1902 Boston Americans season

1902  Boston Americans
League	American League
Ballpark	Huntington Avenue Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	77–60 (.562)
League place	3rd
Owners	Charles Somers
President	Charles Somers
Managers	Jimmy Collins
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Opening Day starting pitcher Cy Young

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 its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Offseason and Spring Training

The Americans bolstered their pitching by recruiting Bill Dinneen, who jumped from the Boston Beaneaters. ^[1] Dinneen and Cy Young would become the "one-two" pitching combination for the Boston Americans. ^[2]

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Augusta, Georgia. ^[3]

Transactions

• November 21, 1901: The Americans make a trade with the Cleveland Blues, with catcher Osee Schrecongost sent to Cleveland in return for George LaChance. ^[4]

• December 16, 1901: It is reported that Jack Warner, catcher with the New York Giants, met with Jimmy Collins and signed a contract with the Boston Americans. ^[5]
• December 17, 1901: Charlie Hickman signs with the Boston Americans. ^[6]
• February 24, 1902: Outfielder Patsy Dougherty announces that he has signed to play for the Boston Americans. ^[7]
• March 15, 1902: Pitcher Bert Husting, who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1901 season, signs a $2700 contract to play for the Boston Americans. ^[8]

Regular Season

• April 19: The season opens with a 7–6 home win over the Baltimore Orioles. ^[9]
• June 28: A forfeit is declared in Boston's favor during a road game against the Orioles. ^[9] With Boston leading, 9–4 in the eighth inning, umpire Tom Connolly called a Baltimore runner out for missing second base. ^[10] The call was argued by Baltimore manager John McGraw, resulting in his ejection. ^[11] After McGraw refused to leave the field, Connolly forfeited the game to Boston. ^[12]
• July 8: In their highest-scoring game of the year, Boston loses at home to the Philadelphia Athletics, 22–9. ^[9]
• July 9: The team's longest game of the season ends as a 4–2 loss in 15 innings to the visiting Athletics. ^[9]
• 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. ^[9]
• 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. ^[9]
• September 29: The season ends with a 9–5 road win over the Orioles. ^[9] 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.

Transactions

• June 2: Fred Mitchell loaned to the Philadelphia Athletics. ^[13]
• June 3: Charlie Hickman sold to the Cleveland Indians. ^[14]
• July 11: Pitcher Tom Hughes joins Boston from the Baltimore Orioles. ^[15]
• July 23: Manager Jimmy Collins signs pitcher Tully Sparks. ^[16]

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

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	83	53	.610	—	56‍–‍17	27‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns	78	58	.574	5	49‍–‍21	29‍–‍37
Boston Americans	77	60	.562	6½	43‍–‍27	34‍–‍33
Chicago White Stockings	74	60	.552	8	48‍–‍20	26‍–‍40
Cleveland Bronchos	69	67	.507	14	40‍–‍25	29‍–‍42
Washington Senators	61	75	.449	22	40‍–‍28	21‍–‍47
Detroit Tigers	52	83	.385	30½	34‍–‍33	18‍–‍50
Baltimore Orioles	50	88	.362	34	32‍–‍31	18‍–‍57

The team had one game end in a tie; August 18 vs. Detroit Tigers. ^[9] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted. ^[17]

Record vs. opponents

1902 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BLA	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	PHA	SLB	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–16	8–11–1	9–11	10–10	6–13	2–18–1	11–9–1
Boston	16–4	—	12–8	6–14	11–7–1	9–11	15–5	8–11
Chicago	11–8–1	8–12	—	12–7	12–7–1	10–10	9–9–1	12–7–1
Cleveland	11–9	14–6	7–12	—	8–10	8–12	9–10–1	12–8
Detroit	10–10	7–11–1	7–12–1	10–8	—	4–16	5–15	9–11
Philadelphia	13–6	11–9	10–10	12–8	16–4	—	9–10–1	12–6
St. Louis	18–2–1	5–15	9–9–1	10–9–1	15–5	10–9–1	—	11–9
Washington	9–11–1	11–8	7–12–1	8–12	11–9	6–12	9–11	—

Opening Day lineup

Freddy Parent	SS
Chick Stahl	CF
Jimmy Collins	3B
Buck Freeman	RF
Charlie Hickman	LF
Candy LaChance	1B
Hobe Ferris	2B
Lou Criger	C
Cy Young	P

