1907 Boston Americans season
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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 the seventh season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 59 wins and 90 losses. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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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 |
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1B | Bob Unglaub | 139 | 544 | 138 | .254 | 1 | 62 |
OF | Denny 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 |
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Deacon 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 |
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Cy Young | 43 | 343.1 | 21 | 15 | 1.99 | 147 |
Ed 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 |
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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 |
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References
- 1907 Boston Americans team page at Baseball Reference
- 1907 Boston Americans season at baseball-almanac.com