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1902 Boston Americans
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record77–60 (.562)
League place3rd
OwnersCharles Somers
PresidentCharles Somers
ManagersJimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
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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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Statistical leaders

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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

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1902 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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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

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1902 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager


Player stats

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Batting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

References

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  22. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Hobe Ferris". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  25. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Patsy Dougherty". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  26. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Buck Freeman". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  27. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Chick Stahl". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  30. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Charlie Hickman". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  31. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Gary Wilson". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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  34. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for George Winter". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  35. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Tully Sparks". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  36. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Tom Hughes". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  37. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for George Prentiss". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  38. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Doc Adkins". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  39. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Dave Williams". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  40. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Nick Altrock". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  41. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Pep Deininger". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  42. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Bert Husting". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  43. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Batting Splits for Fred Mitchell". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  44. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Cy Young". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  45. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Bill Dinneen". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  46. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for George Winter". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  47. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Tully Sparks". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  48. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Tom Hughes". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  49. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for George Prentiss". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  50. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Doc Adkins". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  51. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Nick Altrock". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  52. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Pep Deininger". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  53. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Bert Husting". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  54. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Dave Williams". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  55. ^ "The 1902 BOS A Pitching Splits for Fred Mitchell". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
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