1908 Boston Doves

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

63-91, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Kelley (63-91)
Scored 537 runs, Allowed 622 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87

Ballparks: South End Grounds III · Attendance: 253,750 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1907 / 1909 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	63-91, Final Rank:6, GB: 36.0
Days in First	1	last on Tuesday, Apr 14, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	2	last on Apr 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	35.5	last on Wednesday, Oct 7, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	2	last on Monday, May 11
Most Games under .500	28	last on Wednesday, Oct 7
Longest Winning Streak	4	Tuesday, Sep 22 to Friday, Sep 25
Longest Losing Streak	7	Wednesday, Sep 30 to Wednesday, Oct 7
Most Runs Allowed	14	Saturday, Jun 6 and Wednesday, Jun 17
Most Runs Scored	14	Thursday, Jun 25, Wednesday, Jul 1 and Saturday, Aug 1
Times Shutout by Opponent	18
Times Opponent Shutout	14

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	63	91	537	622	.409
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	35	42	295	328	.455
Road	28	49	242	294	.364
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	7	7	50	42	.500
May	10	12	81	82	.455
June	10	18	100	147	.357
July	13	15	116	101	.464
August	10	15	96	97	.400
September	13	18	87	127	.419
October	0	6	7	26	.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	35	43	295	313	.449
Second Half	28	48	242	309	.368
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	17	21	97	101	.447
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	18	27	206	251	.400

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BRO	12	10	67	58	.545
CHC	6	16	71	114	.273
CIN	8	14	84	90	.364
NYG	6	16	64	111	.273
PHI	10	12	79	87	.455
PIT	7	15	59	99	.318
STL	14	8	113	63	.636

