1902 Boston Americans Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 77-60
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 338,894, Avg. 5,135
Ballpark: Huntington Avenue Grounds
Manager: Jimmy Collins (77-60)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1902 Boston Americans RosterTeam Record: 77-60
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 338,894, Avg. 5,135
Ballpark: Huntington Avenue Grounds
Manager: Jimmy Collins (77-60)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1902 Boston Americans Results
The Boston Americans of the American League ended the 1902 season with a record of 77 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Americans led the league with just 600 runs allowed. Boston scored 664 runs. Buck Freeman paced the squad with 11 home runs and drove in 121 runs. Patsy Dougherty topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .342. Cy Young notched 32 wins on the mound for the squad, while Bill Dinneen, too added 15 or more wins, too Cy Young earned a 2.15 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmy Collins coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 32 | 11 | .744 | 2.15 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 384.7 | 350 | 136 | 92 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 160 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1506 |
| Bill Dinneen | 21 | 21 | .500 | 2.93 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 371.3 | 348 | 155 | 121 | 9 | 99 | 0 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1508 |
| George Winter | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.99 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 168.3 | 149 | 77 | 56 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 686 |
| Tully Sparks | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.47 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 142.7 | 151 | 83 | 55 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 602 |
| Tom Hughes | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.28 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 51 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 216 |
| George Prentiss | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 181 |
| Merle Adkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.05 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Dave Williams | 0 | 0 | 5.30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | |
| Otto Deininger | 0 | 0 | 9.75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | |
| Bert Husting | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Fred Mitchell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Nick Altrock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Totals | 77 | 60 | .562 | 3.02 | 154 | 138 | 15 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 1238.0 | 1217 | 600 | 416 | 27 | 326 | 0 | 431 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 5092 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Freeman | 138 | 608 | 564 | 75 | 174 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 40 | .309 | .352 | .502 | .854 | 283 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Stahl | 127 | 563 | 508 | 92 | 164 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 58 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 19 | .323 | .375 | .421 | .796 | 214 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Parent | 138 | 611 | 567 | 91 | 156 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 21 | .275 | .309 | .374 | .683 | 212 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| George LaChance | 138 | 575 | 541 | 60 | 151 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .279 | .309 | .351 | .660 | 190 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Dougherty | 108 | 489 | 438 | 77 | 150 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 42 | 41 | .342 | .407 | .397 | .805 | 174 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Collins | 108 | 474 | 429 | 71 | 138 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 16 | .322 | .360 | .459 | .820 | 197 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobe Ferris | 133 | 532 | 496 | 56 | 121 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 52 | .244 | .275 | .381 | .656 | 189 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Criger | 83 | 298 | 266 | 32 | 68 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .256 | .324 | .361 | .685 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Gleason | 71 | 259 | 240 | 30 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .225 | .265 | .313 | .577 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Warner | 65 | 240 | 222 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .234 | .286 | .320 | .606 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Young | 45 | 154 | 148 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .230 | .255 | .291 | .545 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hickman | 28 | 115 | 108 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .296 | .339 | .463 | .802 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dinneen | 44 | 155 | 141 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .128 | .196 | .149 | .345 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hughes | 12 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .367 | .406 | .400 | .806 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Winter | 20 | 64 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .164 | .203 | .164 | .367 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Sparks | 17 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .154 | .214 | .192 | .407 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Prentiss | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .313 | .313 | .313 | .625 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Deininger | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .833 | 1.167 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merle Adkins | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Wilson | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Husting | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .750 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1299 | 5292 | 4875 | 664 | 1356 | 195 | 95 | 42 | 572 | 132 | 0 | 275 | 371 | .278 | .322 | .383 | .705 | 1867 | 0 | 42 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George LaChance | 1B | 138 | 0 | 1237.0 | 1544 | 46 | 27 | 80 | .983 | 11.568 | 11.522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hobe Ferris | 2B | 133 | 0 | 1185.0 | 310 | 460 | 38 | 59 | .953 | 5.848 | 5.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Wilson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .789 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gleason | 2B | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 4.320 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 3B | 107 | 0 | 959.0 | 143 | 255 | 19 | 14 | .954 | 3.735 | 3.720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gleason | 3B | 35 | 0 | 266.0 | 41 | 66 | 8 | 7 | .930 | 3.620 | 3.057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Dougherty | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 4.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Criger | C | 80 | 0 | 697.0 | 330 | 117 | 16 | 6 | .965 | 5.772 | 5.588 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 80 | 52.3 |
| Jack Warner | C | 64 | 0 | 540.0 | 252 | 81 | 7 | 8 | .979 | 5.550 | 5.203 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 55 | 48.2 |
| Buck Freeman | OF | 138 | 0 | 1232.0 | 222 | 15 | 14 | 3 | .944 | 1.731 | 1.717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Stahl | OF | 125 | 0 | 1077.0 | 244 | 19 | 13 | 2 | .953 | 2.198 | 2.104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Dougherty | OF | 102 | 0 | 891.0 | 170 | 8 | 20 | 1 | .899 | 1.798 | 1.745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hickman | OF | 27 | 0 | 265.0 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .939 | 2.106 | 2.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gleason | OF | 23 | 0 | 213.0 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 2.155 | 2.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hughes | OF | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dinneen | OF | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.636 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Criger | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Young | P | 45 | 0 | 385.0 | 10 | 82 | 7 | 4 | .929 | 2.151 | 2.044 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dinneen | P | 42 | 0 | 371.0 | 7 | 77 | 4 | 1 | .955 | 2.038 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Winter | P | 20 | 0 | 168.0 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 1 | .915 | 2.893 | 2.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tully Sparks | P | 17 | 0 | 143.0 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 3.084 | 2.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hughes | P | 9 | 0 | 49.0 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 3.122 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Prentiss | P | 7 | 0 | 41.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.854 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merle Adkins | P | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.150 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | P | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Altrock | P | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Deininger | P | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Husting | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mitchell | P | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddy Parent | SS | 138 | 0 | 1237.0 | 287 | 492 | 57 | 60 | .932 | 5.668 | 5.645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1278 | 0 | 11135.0 | 3710 | 1877 | 263 | 253 | .955 | 4.516 | 4.372 | 24 | 0 | 132 | 135 | 50.6 |
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