1903 Boston Americans Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 91-47
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 379,338, Avg. 5,833
Ballpark: Huntington Avenue Grounds
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3
Manager: Jimmy Collins (91-47)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1903 Boston Americans RosterTeam Record: 91-47
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 379,338, Avg. 5,833
Ballpark: Huntington Avenue Grounds
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3
Manager: Jimmy Collins (91-47)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1903 Boston Americans Results
The Boston Americans of the American League ended the 1903 season with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Americans paced the circuit with 708 runs, spearheaded by 48 home runs. Boston surrendered 504 runs, fewest in the league. Buck Freeman powered the team with 13 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Patsy Dougherty topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .331. Cy Young recorded 28 wins on the mound for the squad, while Bill Dinneen and Tom Hughes added 15 or more victories also Cy Young earned a 2.08 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmy Collins coached the team. The 1903 Boston Americans won the World Series.
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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 | 28 | 9 | .757 | 2.08 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 341.7 | 294 | 115 | 79 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 176 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1314 |
| Bill Dinneen | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2.26 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 299.0 | 255 | 98 | 75 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1178 |
| Tom Hughes | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.57 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 244.7 | 232 | 95 | 70 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 999 |
| Norwood Gibson | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.19 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 183.3 | 166 | 95 | 65 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 761 |
| George Winter | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.08 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 178.3 | 182 | 92 | 61 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 735 |
| Nick Altrock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Totals | 91 | 47 | .659 | 2.57 | 159 | 141 | 18 | 123 | 20 | 4 | 1255.0 | 1142 | 505 | 358 | 23 | 269 | 0 | 579 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 5027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Dougherty | 139 | 647 | 590 | 107 | 195 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 62 | .331 | .372 | .424 | .796 | 250 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Parent | 139 | 592 | 560 | 83 | 170 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 80 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .304 | .326 | .441 | .767 | 247 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Freeman | 141 | 611 | 567 | 74 | 163 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 73 | .287 | .328 | .496 | .823 | 281 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Collins | 130 | 579 | 540 | 88 | 160 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 72 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .296 | .329 | .448 | .777 | 242 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| George LaChance | 141 | 579 | 522 | 60 | 134 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 56 | .257 | .303 | .328 | .631 | 171 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobe Ferris | 141 | 566 | 525 | 69 | 132 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 59 | .251 | .287 | .366 | .652 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Stahl | 77 | 332 | 299 | 60 | 82 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 28 | .274 | .338 | .375 | .713 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 96 | 376 | 338 | 44 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 37 | .210 | .262 | .302 | .564 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Criger | 96 | 358 | 317 | 41 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 31 | .192 | .256 | .306 | .562 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Young | 41 | 146 | 137 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .321 | .340 | .431 | .771 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hughes | 33 | 101 | 93 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .280 | .309 | .398 | .707 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Stahl | 40 | 98 | 92 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .239 | .286 | .446 | .731 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Farrell | 17 | 62 | 52 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .404 | .466 | .538 | 1.004 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwood Gibson | 25 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .266 | .329 | .359 | .688 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dinneen | 37 | 122 | 106 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .160 | .239 | .198 | .437 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleck Smith | 11 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .303 | .303 | .333 | .636 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Winter | 24 | 69 | 66 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .106 | .119 | .136 | .256 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Gleason | 6 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Stone | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1337 | 5365 | 4919 | 708 | 1336 | 222 | 113 | 48 | 609 | 141 | 0 | 262 | 559 | .272 | .313 | .392 | .705 | 1928 | 0 | 36 | 148 | 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 | 141 | 0 | 1254.0 | 1471 | 57 | 25 | 68 | .984 | 1.967 | 1.837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hobe Ferris | 2B | 139 | 0 | 1229.0 | 313 | 434 | 39 | 50 | .950 | 5.470 | 5.374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 2B | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 3.960 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 3B | 130 | 0 | 1164.0 | 178 | 260 | 22 | 19 | .952 | 3.387 | 3.369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 3B | 11 | 0 | 75.0 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 3.000 | 2.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gleason | 3B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.800 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Criger | C | 96 | 0 | 853.0 | 491 | 156 | 14 | 10 | .979 | 6.826 | 6.740 | 11 | 0 | 82 | 93 | 53.1 |
| Jake Stahl | C | 28 | 0 | 187.0 | 104 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .956 | 6.305 | 4.679 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 45.7 |
| Duke Farrell | C | 17 | 0 | 137.0 | 71 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 6.307 | 5.647 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 51.7 |
| Aleck Smith | C | 10 | 0 | 76.0 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .932 | 6.513 | 5.500 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 |
| Buck Freeman | OF | 141 | 0 | 1242.0 | 195 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .933 | 1.507 | 1.475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Dougherty | OF | 139 | 0 | 1237.0 | 259 | 16 | 14 | 3 | .952 | 2.001 | 1.978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Stahl | OF | 74 | 0 | 653.0 | 135 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 2.012 | 1.973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | OF | 71 | 0 | 626.0 | 128 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .958 | 1.970 | 1.930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Stahl | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Young | P | 40 | 0 | 342.0 | 6 | 86 | 5 | 4 | .948 | 2.421 | 2.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dinneen | P | 37 | 0 | 299.0 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 2.709 | 2.432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hughes | P | 33 | 0 | 245.0 | 7 | 52 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 2.167 | 1.788 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norwood Gibson | P | 24 | 0 | 183.0 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 2 | .942 | 3.197 | 2.708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Winter | P | 24 | 0 | 178.0 | 19 | 47 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 3.337 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Altrock | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddy Parent | SS | 139 | 0 | 1232.0 | 296 | 456 | 57 | 36 | .930 | 5.494 | 5.410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hobe Ferris | SS | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 5.571 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1305 | 0 | 11287.0 | 3761 | 1832 | 239 | 211 | .959 | 4.460 | 4.286 | 26 | 0 | 122 | 131 | 51.8 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dinneen | WS | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.06 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| Cy Young | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.85 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Tom Hughes | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 64 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 288 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chick Stahl | WS | 8 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .303 | .324 | .515 | .839 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobe Ferris | WS | 8 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .290 | .313 | .355 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Freeman | WS | 8 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .281 | .324 | .469 | .792 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Parent | WS | 8 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .324 | .469 | .792 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Collins | WS | 8 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .270 | .389 | .659 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Dougherty | WS | 8 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .235 | .297 | .529 | .827 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Criger | WS | 8 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George LaChance | WS | 8 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .370 | .670 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dinneen | WS | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Young | WS | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .067 | .067 | .200 | .267 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Farrell | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hughes | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 77 | 304 | 281 | 39 | 69 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | .246 | .289 | .395 | .684 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Player | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George LaChance | WS | 1B | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 1.141 | 1.000 |
| Hobe Ferris | WS | 2B | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 5.197 | 5.125 |
| Jimmy Collins | WS | 3B | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 3.423 | 3.375 |
| Lou Criger | WS | C | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 7.732 | 7.625 |
| Chick Stahl | WS | CF | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.901 | 1.875 |
| Patsy Dougherty | WS | LF | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.028 | 2.000 |
| Bill Dinneen | WS | P | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.829 | 2.750 |
| Cy Young | WS | P | 4 | 3 | 34.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
| Tom Hughes | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Buck Freeman | WS | RF | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.268 | 1.250 |
| Freddy Parent | WS | SS | 8 | 8 | 71.0 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 5.577 | 5.500 |
| Totals | 73 | 72 | 639.0 | 213 | 100 | 14 | 11 | .957 | 4.408 | 4.288 |
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