1905 Boston Americans

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1904 / 1906

78-74, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Collins (78-74)
Scored 579 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-74

Ballparks: Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds · Attendance: 468,828 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	78-74, Final Rank:4, GB: 16.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	18.5	last on Thursday, Oct 5, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	5	last on Thursday, Aug 24
Most Games under .500	7	last on Saturday, May 27
Longest Winning Streak	8	Saturday, Sep 30 to Saturday, Oct 7
Longest Losing Streak	6	Friday, Apr 14 to Friday, Apr 21 and Friday, Aug 25 to Sunday, Aug 27
Most Runs Allowed	15	Thursday, Jun 1 and Wednesday, Sep 27
Most Runs Scored	16	Monday, Sep 18
Times Shutout by Opponent	8
Times Opponent Shutout	15

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	78	74	579	565	.513
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	44	32	296	281	.579
Road	34	42	283	284	.447
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	3	10	31	40	.231
May	12	9	86	84	.571
June	10	9	68	81	.526
July	14	15	115	114	.483
August	17	11	99	79	.607
September	15	20	124	138	.429
October	7	0	56	29	1.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	33	35	236	262	.485
Second Half	45	39	343	303	.536
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	24	28	132	136	.462
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	21	15	203	188	.583

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
CHW	6	16	59	97	.273
CLE	14	8	111	94	.636
DET	10	12	69	70	.455
NYY	13	8	113	94	.619
PHA	7	15	72	93	.318
SLB	15	7	78	53	.682
WSH	13	8	77	64	.619

