1903 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1903 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 49–86, 39½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1903 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)James Potter
Manager(s)Chief Zimmer
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Regular season

On August 8, 1903, a balcony collapsed at Baker Bowl during a game against Boston. The New York Times reported the following day that four were killed and 125 injured.[1] The Phillies temporarily called Columbia Park home while Baker Bowl was repaired.[2] They played sixteen games at Columbia Park in August and September 1903.[3]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9149 0.650 — 46–24 45–25
New York Giants 8455 0.604 6½ 41–27 43–28
Chicago Cubs 8256 0.594 8 45–28 37–28
Cincinnati Reds 7465 0.532 16½ 41–35 33–30
Brooklyn Superbas 7066 0.515 19 40–33 30–33
Boston Beaneaters 5880 0.420 32 31–35 27–45
Philadelphia Phillies 4986 0.363 39½ 25–33 24–53
St. Louis Cardinals 4394 0.314 46½ 22–45 21–49

Record vs. opponents
1903 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–117–13–17–138–1210–8–15–1512–8
Brooklyn 11–9—8–1210–107–12–211–8–19–1114–4–1
Chicago 13–7–112–8—9–118–1212–612–816–4
Cincinnati 13–710–1011–9—12–1012–8–24–1612–7
New York 12–812–7–212–88–12—15–510–1015–5–1
Philadelphia 8–10–18–11–16–128–12–25–15—4–16–110–10
Pittsburgh 15–511–98–1216–410–1016–4–1—15–5
St. Louis 8–124–14–14–167–125–15–110–105–15—

Notable transactions
  • April 1903: Pop Williams was purchased by the Phillies from the Chicago Orphans.[4]
  • July 1903: Pop Williams was released by the Phillies.[4]

Roster
1903 Philadelphia Phillies
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
CFrank Roth6822060.273022
1BKlondike Douglass10537796.255136
OFRoy Thomas130477156.327127

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
Chief Zimmer3711826.220119
John Walsh130.00000
Dutch Rudolph110.00000

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
Bill Duggleby36264.113163.7557
Chick Fraser3125012174.50104
Jack McFetridge141031114.8931
Pop Williams218113.008

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
Fred Burchell644032.8612

Notes
  1. "Grand Stand Falls; 4 Killed, 125 Injured" (PDF). New York Times. August 9, 1903.
  2. Macht, Norman L.; Connie Mack, III (2007). Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball. University of Nebraska Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-8032-3263-2. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  3. "Alternate Site Games Since 1901". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  4. Pop Williams page at Baseball-Reference

References


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