1903 World Series - Boston Americans over Pittsburgh Pirates (5-3)

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1903 World Series (5-3): Boston Americans (91-47) over Pittsburgh Pirates (91-49)

1905 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (Boston Americans)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           4  0  1    1  0  0    1  0  0     7 12  2
    Boston Americans             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1     3  6  4

    PITCHERS: PIT - Phillippe
              BOS - Young

               WP - Deacon Phillippe
	       LP - Cy Young
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - Sebring
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 16,242

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 2, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (Boston Americans)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  2
    Boston Americans             2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Leever, Veil (2)
              BOS - Dinneen

               WP - Bill Dinneen
	       LP - Sam Leever
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              BOS - Dougherty (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 9,415

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (Boston Americans)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  1  2    0  0  0    0  1  0     4  7  1
    Boston Americans             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  4  2

    PITCHERS: PIT - Phillippe
              BOS - Hughes, Young (3)

               WP - Deacon Phillippe
	       LP - Tom Hughes
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 18,801

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 6, 1903 at Exposition Park III (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Americans             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  3     4  9  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           1  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  x     5 12  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Dinneen
              PIT - Phillippe

               WP - Deacon Phillippe
	       LP - Bill Dinneen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 7,600

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 7, 1903 at Exposition Park III (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Americans             0  0  0    0  0  6    4  1  0    11 13  2
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  6  4

    PITCHERS: BOS - Young
              PIT - Kennedy, Thompson (8)

               WP - Cy Young
	       LP - Brickyard Kennedy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 12,322

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 8, 1903 at Exposition Park III (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Americans             0  0  3    0  2  0    1  0  0     6 10  1
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0     3 10  3

    PITCHERS: BOS - Dinneen
              PIT - Leever

               WP - Bill Dinneen
	       LP - Sam Leever
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 11,556

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 10, 1903 at Exposition Park III (Pittsburgh Pirates)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Americans             2  0  0    2  0  2    0  1  0     7 11  4
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  1     3 10  3

    PITCHERS: BOS - Young
              PIT - Phillippe

               WP - Cy Young
	       LP - Deacon Phillippe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              PIT - none

  ATTENDANCE: 17,038

Game 8 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 13, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (Boston Americans)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Pittsburgh Pirates           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  3
    Boston Americans             0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  x     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: PIT - Phillippe
              BOS - Dinneen

               WP - Bill Dinneen
	       LP - Deacon Phillippe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PIT - none
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 7,455

Series Batting Stats

Boston Americans Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jimmy Collins	8	36	5	9	1	2	0	1	1	1	.250	.270	.389	.659	3	0	130	540	88	160	5	72	23	.296	.777
Lou Criger	8	26	1	6	0	0	0	4	2	3	.231	.286	.231	.516	0	0	96	317	41	61	3	31	5	.192	.562
Bill Dinneen	4	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182	.308	.182	.490	0	0	37	106	6	17	0	8	1	.160	.437
Patsy Dougherty	8	34	3	8	0	2	2	5	2	6	.235	.297	.529	.827	0	0	139	590	107	195	4	59	35	.331	.796
Duke Farrell	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	17	52	5	21	0	8	1	.404	1.004
Hobe Ferris	8	31	3	9	0	1	0	5	0	6	.290	.313	.355	.667	0	0	141	525	69	132	9	66	11	.251	.652
Buck Freeman	8	31	6	9	0	3	0	4	2	2	.290	.324	.484	.807	0	1	141	567	74	163	13	104	5	.287	.823
Tom Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	93	14	26	1	13	1	.280	.707
Candy LaChance	8	25	5	6	2	1	0	4	3	2	.240	.300	.400	.700	0	0	141	522	60	134	1	53	12	.257	.631
Jack O'Brien	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	338	44	71	3	38	10	.210	.564
Freddy Parent	8	31	8	9	0	3	0	4	1	1	.290	.324	.484	.807	0	0	139	560	83	170	4	80	24	.304	.767
Chick Stahl	8	33	6	10	1	3	0	3	1	2	.303	.324	.515	.839	2	1	77	299	60	82	2	44	10	.274	.713
Cy Young	4	15	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	.067	.067	.200	.267	0	0	41	137	21	44	1	14	2	.321	.771
Totals	77	276	39	69	4	16	2	34	14	29	.250	.289	.402	.691	5	2	141	4919	708	1336	48		141	.272	.705