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Friday, Apr 14	BOS	@	PHA	L	2	3		0-1	6	1.0							`-`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 15	BOS	@	PHA	L	5	6		0-2	7	2.0							`--`
3	3	Tuesday, Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	L	0	1		0-3	8	3.0							`---`
4	4	Wednesday, Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	L	2	3		0-4	8	3.5							`----`
5	5	Thursday, Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	L	1	3		0-5	8	4.5							`-----`
6	6	Friday, Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L	4	5		0-6	8	5.5							`------`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 22	BOS		PHA	W	3	0		1-6	8	4.5							`+`
8	8	Monday, Apr 24	BOS		PHA	W	3	1		2-6	8	3.5							`++`
9	9	Tuesday, Apr 25	BOS		PHA	L	6	10		2-7	8	4.5							`-`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L	1	2		2-8	8	4.5							`--`
11	11	Thursday, Apr 27	BOS		WSH	W	2	1		3-8	8	4.5							`+`
12	12	Friday, Apr 28	BOS		WSH	L	0	1		3-9	8	4.5							`-`
13	13	Saturday, Apr 29	BOS		WSH	L	2	4		3-10	8	5.0							`--`
14	14	Monday, May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W	4	3		4-10	8	4.0							`+`
15	15	Tuesday, May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W	9	4		5-10	8	4.0							`++`
16	16	Wednesday, May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L	2	3		5-11	8	5.0							`-`
17	17	Thursday, May 4	BOS	@	NYY	W	9	4		6-11	8	4.0							`+`
18	18	Friday, May 5	BOS		NYY	W	4	2		7-11	8	4.0							`++`
19	19	Saturday, May 6	BOS		NYY	W	8	2		8-11	8	3.0							`+++`
20	20	Monday, May 8	BOS		NYY	L	3	9		8-12	8	3.5							`-`
21	21	Tuesday, May 9	BOS		NYY	W	5	2		9-12	8	3.0							`+`
22	22	Friday, May 12	BOS	@	DET	L	1	8		9-13	8	3.5							`-`
23	23	Saturday, May 13	BOS	@	DET	L	2	3		9-14	8	4.5							`--`
24	24	Monday, May 15	BOS	@	DET	W	6	2		10-14	8	3.5							`+`
25	25	Friday, May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L	4	11		10-15	8	4.5							`-`
26	26	Saturday, May 20	BOS	@	SLB	L	2	3		10-16	8	5.5							`--`
27	27	Sunday, May 21	BOS	@	SLB	W	3	2		11-16	8	5.0							`+`
28	28	Tuesday, May 23	BOS	@	SLB	W	5	3		12-16	8	4.5							`++`
29	29	Wednesday, May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L	3	5		12-17	8	5.5							`-`
30	30	Friday, May 26	BOS	@	CHW	L	0	1		12-18	7	6.5							`--`
31	31	Saturday, May 27	BOS	@	CHW	L	2	9		12-19	7	7.5							`---`
32	32	Sunday, May 28	BOS	@	CHW	W	8	5		13-19	7	6.5							`+`
33	33	Tuesday, May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W	4	3		14-19	5	7.0							`++`
34	34	Tuesday, May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W	2	0		15-19	5	7.0							`+++`
35	35	Thursday, Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	L	5	15		15-20	5	7.5							`-`
36	36	Saturday, Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	W	10	3		16-20	5	7.5							`+`
37	37	Monday, Jun 5	BOS	@	NYY	L	2	5		16-21	5	8.5							`-`
38	38	Wednesday, Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W	2	1		17-21	5	8.0							`+`
39	39	Thursday, Jun 8	BOS		SLB	W	4	3		18-21	5	8.0							`++`
40	40	Friday, Jun 9	BOS		SLB	W	7	1		19-21	5	8.0							`+++`
41	41	Saturday, Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W	9	3		20-21	5	7.0							`++++`
42	42	Tuesday, Jun 13	BOS		CLE	L	2	11		20-22	5	8.0							`-`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 14	BOS		CLE	W	2	1		21-22	5	7.0							`+`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 15	BOS		DET	L	1	5		21-23	5	8.0							`-`
45	45	Friday, Jun 16	BOS		DET	L	2	5		21-24	5	9.0							`--`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 17 (1)	BOS		DET	L	2	7		21-25	5	9.5							`---`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W	6	5		22-25	5	9.5							`+`
48	48	Thursday, Jun 22	BOS		CHW	T	1	1		22-25	5	9.5							`+`
49	49	Friday, Jun 23	BOS		CHW	L	1	3		22-26	5	9.5							`-`
50	50	Saturday, Jun 24	BOS		NYY	W	3	0		23-26	5	8.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Wednesday, Jun 28 (1)	BOS		NYY	L	2	5		23-27	5	10.0							`-`
52	52	Wednesday, Jun 28 (2)	BOS		NYY	L	1	3		23-28	5	10.0							`--`
53	53	Thursday, Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W	4	3		24-28	5	9.0							`+`
54	54	Friday, Jun 30	BOS		WSH	W	2	1		25-28	5	9.0							`++`
55	55	Saturday, Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W	4	2		26-28	4	9.0							`+++`
56	56	Monday, Jul 3	BOS		WSH	W	6	2		27-28	4	9.0							`++++`
57	57	Tuesday, Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L	2	5		27-29	4	10.0							`-`
58	58	Tuesday, Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L	2	4		27-30	4	10.0							`--`
59	59	Wednesday, Jul 5	BOS		PHA	W	4	3		28-30	4	10.0							`+`
60	60	Thursday, Jul 6	BOS	@	PHA	L	4	7		28-31	5	10.0							`-`
61	61	Friday, Jul 7	BOS	@	PHA	L	1	2		28-32	5	11.0							`--`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W	11	8		29-32	5	11.0							`+`
63	63	Saturday, Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L	4	11		29-33	5	11.0							`-`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W	1	0		30-33	5	10.5							`+`
65	65	Wednesday, Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L	1	4		30-34	5	10.5							`-`
66	66	Thursday, Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	W	2	1		31-34	5	10.5							`+`
67	67	Friday, Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	L	2	5		31-35	5	11.5							`-`
68	68	Saturday, Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	W	2	1		32-35	5	10.5							`+`
69	69	Sunday, Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W	5	2		33-35	5	10.0							`++`
70	70	Monday, Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L	2	3		33-36	5	11.0							`-`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W	10	1		34-36	5	10.0							`+`
72	72	Wednesday, Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L	1	8		34-37	5	12.0							`-`
73	73	Wednesday, Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L	1	5		34-38	5	12.0							`--`
74	74	Thursday, Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L	3	7		34-39	6	14.0							`---`
75	75	Thursday, Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L	4	8		34-40	6	14.0							`----`
76	76	Friday, Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	W	6	0		35-40	5	13.0							`+`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L	3	5		35-41	5	14.0							`-`
78	78	Sunday, Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	W	6	1		36-41	5	13.5							`+`
79	79	Monday, Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W	7	1		37-41	5	13.5							`++`
80	80	Wednesday, Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W	8	3		38-41	5	13.0							`+++`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L	0	4		38-42	5	13.0							`-`
