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1903 American League

1903 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 554 games, 8 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: 380,405 (686/game)
Other Years: 1902 / 1904
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1902 / 1904

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1902 / 1904

League Standings

Regular Season

140 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
Boston Americans 91 47 .659 --
Philadelphia Athletics 75 60 .556 14.5
Cleveland Naps 77 63 .550 15
New York Highlanders 72 62 .537 17
Detroit Tigers 65 71 .478 25
St. Louis Browns 65 74 .468 26.5
Chicago White Sox 60 77 .438 30.5
Washington Senators 43 94 .314 47.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Boston Americans BOS 29.6 5.02 141 5364 4919 708 1336 222 113 48 609 141 261 559 .272 .313 .392 .705 1928 36 148
Cleveland Naps CLE 27.3 4.56 140 5225 4773 639 1265 231 95 31 550 175 259 588 .265 .308 .373 .681 1779 40 153
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 29.9 4.36 137 5074 4673 597 1236 227 68 32 502 157 268 511 .264 .309 .363 .672 1695 32 101
New York Highlanders NYY 29.0 4.26 136 5091 4565 579 1136 193 62 18 474 160 332 461 .249 .309 .330 .639 1507 65 129
Detroit Tigers DET 28.1 4.14 137 5090 4582 567 1229 162 91 12 451 128 292 524 .268 .318 .351 .670 1609 46 170
Chicago White Sox CHW 27.7 3.74 138 5175 4670 516 1152 176 49 14 436 180 325 538 .247 .301 .314 .615 1468 38 142
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.4 3.60 139 5047 4639 500 1133 166 68 12 408 101 271 541 .244 .290 .317 .607 1471 26 111
Washington Senators WSH 29.1 3.12 140 4990 4613 437 1066 172 72 17 372 131 257 466 .231 .277 .311 .588 1433 39 81
League Totals 28.6 4.10 1108 41056 37434 4543 9553 1549 618 184 3802 1173 2265 4188 .255 .303 .344 .648 12890 322 1035

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Boston Americans BOS 28.2 3.57 91 47 .659 2.57 141 141 18 123 20 4 1255.0 1142 504 358 23 269 579 36 1 18 1.124 8.2 0.2 1.9 4.2 2.15
St. Louis Browns SLB 27.7 3.78 65 74 .468 2.77 139 139 15 124 12 3 1222.1 1220 525 376 26 237 511 36 0 22 1.192 9.0 0.2 1.7 3.8 2.16
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 23.7 3.79 75 60 .556 2.98 137 137 25 112 10 1 1207.0 1124 519 399 20 315 728 72 2 38 1.192 8.4 0.1 2.3 5.4 2.31
Detroit Tigers DET 26.1 3.93 65 71 .478 2.75 137 137 14 123 15 2 1196.0 1169 539 366 19 336 554 27 0 21 1.258 8.8 0.1 2.5 4.2 1.65
Cleveland Naps CLE 26.1 4.14 77 63 .550 2.73 140 140 15 125 20 0 1243.2 1161 579 377 16 271 521 35 0 27 1.151 8.4 0.1 2.0 3.8 1.92
New York Highlanders NYY 28.5 4.21 72 62 .537 3.08 136 136 25 111 7 2 1201.1 1171 573 411 19 245 463 41 1 22 1.179 8.8 0.1 1.8 3.5 1.89
Chicago White Sox CHW 25.6 4.44 60 77 .438 3.02 138 138 24 114 9 4 1235.0 1233 613 414 23 287 391 53 1 22 1.231 9.0 0.2 2.1 2.8 1.36
Washington Senators WSH 27.0 4.94 43 94 .314 3.82 140 140 18 122 6 3 1223.2 1333 691 519 38 306 452 41 1 25 1.339 9.8 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.48
League Totals 26.6 4.10 548 548 .500 2.96 1108 1108 154 954 99 19 9784.0 9553 4543 3220 184 2266 4199 341 6 195 1.208 8.8 0.2 2.1 3.9 1.85

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 137 3618 1613 217 66 .960 20 140 122 47% Connie Mack
Boston Americans BOS 141 3761 1832 239 86 .959 26 123 130 51% Jimmy Collins
Washington Senators WSH 140 3668 1772 260 86 .954 12 199 127 39% Tom Loftus
New York Highlanders NYY 136 3602 1785 264 87 .953 21 133 89 40% Clark Griffith
St. Louis Browns SLB 139 3662 1827 268 94 .953 12 127 108 46% 380,405 Jimmy McAleer
Detroit Tigers DET 137 3586 1714 281 82 .950 19 185 126 41% Ed Barrow
Chicago White Sox CHW 138 3704 1850 297 85 .949 30 131 107 45% Jimmy Callahan
Cleveland Naps CLE 140 3730 1911 322 99 .946 24 135 120 47% Bill Armour
League Totals 1108 29331 14304 2148 685 .953 164 1173 929 44% 380,405