1903 Boston Beaneaters season

1903 Boston Beaneaters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	58–80 (.420)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Al Buckenberger
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The 1903 Boston Beaneaters season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 58–80, 32 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

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The 1903 Boston Beaneaters

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg Pirates	91	49	0.650	—	46–24	45–25
New York Giants	84	55	0.604	6½	41–27	43–28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	0.594	8	45–28	37–28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	0.532	16½	41–35	33–30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	0.515	19	40–33	30–33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	0.420	32	31–35	27–45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	0.363	39½	25–33	24–53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	0.314	46½	22–45	21–49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–11	7–13–1	7–13	8–12	10–8–1	5–15	12–8
Brooklyn	11–9	—	8–12	10–10	7–12–2	11–8–1	9–11	14–4–1
Chicago	13–7–1	12–8	—	9–11	8–12	12–6	12–8	16–4
Cincinnati	13–7	10–10	11–9	—	12–10	12–8–2	4–16	12–7
New York	12–8	12–7–2	12–8	8–12	—	15–5	10–10	15–5–1
Philadelphia	8–10–1	8–11–1	6–12	8–12–2	5–15	—	4–16–1	10–10
Pittsburg	15–5	11–9	8–12	16–4	10–10	16–4–1	—	15–5
St. Louis	8–12	4–14–1	4–16	7–12	5–15–1	10–10	5–15	—

Notable transactions

• July 23, 1903: Pop Williams was signed as a free agent by the Beaneaters.

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	Pat Moran	109	389	102	.262	7	54
1B	Fred Tenney	122	447	140	.313	3	41
2B	Ed Abbaticchio	136	489	111	.227	1	46
3B	Ed Gremminger	140	511	135	.264	5	56
SS	Harry Aubrey	96	325	69	.212	0	27
OF	Charlie Dexter	123	457	102	.223	3	34
OF	Duff Cooley	138	553	160	.289	1	70
OF	Pat Carney	110	392	94	.240	1	49

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
Joe Stanley	86	308	77	.250	1	47
Frank Bonner	48	173	38	.220	1	10
Malachi Kittridge	32	99	21	.212	0	6
Tom McCreery	23	83	18	.217	1	10

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
Togie Pittinger	44	351.2	18	22	3.48	140
Vic Willis	33	278	12	18	2.98	125
John Malarkey	32	253	11	16	3.09	98
Wiley Piatt	25	181	9	14	3.18	100
Pop Williams	10	83	4	5	4.12	20
Pat Carney	10	78	4	5	4.04	29

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
Joe Stanley	1	0	0	0	9.00	4

References

• 1903 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference