1902 Boston Americans season

1902 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Somers
Manager(s)	Jimmy Collins
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The 1902 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing third in the American League with a record of 77 wins and 60 losses.

The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played their home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Regular season

Season summary

The Americans finished in third place in the American League, 6½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The Americans were led by Buck Freeman, who hit 11 home runs and drove in 121 runs. Patsy Dougherty, on the other hand, led the team with a .342 average. Their longest winning streak of the season came between July 19 and 28 when they defeated the Chicago White Stockings, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers until succumbing on the 29th to the Tigers. Their longest losing streak was between July 12 and 18, when they fell to the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Blues, until defeating the Chicago White Stockings on July 19.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	83	53	0.610	—	56–17	27–36
St. Louis Browns	78	58	0.574	5	49–21	29–37
Boston Americans	77	60	0.562	6½	43–27	34–33
Chicago White Stockings	74	60	0.552	8	48–20	26–40
Cleveland Bronchos	69	67	0.507	14	40–25	29–42
Washington Senators	61	75	0.449	22	40–28	21–47
Detroit Tigers	52	83	0.385	30½	34–33	18–50
Baltimore Orioles	50	88	0.362	34	32–31	18–57

Record vs. opponents

1902 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	PHI	STL	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
Jack Warner	C
Bill Dinneen	P

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
3B	Jimmy Collins	108	429	138	.322	6	61
SS	Freddy Parent	138	567	156	.275	3	62
OF	Buck Freeman	138	564	174	.309	11	121
OF	Chick Stahl	127	508	164	.323	2	58
OF	Patsy Dougherty	108	438	150	.342	0	34

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
Jack Warner	65	222	52	.234	0	12

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
Bill Dinneen	42	371.1	21	21	2.93	136
Tom Hughes	9	49.1	3	3	3.28	15

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
Doc Adkins	4	20	1	1	4.05	3
Nick Altrock	3	18	0	2	2.00	5
Pep Deininger	2	12	0	0	9.75	2

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

References

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