1902 Boston Americans season

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1902  Boston Americans
Boston Americans logo.png
League American League
Ballpark Huntington Avenue Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record77–60 (.562)
League place3rd
Owners Charles Somers
President Charles Somers
Managers Jimmy Collins
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1901
1903  
Opening Day starting pitcher Cy Young 1899 Cy Young.jpg
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+12 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Contents

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

Regular season

Season Log

Boston WinBoston LossTie
1902 Boston Americans Season Log: 77─60─1
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordSource
1April 19Vs. Baltimore 6─7 Cy Young (1─0) Tom Hughes (0─1)1─0 [9]
2April 23@ Washington 3─7 Al Orth (1─0) Bill Dinneen (0─1)1─1 [10]
3April 24@ Washington 11─3 Cy Young (2─0) Bill Carrick (0─1)2─1 [11]
4April 25@ Washington 4─15 Happy Townsend (1─0) Bert Husting (0─1)2─2 [12]
5April 26@ Washington 7─15 Wyatt Lee (1─0) Bill Dinneen (0─2)2─3 [13]
6April 28@ Baltimore 7─3 Cy Young (3─0) Joe McGinnity (0─2)3─3 [14]
7April 30@ Baltimore 4─5 Tom Hughes (2─1) George Winter (0─1)3─4 [15]
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordSource
8May 1@ Baltimore 6─4 Bill Dinneen (1─2) Harry Howell (1─1)4─4 [16]
9May 2Vs. Baltimore 14─6 Joe McGinnity (1─2) Cy Young (3─1)4─5 [17]
10May 3Vs. Baltimore 1─10 Cy Young (4─1) Charlie Shields (0─1)5─5 [18]
11May 5Vs. Baltimore 2─5 George Winter (1─1) Tom Hughes (2─2)6─5 [19]
12May 6Vs. Baltimore 4─5 Bill Dinneen (2─2) Frank Foreman (0─1)7─5 [20]
13May 7Vs. Washington 8─12 Cy Young (5─1) Happy Townsend (1─2)8─5 [21]
14May 8Vs. Washington 5─1 Casey Patten (3─0) George Winter (1─2)8─6 [22]
15May 9Vs. Washington 5─4 Wyatt Lee (2─1) Bill Dinneen (2─3)8─7 [23]
16May 10Vs. Washington 1─3 Cy Young (6─1) Al Orth (1─3)9─7 [24]
17May 12@ Philadelphia 8─2 George Winter (2─2) Eddie Plank (1─4)10─7 [25]
18May 14@ Philadelphia 1─5 Bert Husting (4─1) Bill Dinneen (2─4)10─8 [26]
19May 15@ Philadelphia 6─3 Cy Young (7─1) Eddie Plank (1─5)11─8 [27]
20May 16Vs. Philadelphia 2─4 George Winter (3─2) Snake Wiltse (3─1)12─8 [28]
21May 17Vs. Philadelphia 7─5 Bert Husting (5─1) Bill Dinneen (2─5)12─9 [29]
22May 20Vs. Philadelphia 1─2 Cy Young (8─1) Eddie Plank (1─6)13─9 [30]
23May 21Vs. Chicago 2─1 Wiley Piatt (3─1) George Winter (3─3)13─10 [31]
24May 22Vs Chicago 4─3 Ned Garvin (3─2) Bill Dinneen (2─6)13─11 [32]
25May 23Vs Chicago 3─6 Cy Young (9─1)

Season Highlights

Transactions

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+23 innings.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 8353.61056172736
St. Louis Browns 7858.574549212937
Boston Americans 7760.56243273433
Chicago White Stockings 7460.552848202640
Cleveland Bronchos 6967.5071440252942
Washington Senators 6175.4492240282147
Detroit Tigers 5283.38530½34331850
Baltimore Orioles 5088.3623432311857

The team had one game end in a tie; August 18 vs. Detroit Tigers. [33] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted. [41]

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETPHASLBWSH
Baltimore 4–168–11–19–1110–106–132–18–111–9–1
Boston 16–412–86–1411–7–19–1115–58–11
Chicago 11–8–18–1212–712–7–110–109–9–112–7–1
Cleveland 11–914–67–128–108–129–10–112–8
Detroit 10–107–11–17–12–110–84–165–159–11
Philadelphia 13–611–910–1012–816–49–10–112–6
St. Louis 18–2–15–159–9–110–9–115–510–9–111–9
Washington 9–11–111–87–12–18–1211–96–129–11

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: [42] [43]

Roster

1902 Boston Americans
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
C Lou Criger 83266326816602826.256.322.361 [44]
1B Candy LaChance 1385416015113465618.279.310.351 [45]
2B Hobe Ferris 13349656121161486322.244.277.381 [46]
SS Freddy Parent 1385659115631836224.276.311.375 [47]
3B Jimmy Collins 10842971138211066126.322.363.459 [48]
OF Patsy Dougherty 1084377715012603439.343.405.398 [49]
OF Buck Freeman 1385637517438191112132.309.353.503 [50]
OF Chick Stahl 12851092164221125839.322.375.420 [51]

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

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
IF/OF Harry Gleason 712403054552259.225.262.313 [52]
C Jack Warner 6522219525701212.234.283.320 [53]
LF Charlie Hickman 281081332523163.296.339.463 [54]
2B Gary Wilson 3111200011.182.250.182 [55]

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

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Cy Young 451481734411125.230.255.291 [56]
Bill Dinneen 441411318300911.128.201.149 [57]
George Winter 206151000013.164.203.164 [58]
Tully Sparks 17522820055.154.228.192 [59]
Tom Hughes 123171110032.355.394.387 [60]
George Prentiss 7161500020.313.313.313 [61]
Doc Adkins 491200000.222.222.222 [62]
Dave Williams 390300021.333.400.333 [63]
Nick Altrock 380000000.000.000.000 [64]
Pep Deininger 260211000.333.333.833 [65]
Bert Husting 141101010.250.250.750 [66]
Fred Mitchell 110000000.000.000.000 [67]

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

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Cy Young 4543385+233505313692165321102.15 [68]
Bill Dinneen 4242371+1334899155121142212102.93 [69]
George Winter 2020168+131495377564811902.99 [70]
Tully Sparks 1715142+23151408355377903.47 [71]
Tom Hughes 9848+1351253118163303.35 [72]
George Prentiss 74415510312492205.27 [73]
Doc Adkins 422030720931104.05 [74]
Nick Altrock 321819713450212.00 [75]
Pep Deininger 2112199161320009.75 [76]
Bert Husting 11815815840109.00 [77]

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

PlayerGGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Dave Williams 3018+232211181170005.30 [78]
Fred Mitchell 1048555201011.25 [79]

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