1907 Boston Americans season

The 1907 Boston Americans season was the seventh season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 59 wins and 90 losses, 32+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. Including spring training, the team had five different managers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

1907 Boston Americans
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–90 (.396)
League place7th (32+1⁄2 GB)
Other information
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
Managers
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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1907 spring training at West End Park in Little Rock, Arkansas, with Cy Young second from right

Pre-season

Regular season

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Bob Unglaub (62 RBIs), Bunk Congalton (.286 batting average), and Hobe Ferris (four home runs). The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 43 appearances (37 starts) and pitched 33 complete games with a 21–15 record and 1.99 ERA, while striking out 147 in 343+1⁄3 innings. No other pitcher had a winning record; Cy Morgan had a 6–6 record with 1.97 ERA in 16 games (13 starts).

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9258 0.613 — 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857 0.607 1½ 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 8764 0.576 5½ 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 8567 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 7078 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 6983 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 5990 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

The team had six games end in a tie; June 21 vs. Chicago,[11] July 22 at Chicago,[12] September 9 vs. Philadelphia,[13] September 13 at Philadelphia,[14] September 30 vs. Chicago,[15] and October 5 at New York.[16] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[17]

Record vs. opponents
1907 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–11–38–136–168–12–18–14–210–129–12
Chicago 11–10–3—10–11–113–9–112–1010–12–116–615–6
Cleveland 13–811–10–1—11–11–115–78–1412–10–215–7–2
Detroit 16–69–13–111–11–1—13–811–8–114–818–4
New York 12–8–110–127–158–13—10–9–18–14–115–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–212–10–114–88–11–19–10–1—14–617–4
St. Louis 12–106–1610–12–28–1414–8–16–14—13–9
Washington 12–96–157–15–24–187–15–14–179–13—

Opening Day lineup
Denny SullivanCF
Jimmy Collins3B
Bob Unglaub1B
Jack HoeyLF
Buck FreemanRF
Hobe Ferris2B
Heinie WagnerSS
Lou CrigerC
Cy YoungP

Source: [18]

Roster
1907 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Managers

Managerial records
NameW–LPct.Ref.
Chick StahlSpring training only[2]
Cy Young
3–3
.500[5]
George Huff
2–6
.250[4]
Bob Unglaub
9–20
.310[7]
Deacon McGuire
45–61
.425[9]
Total
59–90
.396[19]

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
CLou Criger7522641.181014
1BBob Unglaub139544138.254162
2BHobe Ferris143561135.241460
SSHeinie Wagner11138582.213221
3BJohn Knight9836078.217229
OFDenny Sullivan144551135.245126
OFBunk Congalton124496142.286247
OFJimmy Barrett10639095.244128

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
Freddy Parent114409113.276126
Al Shaw7619838.19207
Myron Grimshaw6418137.204033
Jimmy Collins4115846.291010
Jack Hoey399621.21908
Charlie Armbruster23606.10000
Chet Chadbourne103811.28901
Harry Lord10386.15803
Tris Speaker7193.15801
Bob Peterson4131.07700
Buck Freeman4122.16712
George Whiteman4122.16701
Deacon McGuire643.75011

Pitching

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

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Young43343+1⁄321151.99147
George Winter35256+2⁄312152.0788
Ralph Glaze32182+1⁄39132.3268
Jesse Tannehill18131672.4729
Cy Morgan16114+1⁄3661.9750
Rube Kroh734+1⁄3142.628
Bill Dinneen532+2⁄3045.238
Ed Barry217+1⁄3012.086

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
Tex Pruiett35173+2⁄33113.1154
Joe Harris1259073.0524
Frank Oberlin1246154.3018
Elmer Steele411+1⁄3011.5910
Fred Burchell210012.706
Beany Jacobson22009.001

References
  1. "Practice Games Monday". The Arkansas Democrat. Little Rock, Arkansas. March 10, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. Auger, Dennis. "Chick Stahl". SABR. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. "The 1907 Boston Americans Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  4. "George Huff". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. "Cy Young". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  6. ""Buck" Freeman Released". Hartford Courant. April 25, 1907. p. 9. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Bob Unglaub". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  8. "Jimmy Collins". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  9. "Deacon McGuire". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  10. "The 1907 BOS A Regular Season Batting Log for Tris Speaker". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  11. "Boston Americans 4, Chicago White Sox 4". Retrosheet. June 21, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  12. "Chicago White Sox 1, Boston Americans 1". Retrosheet. July 22, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  13. "Boston Americans 0, Philadelphia Athletics 0". Retrosheet. September 9, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  14. "Philadelphia Athletics 6, Boston Americans 6". Retrosheet. September 13, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  15. "Boston Americans 3, Chicago White Sox 3". Retrosheet. September 30, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  16. "New York Highlanders 3, Boston Americans 3". Retrosheet. October 5, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  17. Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  18. "Boston Americans 8, Philadelphia Athletics 4". Retrosheet. April 11, 1907. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  19. "The 1907 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
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