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	Tuesday, Apr 14	BSN	@	BRO	W	9	3		1-0	1	Tied						17,500	`+`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 16	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	3		1-1	3	1.0							`-`
3	3	Friday, Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	L	2	3		1-2	5	2.0							`--`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 18	BSN	@	PHI	L	2	3		1-3	6	2.5							`---`
5	5	Monday, Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	L	3	4		1-4	7	3.5							`----`
6	6	Tuesday, Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	W	3	1		2-4	6	3.0							`+`
7	7	Wednesday, Apr 22	BSN		PHI	L	1	7		2-5	6	4.0							`-`
8	8	Thursday, Apr 23	BSN		PHI	W	9	0		3-5	5	4.0							`+`
9	9	Friday, Apr 24	BSN		PHI	W	5	3		4-5	4	3.0							`++`
10	10	Saturday, Apr 25	BSN		PHI	W	3	2		5-5	4	2.5						5,224	`+++`
11	11	Monday, Apr 27	BSN		NYG	L	0	2		5-6	4	3.0							`-`
12	12	Tuesday, Apr 28	BSN		NYG	L	2	3		5-7	6	3.5							`--`
13	13	Wednesday, Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W	7	6		6-7	5	2.5							`+`
14	14	Thursday, Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W	3	2		7-7	4	2.5							`++`
15	15	Friday, May 1	BSN		BRO	W	8	7		8-7	4	2.0							`+++`
16	16	Saturday, May 2	BSN		BRO	L	1	2		8-8	5	3.0							`-`
17	17	Monday, May 4	BSN		BRO	W	6	2		9-8	4	3.5							`+`
18	18	Tuesday, May 5	BSN		BRO	W	7	1		10-8	4	3.0							`++`
19	19	Saturday, May 9	BSN	@	NYG	L	3	7		10-9	4	3.5							`-`
20	20	Monday, May 11	BSN	@	CIN	W	5	1		11-9	4	3.0							`+`
21	21	Tuesday, May 12	BSN	@	CIN	L	4	8		11-10	5	3.0							`-`
22	22	Wednesday, May 13	BSN	@	CIN	L	1	6		11-11	5	3.5							`--`
23	23	Thursday, May 14	BSN	@	CIN	L	0	2		11-12	5	4.0							`---`
24	24	Friday, May 15	BSN	@	STL	W	3	0		12-12	5	3.0							`+`
25	25	Saturday, May 16	BSN	@	STL	W	4	1		13-12	5	3.0							`++`
26	26	Sunday, May 17	BSN	@	STL	L	0	1		13-13	5	4.0							`-`
27	27	Monday, May 18	BSN	@	STL	W	9	1		14-13	4	3.5							`+`
28	28	Wednesday, May 20	BSN	@	CHC	L	3	5		14-14	5	4.5							`-`
29	29	Thursday, May 21	BSN	@	CHC	W	11	3		15-14	4	3.5							`+`
30	30	Friday, May 22	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	7		15-15	6	4.5							`-`
31	31	Saturday, May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L	4	6		15-16	5	5.5							`--`
32	32	Monday, May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L	2	3		15-17	6	6.0							`---`
33	33	Tuesday, May 26	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	8		15-18	6	6.0							`----`
34	34	Wednesday, May 27	BSN	@	PIT	W	5	2		16-18	6	5.0							`+`
35	35	Thursday, May 28	BSN	@	PIT	W	3	1		17-18	6	5.0							`++`
36	36	Friday, May 29	BSN	@	PHI	L	0	8		17-19	6	5.0							`-`
37	37	Monday, Jun 1	BSN		NYG	W	4	0		18-19	6	5.0							`+`
38	38	Tuesday, Jun 2	BSN		NYG	W	4	3		19-19	6	4.0							`++`
39	39	Wednesday, Jun 3	BSN		NYG	L	0	3		19-20	6	4.5							`-`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 4	BSN		CHC	T	1	1		19-20	6	4.5							`-`
41	41	Friday, Jun 5	BSN		CHC	L	2	4		19-21	6	5.5							`--`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 6	BSN		CHC	L	0	14		19-22	6	6.5							`---`
43	43	Monday, Jun 8	BSN		CHC	L	2	5		19-23	6	7.5							`----`
44	44	Tuesday, Jun 9	BSN		CIN	L	2	5		19-24	6	8.5							`-----`
45	45	Wednesday, Jun 10	BSN		CIN	L	5	8		19-25	6	8.5							`------`
46	46	Thursday, Jun 11	BSN		CIN	W	5	1		20-25	6	8.5							`+`
47	47	Friday, Jun 12	BSN		CIN	W	1	0		21-25	6	8.5							`++`
48	48	Saturday, Jun 13	BSN		PIT	W	5	3		22-25	6	8.5							`+++`
49	49	Monday, Jun 15	BSN		PIT	L	3	5		22-26	6	9.0							`-`
50	50	Tuesday, Jun 16	BSN		PIT	L	1	6		22-27	6	9.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Wednesday, Jun 17	BSN		PIT	L	4	14		22-28	6	10.5							`---`
52	52	Wednesday, Jun 17	BSN		PIT	L	2	4		22-29	6	10.5							`----`
53	53	Thursday, Jun 18	BSN		STL	W	11	2		23-29	6	10.5							`+`
54	54	Friday, Jun 19	BSN		STL	W	8	6		24-29	6	9.5							`++`
55	55	Saturday, Jun 20	BSN		STL	L	3	9		24-30	6	9.5							`-`
56	56	Monday, Jun 22	BSN		STL	L	0	1		24-31	6	9.5							`--`
57	57	Tuesday, Jun 23	BSN	@	NYG	L	3	6		24-32	6	9.5							`---`
58	58	Tuesday, Jun 23	BSN	@	NYG	W	9	7		25-32	6	9.5							`+`
59	59	Wednesday, Jun 24	BSN	@	NYG	L	0	4		25-33	6	11.0							`-`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 24	BSN	@	NYG	L	1	7		25-34	6	11.0							`--`
61	61	Thursday, Jun 25	BSN	@	NYG	W	14	10		26-34	6	11.5							`+`
62	62	Thursday, Jun 25	BSN	@	NYG	L	4	7		26-35	6	11.5							`-`
63	63	Friday, Jun 26	BSN	@	NYG	L	0	2		26-36	6	12.5							`--`
64	64	Saturday, Jun 27	BSN		PHI	W	4	1		27-36	6	11.5							`+`
65	65	Monday, Jun 29	BSN		PHI	L	2	9		27-37	6	13.0							`-`
66	66	Wednesday, Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W	6	1		28-37	6	12.0							`+`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W	14	5		29-37	6	12.0							`++`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L	1	2		29-38	6	12.5							`-`
69	69	Friday, Jul 3	BSN		BRO	W	3	1		30-38	6	12.5							`+`
70	70	Saturday, Jul 4	BSN		BRO	W	7	5		31-38	6	12.0							`++`
