1910 Boston Doves season

1910  Boston Doves
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	53–100 (.346)
League place	8th
Owners	John Dovey
Managers	Fred Lake
←  1909 1911  →

The 1910 Boston Doves season was the 40th season of the franchise. The Doves finished eighth in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	104	50	0.675	—	58–19	46–31
New York Giants	91	63	0.591	13	52–26	39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	67	0.562	17½	46–30	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	78	75	0.510	25½	40–36	38–39
Cincinnati Reds	75	79	0.487	29	39–37	36–42
Brooklyn Superbas	64	90	0.416	40	39–39	25–51
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	40½	35–41	28–49
Boston Doves	53	100	0.346	50½	29–48	24–52

Record vs. opponents

1910 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	5–17	8–14–1	6–16–1	4–17–2	8–14	12–10
Brooklyn	12–10	—	6–16	7–15	8–14	9–13–1	10–12–1	12–10
Chicago	17–5	16–6	—	16–6	14–8	14–8	12–10	15–7
Cincinnati	14–8–1	15–7	6–16	—	8–14	10–12–1	10–12	12–10
New York	16–6–1	14–8	8–14	14–8	—	15–7	12–10	12–10
Philadelphia	17–4–2	13–9–1	8–14	12–10–1	7–15	—	11–11	10–12
Pittsburgh	14–8	12–10–1	10–12	12–10	10–12	11–11	—	17–4
St. Louis	10–12	10–12	7–15	10–12	10–12	12–10	4–17	—

Notable transactions

• May 13, 1910: Lew Richie was traded by the Doves to the Chicago Cubs for Doc Miller. ^[1]

Roster

1910 Boston Doves
Roster
Pitchers Buster Brown Billy Burke Cliff Curtis Chick Evans George Ferguson Sam Frock Ralph Good Al Mattern Jiggs Parson Lew Richie Lefty Tyler Kirby White		Catchers Rowdy Elliott Peaches Graham Bill Rariden Harry Smith Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Joe Burg Gus Getz Buck Herzog Doc Martel Bud Sharpe Dave Shean Bill Sweeney		Outfielders Fred Beck Bill Collins Bill Cooney Wilbur Good Doc Miller Herbie Moran Jim Riley Rube Sellers Other batters Art Kruger Fred Lake Fred Liese		Manager Fred Lake

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Peaches Graham	110	291	82	.282	0	21
1B	Bud Sharpe	115	439	105	.239	0	29
2B	Dave Shean	150	543	130	.239	3	36
SS	Bill Sweeney	150	499	133	.267	5	46
3B	Buck Herzog	106	380	95	.250	3	32
OF	Fred Beck	154	571	157	.275	10	64
OF	Bill Collins	151	584	141	.241	3	40
OF	Doc Miller	130	482	138	.286	3	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ed Abbaticchio	52	178	44	.247	0	10
Harry Smith	70	147	35	.238	1	15
Gus Getz	54	144	28	.194	0	7
Bill Rariden	49	137	31	.226	1	14
Wilbur Good	23	86	29	.337	0	11
Herbie Moran	20	67	8	.119	0	3
Joe Burg	13	46	15	.326	0	10
Rube Sellers	12	32	5	.156	0	2
Doc Martell	10	31	4	.129	0	1
Bill Cooney	8	12	3	.250	0	1
Fred Liese	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Rowdy Elliott	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Fred Lake	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Jim Riley	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Art Kruger	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Mattern	51	305.0	16	19	2.98	94
Cliff Curtis	43	251.0	6	24	3.55	75
Kirby White	3	26.0	1	2	1.38	6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Buster Brown	46	263.0	9	23	2.67	88
Sam Frock	45	255.1	12	19	3.21	79
Cecil Ferguson	26	123.0	7	7	3.80	40
Jiggs Parson	10	35.1	0	2	3.82	7
Lew Richie	4	16.1	0	3	2.76	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Billy Burke	19	1	0	0	4.08	22
Chick Evans	13	1	1	2	5.23	12
Lefty Tyler	2	0	0	0	2.38	6
Ralph Good	2	0	0	0	2.00	4

Notes

1. Doc Miller page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1910 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference