1907 Boston Doves season
The 1907 Boston Doves season was the 37th season of the franchise. Before the season, longtime Boston Beaneaters owner Arthur Soden sold the team to the Dovey Brothers. The team quickly became known as the Boston Doves, named after the brothers.[1] One bright spot during a 90-loss season came on May 8, when Big Jeff Pfeffer pitched a no-hitter in a 6–0 home win over the Cincinnati Reds.
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Results | |
Record | 58–90 (.392) |
League place | 7th |
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Owners | George Dovey, John Dovey |
Managers | Fred Tenney |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | 0.704 | — | 54–19 | 53–26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 17 | 47–29 | 44–34 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | 0.565 | 21½ | 45–30 | 38–34 |
New York Giants | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 25½ | 45–30 | 37–41 |
Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | 0.439 | 40 | 37–38 | 28–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 41½ | 43–36 | 23–51 |
Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | 0.392 | 47 | 31–42 | 27–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | 0.340 | 55½ | 31–47 | 21–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–7–2 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 7–12–2 | — | 5–15–1 | 15–7–1 | 10–12–1 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 15–5–1 | — | 17–5 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–1 | 8–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 13–9–1 | — | 11–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–8–1 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 10–11 | — | 14–8 | 14–7–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 20–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–14–1 | 2–20 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
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 |
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C | Tom Needham | 86 | 260 | 51 | .196 | 1 | 19 |
1B | Fred Tenney | 150 | 554 | 151 | .273 | 0 | 26 |
2B | Claude Ritchey | 144 | 499 | 127 | .255 | 2 | 51 |
SS | Al Bridwell | 140 | 509 | 111 | .218 | 0 | 26 |
3B | Dave Brain | 133 | 509 | 142 | .279 | 10 | 56 |
OF | Ginger Beaumont | 150 | 580 | 187 | .322 | 4 | 62 |
OF | Johnny Bates | 126 | 447 | 116 | .260 | 2 | 49 |
OF | Newt Randall | 75 | 258 | 55 | .213 | 0 | 15 |
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 |
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Sam Brown | 70 | 208 | 40 | .192 | 0 | 14 |
Bill Sweeney | 58 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 0 | 18 |
Del Howard | 50 | 187 | 51 | .273 | 1 | 13 |
Frank Burke | 43 | 129 | 23 | .178 | 0 | 8 |
Izzy Hoffman | 19 | 86 | 24 | .279 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Ball | 10 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Jess Orndorff | 5 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Knotts | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Westerberg | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Asmussen | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Brush | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Gus Dorner | 36 | 271.1 | 12 | 16 | 3.12 | 85 |
Vive Lindaman | 34 | 260.0 | 11 | 15 | 3.63 | 90 |
Irv Young | 40 | 245.1 | 10 | 23 | 3.96 | 86 |
Patsy Flaherty | 27 | 217.0 | 12 | 15 | 3.70 | 34 |
Big Jeff Pfeffer | 19 | 144.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.00 | 65 |
Frank Barberich | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.84 | 1 |
Rube Dessau | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.61 | 1 |
Ernie Lindemann | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 3 |
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 |
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Jake Boultes | 24 | 139.2 | 5 | 9 | 2.71 | 49 |
Sam Frock | 5 | 33.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.47 | 12 |
Notes
- "Braves Timeline | braves.com: History". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved March 13, 2011.