–1112–8
Cleveland 8–1210–10—9–1114–69–1111–916–4
Detroit 9–10–19–1011–9—10–911–96–149–10
New York 7–1311–7–16–149–10—10–8–115–514–5
Philadelphia 6–1314–611–99–118–10–1—11–816–3–1
St. Louis 6–1411–99–1114–65–158–11—12–8
Washington 5–15–28–124–1610–95–143–16–18–12—

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
CLou Criger9631761.192331
1BCandy LaChance141522134.257153
2BHobe Ferris141525132.251966
3BJimmy Collins130540160.296572
SSFreddy Parent139560170.304480
OFBuck Freeman141567163.28713104
OFPatsy Dougherty139590195.331459
OFChick Stahl7729982.274244

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack O'Brien9633871.210338
Jake Stahl409222.23928
Duke Farrell175221.40408
Aleck Smith113310.30304
Harry Gleason6132.15402
George Stone220.00000

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
Cy Young40341.72892.08176
Bill Dinneen3729921132.26148
Tom Hughes33244.72072.57112
Norwood Gibson24183.31393.1976
George Winter24178.3983.0864
Nick Altrock18019.003

World series

Huntington Avenue Grounds before the first modern World Series game vs. Pittsburgh
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

See also

References

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