82	82	Friday, Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W	7	3		39-42	5	11.5							`+`
83	83	Saturday, Jul 29	BOS		SLB	L	6	8		39-43	6	11.0							`-`
84	84	Wednesday, Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W	4	2		40-43	5	9.0							`+`
85	85	Wednesday, Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W	4	3		41-43	5	9.0							`++`
86	86	Thursday, Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W	5	0		42-43	5	9.0							`+++`
87	87	Friday, Aug 4	BOS		CLE	W	7	5		43-43	5	8.5							`++++`
88	88	Saturday, Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W	8	4		44-43	5	8.5							`+++++`
89	89	Monday, Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W	4	3		45-43	5	7.5							`++++++`
90	90	Tuesday, Aug 8	BOS		DET	W	3	0		46-43	5	6.5							`+++++++`
91	91	Thursday, Aug 10 (1)	BOS		DET	L	1	2		46-44	5	6.5							`-`
92	92	Thursday, Aug 10 (2)	BOS		DET	W	5	3		47-44	5	6.5							`+`
93	93	Friday, Aug 11	BOS		DET	W	5	2		48-44	5	6.5							`++`
94	94	Monday, Aug 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L	1	6		48-45	5	7.5							`-`
95	95	Monday, Aug 14 (2)	BOS		CHW	W	5	3		49-45	5	7.5							`+`
96	96	Friday, Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L	1	2		49-46	5	9.5							`-`
97	97	Monday, Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W	3	0		50-46	5	8.5							`+`
98	98	Monday, Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L	0	5		50-47	5	8.5							`-`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W	7	4		51-47	5	8.5							`+`
100	100	Wednesday, Aug 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L	1	2		51-48	5	8.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Thursday, Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W	5	0		52-48	5	7.5							`+`
102	102	Thursday, Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W	8	6		53-48	5	7.5							`++`
103	103	Friday, Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L	2	3		53-49	5	9.0							`-`
104	104	Friday, Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L	2	3		53-50	5	9.0							`--`
105	105	Saturday, Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L	1	2		53-51	5	9.5							`---`
106	106	Saturday, Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L	3	4		53-52	5	9.5							`----`
107	107	Sunday, Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L	2	7		53-53	5	10.5							`-----`
108	108	Sunday, Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L	3	6		53-54	5	10.5							`------`
109	109	Tuesday, Aug 29	BOS	@	SLB	W	2	0		54-54	5	11.5							`+`
110	110	Wednesday, Aug 30	BOS	@	SLB	W	4	0		55-54	5	11.5							`++`
111	111	Thursday, Aug 31	BOS	@	SLB	W	3	2		56-54	4	11.5							`+++`
112	112	Saturday, Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L	0	1		56-55	5	12.0							`-`
113	113	Monday, Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W	9	4		57-55	5	13.0							`+`
114	114	Monday, Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L	5	8		57-56	5	13.0							`-`
115	115	Tuesday, Sep 5	BOS		PHA	W	3	2		58-56	5	12.0							`+`
116	116	Wednesday, Sep 6	BOS		PHA	L	1	2		58-57	5	13.0							`-`
117	117	Thursday, Sep 7	BOS		PHA	L	2	3		58-58	5	14.0							`--`
118	118	Friday, Sep 8	BOS		PHA	L	3	5		58-59	5	15.0							`---`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 9	BOS		WSH	W	8	7		59-59	5	15.0							`+`
120	120	Monday, Sep 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	W	6	3		60-59	5	15.0							`++`
121	121	Monday, Sep 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	L	0	14		60-60	5	15.0							`-`
122	122	Wednesday, Sep 13	BOS	@	PHA	L	0	1		60-61	5	16.0							`--`
123	123	Thursday, Sep 14	BOS	@	PHA	W	4	3		61-61	5	15.0							`+`
124	124	Friday, Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L	3	4		61-62	5	15.0							`-`
125	125	Friday, Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W	3	2		62-62	5	15.0							`+`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 16	BOS	@	PHA	L	2	6		62-63	6	16.0							`-`
127	127	Monday, Sep 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L	2	4		62-64	6	16.0							`--`
128	128	Monday, Sep 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W	16	3		63-64	6	16.0							`+`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W	1	0		64-64	5	15.0							`++`
130	130	Tuesday, Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W	7	6		65-64	5	15.0							`+++`
131	131	Wednesday, Sep 20	BOS	@	WSH	W	7	1		66-64	5	14.0							`++++`
132	132	Thursday, Sep 21	BOS		SLB	L	3	5		66-65	5	15.0							`-`
133	133	Friday, Sep 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W	2	0		67-65	6	15.0							`+`
134	134	Friday, Sep 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L	1	2		67-66	6	15.0							`-`
135	135	Saturday, Sep 23 (1)	BOS		SLB	W	7	2		68-66	3	15.0							`+`
136	136	Saturday, Sep 23 (2)	BOS		SLB	W	5	0		69-66	3	15.0							`++`
137	137	Monday, Sep 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	L	1	3		69-67	4	16.5							`-`
138	138	Monday, Sep 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	L	4	7		69-68	4	16.5							`--`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 26 (1)	BOS		CHW	L	5	10		69-69	5	17.0							`---`
140	140	Tuesday, Sep 26 (2)	BOS		CHW	L	1	3		69-70	5	17.0							`----`
141	141	Wednesday, Sep 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W	2	0		70-70	5	16.5							`+`
142	142	Wednesday, Sep 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	L	1	15		70-71	5	16.5							`-`
143	143	Thursday, Sep 28	BOS		DET	L	3	4		70-72	5	17.5							`--`
144	144	Friday, Sep 29	BOS		DET	L	1	4		70-73	5	18.5							`---`
145	145	Saturday, Sep 30 (1)	BOS		DET	L	2	3		70-74	5	18.0							`----`
146	146	Saturday, Sep 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W	4	1		71-74	5	18.0							`+`
147	147	Monday, Oct 2	BOS		CLE	W	8	3		72-74	5	18.0							`++`
148	148	Tuesday, Oct 3	BOS		CLE	W	7	4		73-74	5	18.0							`+++`
149	149	Wednesday, Oct 4	BOS		CLE	W	9	1		74-74	4	18.0							`++++`
150	150	Thursday, Oct 5	BOS		NYY	W	10	5		75-74	4	18.5							`+++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Friday, Oct 6	BOS		NYY	W	3	1		76-74	4	17.5							`++++++`
152	152	Saturday, Oct 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W	7	6		77-74	4	16.0							`+++++++`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	W	12	9		78-74	4	16.0							`++++++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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1904 / 1906 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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