1910 Boston Red Sox season

The 1910 Boston Red Sox season was the tenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 81 wins and 72 losses. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

1910 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John I. Taylor
Manager(s)Patsy Donovan
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Opening Day pitcher Eddie Cicotte, shown in 1913 with the Chicago White Sox

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[1]

The team's longest games of the season were 15 innings; a May 23 home loss to Chicago, and a June 29 road win at Philadelphia.[2]

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Jake Stahl, who hit 10 home runs and had 77 RBIs, and Tris Speaker with a .340 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Eddie Cicotte with 15 wins, Ray Collins with a 1.62 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 145 strikeouts.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10248 0.680 — 57–19 45–29
New York Highlanders 8863 0.583 14½ 49–25 39–38
Detroit Tigers 8668 0.558 18 46–31 40–37
Boston Red Sox 8172 0.529 22½ 51–28 30–44
Cleveland Naps 7181 0.467 32 39–36 32–45
Chicago White Sox 6885 0.444 35½ 41–37 27–48
Washington Senators 6685 0.437 36½ 38–35 28–50
St. Louis Browns 47107 0.305 57 26–51 21–56

The team had five games end in a tie; April 14 at New York, May 27 vs. Cleveland, June 14 at Detroit, September 26 at Cleveland, and October 5 at Washington.[2] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[7]

Record vs. opponents
1910 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–1214–8–312–109–13–14–1816–616–5–1
Chicago 12–10—10–129–138–13–28–14–112–109–13
Cleveland 8–14–312–10—9–138–137–14–418–4–19–13–1
Detroit 10–1213–913–9—13–99–1315–713–9–1
New York 13–9–113–8–213–89–13—9–1216–6–115–7–1
Philadelphia 18–414–8–114–7–413–912–9—17–514–6
St. Louis 6–1610–124–18–17–156–16–15–17—9–13–2
Washington 5–16–113–913–9–19–13–17–15–16–1413–9–2—

Opening Day lineup
Amby McConnell2B
Harry Lord3B
Tris SpeakerCF
Jake Stahl1B
Heinie WagnerSS
Harry NilesRF
Harry HooperLF
Bill CarriganC
Ed CicotteP

Source: [8]

Roster
1910 Boston Red Sox
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
CBill Carrigan11434285.249353
1BJake Stahl144531144.2711077
2BLarry Gardner113413117.283236
SSHeinie Wagner142491134.273152
3BHarry Lord7728872.250132
OFTris Speaker141538183.340765
OFDuffy Lewis151541153.283868
OFHarry Hooper155584156.267227

Other batters
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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Amby McConnell11356.17101
Bunny Madden143513.37104
Ralph Pond141.25000

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
Eddie Cicotte3625015112.74104
Ray Collins35​244 2⁄313111.62109
Ed Karger27​183 1⁄31173.1981
Charlie Smith24​156 1⁄31162.3053
Frank Arellanes18100472.8833

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Smoky Joe Wood35​196 2⁄312131.69145
Charley Hall35​188 2⁄31291.9195

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ben Hunt7​46 2⁄3234.0519
Frank Smith428124.828
Marty McHale2​13 2⁄3024.6114
Chris Mahoney211013.276
Frank Barberich25007.200
Louis Leroy140011.253

References
  1. "Red Sox Have Practice". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 2, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. "The 1910 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  3. "Duffy Lewis". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  4. Zingg, Paul; Reed, E. A. "Harry Hooper". SABR. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  5. "Boston Red Sox 11, Washington Senators 1". Retrosheet. April 27, 1910. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  6. "Red Kleinow". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  7. "Tie". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  8. "New York Highlanders 4, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. April 14, 1910. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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