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ginger Beaumont	8	34	6	9	0	1	0	1	2	4	.265	.306	.324	.629	2	0	141	613	137	209	7	68	23	.341	.833
Kitty Bransfield	8	29	3	6	0	2	0	1	1	6	.207	.233	.345	.578	1	0	127	505	69	134	2	57	13	.265	.665
Fred Clarke	8	34	3	9	2	1	0	2	1	5	.265	.286	.382	.668	1	0	104	427	88	150	5	70	21	.351	.946
Brickyard Kennedy	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	23	58	7	21	0	10	0	.362	.918
Tommy Leach	8	33	3	9	0	4	0	7	1	4	.273	.294	.515	.809	1	1	127	507	97	151	7	87	22	.298	.789
Sam Leever	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	115	11	19	0	12	0	.165	.376
Ed Phelps	8	26	1	6	2	0	0	1	1	6	.231	.259	.308	.567	0	0	81	273	32	77	2	31	2	.282	.689
Deacon Phillippe	5	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	37	124	20	26	0	16	0	.210	.520
Claude Ritchey	8	27	2	4	1	0	0	2	4	7	.148	.258	.185	.443	1	0	138	506	66	145	0	59	15	.287	.741
Jimmy Sebring	8	30	3	10	0	1	1	4	1	4	.333	.355	.500	.855	0	1	124	506	71	140	4	64	20	.277	.708
Harry Smith	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	61	212	15	37	0	19	2	.175	.430
Gus Thompson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	16	0	4	0	3	0	.250	.544
Bucky Veil	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	12	29	2	6	0	1	0	.207	.448
Honus Wagner	8	27	2	6	1	0	0	3	3	4	.222	.323	.259	.582	3	1	129	512	97	182	5	101	46	.355	.931
Totals	75	270	24	64	7	9	1	22	14	45	.237	.277	.341	.618	9	3	141	4988	793	1429	34		172	.286	.734

Boston Americans Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Bill Dinneen	4	4	2.06	3	1	0	4	35.0	29	8	8	28	1.057	37	34	2.26	21	13	2	299.0	255	66	148	1.074
Tom Hughes	1	1	9.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	3.000	33	31	2.57	20	7	0	244.2	232	60	112	1.193
Cy Young	4	3	1.85	2	1	0	3	34.0	31	7	4	17	1.029	40	35	2.08	28	9	2	341.2	294	37	176	0.969
Totals	9	8	2.15	5	3	0	7	71.0	64	17	14	45	1.099	141	141	2.567	91	47		1255.0	1142	269	579	1.124

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Brickyard Kennedy	1	1	5.14	0	1	0	0	7.0	10	4	3	3	1.857	18	15	3.45	9	6	0	125.1	130	57	39	1.492
Sam Leever	2	2	5.40	0	2	0	1	10.0	13	6	3	2	1.600	36	34	2.06	25	7	1	284.1	255	60	90	1.108
Deacon Phillippe	5	5	3.07	3	2	0	5	44.0	38	15	3	22	0.932	36	33	2.43	25	9	2	289.1	269	29	123	1.030
Gus Thompson	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	0	1	1.500	5	4	3.56	2	2	0	43.0	52	16	22	1.581
Bucky Veil	1	0	1.29	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	5	1	1.429	12	6	3.82	5	3	0	70.2	70	36	20	1.500
Totals	10	8	3.47	3	5	0	6	70.0	69	27	14	29	1.186	141	141	2.913	91	49		1251.1	1215	384	454	1.278

1905 WS

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