Source: ^{[18] [19]}

Roster

1902 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Doc Adkins Nick Altrock Pep Deininger Bill Dinneen Tom Hughes Bert Husting Fred Mitchell George Prentiss Tully Sparks Dave Williams George Winter Cy Young		Catchers Lou Criger Jack Warner Infielders Jimmy Collins Hobe Ferris Harry Gleason Candy LaChance Freddy Parent Gary Wilson		Outfielders Patsy Dougherty Buck Freeman Charlie Hickman Chick Stahl		Manager Jimmy Collins

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Starters By Position

Pos	Player	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Reference
C	Lou Criger	83	266	32	68	16	6	0	28	26	.256	.322	.361	[20]
1B	Candy LaChance	138	541	60	151	13	4	6	56	18	.279	.310	.351	[21]
2B	Hobe Ferris	133	496	56	121	16	14	8	63	22	.244	.277	.381	[22]
SS	Freddy Parent	138	565	91	156	31	8	3	62	24	.276	.311	.375	[23]
3B	Jimmy Collins	108	429	71	138	21	10	6	61	26	.322	.363	.459	[24]
OF	Patsy Dougherty	108	437	77	150	12	6	0	34	39	.343	.405	.398	[25]
OF	Buck Freeman	138	563	75	174	38	19	11	121	32	.309	.353	.503	[26]
OF	Chick Stahl	128	510	92	164	22	11	2	58	39	.322	.375	.420	[27]

Other Batters

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Pos	Player	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Reference
IF/OF	Harry Gleason	71	240	30	54	5	5	2	25	9	.225	.262	.313	[28]
C	Jack Warner	65	222	19	52	5	7	0	12	12	.234	.283	.320	[29]
LF	Charlie Hickman	28	108	13	32	5	2	3	16	3	.296	.339	.463	[30]
2B	Gary Wilson	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	[31]

Pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG	Reference
Cy Young	45	148	17	34	4	1	1	12	5	.230	.255	.291	[32]
Bill Dinneen	44	141	13	18	3	0	0	9	11	.128	.201	.149	[33]
George Winter	20	61	5	10	0	0	0	1	3	.164	.203	.164	[34]
Tully Sparks	17	52	2	8	2	0	0	5	5	.154	.228	.192	[35]
Tom Hughes	12	31	7	11	1	0	0	3	2	.355	.394	.387	[36]
George Prentiss	7	16	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	.313	.313	.313	[37]
Doc Adkins	4	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	[38]
Dave Williams	3	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.400	.333	[39]
Nick Altrock	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	[40]
Pep Deininger	2	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.833	[41]
Bert Husting	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.250	.750	[42]
Fred Mitchell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	[43]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Starting Pitchers

Player	G	GS	IP	H	BB	R	ER	SO	W	L	SV	ERA	Reference
Cy Young	45	43	385+2⁄3	350	53	136	92	165	32	11	0	2.15	[44]
Bill Dinneen	42	42	371+1⁄3	348	99	155	121	142	21	21	0	2.93	[45]
George Winter	20	20	168+1⁄3	149	53	77	56	48	11	9	0	2.99	[46]
Tully Sparks	17	15	142+2⁄3	151	40	83	55	37	7	9	0	3.47	[47]
Tom Hughes	9	8	48+1⁄3	51	25	31	18	16	3	3	0	3.35	[48]
George Prentiss	7	4	41	55	10	31	24	9	2	2	0	5.27	[49]
Doc Adkins	4	2	20	30	7	20	9	3	1	1	0	4.05	[50]
Nick Altrock	3	2	18	19	7	13	4	5	0	2	1	2.00	[51]
Pep Deininger	2	1	12	19	9	16	13	2	0	0	0	9.75	[52]
Bert Husting	1	1	8	15	8	15	8	4	0	1	0	9.00	[53]

Relief Pitchers

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player	G	GS	IP	H	BB	R	ER	SO	W	L	SV	ERA	Reference
Dave Williams	3	0	18+2⁄3	22	11	18	11	7	0	0	0	5.30	[54]
Fred Mitchell	1	0	4	8	5	5	5	2	0	1	0	11.25	[55]

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External links

• 1902 Boston Americans team page at Baseball Reference
• 1902 Boston Americans season at baseball-almanac.com