1902 Boston Americans season

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, ​6 1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played their home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

1902 Boston Americans
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Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Somers
Manager(s)Jimmy Collins
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Opening Day starting pitcher Cy Young

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Augusta, Georgia.[1]

  • April 19: The season opens with a 7–6 home win over the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • June 28: A forfeit is declared in Boston's favor during a road game against the Orioles.[2] With Boston leading, 9–4 in the eighth inning, umpire Tom Connolly called a Baltimore runner out for missing second base.[3] The call was argued by Baltimore manager John McGraw, resulting in his ejection.[4] After McGraw refused to leave the field, Connolly forfeited the game to Boston.[5]
  • July 8: In their highest-scoring game of the year, Boston loses at home to the Philadelphia Athletics, 22–9.[2]
  • July 9: The team's longest game of the season ends as a 4–2 loss in 15 innings to the visiting Athletics.[2]
  • July 19: The team's longest losing streak of the season, six games between July 12 and 18, comes to an end with a victory over the visiting Chicago White Stockings.[2]
  • July 29: The team's longest winning streak of the season, eight games between July 19 and 28, comes to an end with a loss to the visiting Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • September 29: The season ends with a 9–5 road win over the Orioles.[2] This was the last game the Orioles played at Oriole Park in Baltimore; in 1903, they relocated to New York City as the Highlanders, then in 1913 became known as the New York Yankees.

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 11 home runs and had 121 RBIs, and Patsy Dougherty with a .342 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 45 appearances (43 starts) and pitched 41 complete games with a 32–11 record and 2.15 ERA, while striking out 160 in ​384 2⁄3 innings.

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

The team had one game end in a tie; August 18 vs. Detroit Tigers.[2] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[6]

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
Lou CrigerC
Cy YoungP

Source: [7][8]

Roster
1902 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

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

Starters by position
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CLou Criger8326668.256028
1BCandy LaChance138541151.279656
2BHobe Ferris133496121.244863
SSFreddy Parent138567156.275362
3BJimmy Collins108429138.322661
OFPatsy Dougherty108438150.342034
OFBuck Freeman138564174.30911121
OFChick Stahl127508164.323258

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Gleason7124054.225225
Jack Warner6522252.234012
Charlie Hickman2810832.296316
Gary Wilson3112.18201
all pitchers 48594.194135

Pitching

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

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Young45​384 2⁄332112.15160
Bill Dinneen42​371 1⁄321212.93136
George Winter20​168 1⁄31192.9951
Tully Sparks17​142 2⁄3793.4737

Other pitchers
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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doc Adkins420114.053
Nick Altrock318022.005
Pep Deininger212009.752
Tom Hughes949.1333.2815

References
  1. "Captain Collins Developing a Team of Heavy Hitters". The Boston Post. April 7, 1902. p. 8. Retrieved November 4, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. "The 1902 Boston Americans Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. "Forfeits". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  4. "John McGraw". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. "M'Graw Shows Yellow Again". Chicago Tribune. June 29, 1902. p. 11. Retrieved November 3, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Tie". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. Murnane, T. H. (April 20, 1902). "Two Boston Clubs Win". The Boston Globe. p. 4. Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  8. Murnane, T. H. (April 20, 1902). "Box Score". The Boston Globe. p. 4. Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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