71	71	Saturday, Jul 4	BSN		BRO	L	1	5		31-39	6	12.0							`-`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W	4	1		32-39	5	12.0							`+`
73	73	Wednesday, Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	L	2	7		32-40	6	11.5							`-`
74	74	Thursday, Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	W	11	2		33-40	6	11.5							`+`
75	75	Friday, Jul 10	BSN	@	CIN	L	4	5		33-41	6	12.5							`-`
76	76	Saturday, Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	L	2	3		33-42	6	12.5							`--`
77	77	Sunday, Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W	4	0		34-42	6	12.0							`+`
78	78	Monday, Jul 13	BSN	@	CIN	W	3	2		35-42	6	11.0							`++`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 15	BSN	@	PIT	L	2	3		35-43	6	11.5							`-`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	L	2	6		35-44	6	12.5							`--`
81	81	Friday, Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	W	4	0		36-44	6	11.5							`+`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 18	BSN	@	PIT	L	6	8		36-45	6	12.5							`-`
83	83	Sunday, Jul 19	BSN	@	CHC	W	3	2		37-45	6	12.0							`+`
84	84	Monday, Jul 20	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	5		37-46	6	13.0							`-`
85	85	Tuesday, Jul 21	BSN	@	CHC	W	5	0		38-46	6	13.0							`+`
86	86	Wednesday, Jul 22	BSN	@	CHC	T	2	2		38-46	6	13.5							`+`
87	87	Friday, Jul 24	BSN		CIN	L	2	3		38-47	6	13.0							`-`
88	88	Monday, Jul 27	BSN		CIN	W	10	1		39-47	6	13.0							`+`
89	89	Monday, Jul 27	BSN		CIN	W	6	0		40-47	6	13.0							`++`
90	90	Tuesday, Jul 28	BSN		CIN	L	2	4		40-48	6	13.5							`-`
91	91	Wednesday, Jul 29	BSN		CHC	L	0	6		40-49	6	14.5							`--`
92	92	Thursday, Jul 30	BSN		CHC	L	4	13		40-50	6	15.0							`---`
93	93	Thursday, Jul 30	BSN		CHC	L	3	6		40-51	6	15.0							`----`
94	94	Friday, Jul 31	BSN		CHC	L	1	3		40-52	6	16.0							`-----`
95	95	Saturday, Aug 1	BSN		CHC	W	14	0		41-52	6	16.0							`+`
96	96	Monday, Aug 3	BSN		PIT	L	4	7		41-53	6	17.0							`-`
97	97	Tuesday, Aug 4	BSN		PIT	W	4	1		42-53	6	16.0							`+`
98	98	Thursday, Aug 6	BSN		PIT	L	1	9		42-54	6	17.0							`-`
99	99	Saturday, Aug 8	BSN		STL	W	10	5		43-54	6	16.5							`+`
100	100	Saturday, Aug 8	BSN		STL	W	9	3		44-54	6	16.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Aug 10	BSN		STL	L	3	9		44-55	6	16.5							`-`
102	102	Tuesday, Aug 11	BSN		STL	W	2	0		45-55	6	16.5							`+`
103	103	Wednesday, Aug 12	BSN	@	PHI	W	3	2		46-55	6	16.0							`++`
104	104	Wednesday, Aug 12	BSN	@	PHI	L	2	5		46-56	6	16.0							`-`
105	105	Thursday, Aug 13	BSN	@	PHI	L	0	2		46-57	6	17.0							`--`
106	106	Friday, Aug 14	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	2		46-58	6	18.0							`---`
107	107	Saturday, Aug 15	BSN	@	PIT	L	2	3		46-59	6	19.0							`----`
108	108	Tuesday, Aug 18	BSN	@	PIT	W	4	2		47-59	6	18.0							`+`
109	109	Wednesday, Aug 19	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	5		47-60	6	18.0							`-`
110	110	Thursday, Aug 20	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	10		47-61	6	18.0							`--`
111	111	Friday, Aug 21	BSN	@	CHC	L	3	5		47-62	6	19.0							`---`
112	112	Saturday, Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	W	3	1		48-62	6	19.0							`+`
113	113	Sunday, Aug 23	BSN	@	STL	W	10	0		49-62	6	19.0							`++`
114	114	Sunday, Aug 23	BSN	@	STL	L	3	5		49-63	6	19.0							`-`
115	115	Monday, Aug 24	BSN	@	STL	L	2	3		49-64	6	20.0							`--`
116	116	Tuesday, Aug 25	BSN	@	STL	L	1	4		49-65	6	21.0							`---`
117	117	Thursday, Aug 27	BSN	@	CIN	W	7	4		50-65	6	20.5							`+`
118	118	Saturday, Aug 29	BSN	@	CIN	L	5	7		50-66	6	20.5							`-`
119	119	Sunday, Aug 30	BSN	@	CIN	L	0	3		50-67	6	20.5							`--`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 1	BSN		NYG	L	1	4		50-68	6	22.5							`---`
121	121	Tuesday, Sep 1	BSN		NYG	L	0	8		50-69	6	22.5							`----`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 3	BSN		NYG	L	0	3		50-70	6	24.5							`-----`
123	123	Thursday, Sep 3	BSN		NYG	L	5	8		50-71	6	24.5							`------`
124	124	Friday, Sep 4	BSN	@	BRO	W	3	2		51-71	6	24.5							`+`
125	125	Saturday, Sep 5	BSN	@	BRO	W	4	3		52-71	6	25.0							`++`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 5	BSN	@	BRO	L	0	6		52-72	6	25.0							`-`
127	127	Monday, Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	W	1	0		53-72	6	24.0							`+`
128	128	Monday, Sep 7	BSN	@	BRO	W	1	0		54-72	6	24.0							`++`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L	4	6		54-73	6	25.0							`-`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 9	BSN		PHI	W	5	2		55-73	6	25.0							`+`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 10	BSN		PHI	L	2	8		55-74	6	26.0							`-`
132	132	Friday, Sep 11	BSN	@	PHI	L	2	7		55-75	6	27.0							`--`
133	133	Saturday, Sep 12	BSN	@	PHI	L	4	5		55-76	6	28.5							`---`
134	134	Saturday, Sep 12	BSN	@	PHI	L	1	3		55-77	6	28.5							`----`
135	135	Monday, Sep 14	BSN	@	PHI	W	4	3		56-77	6	28.5							`+`
136	136	Tuesday, Sep 15	BSN		CHC	W	3	2		57-77	6	28.5							`++`
137	137	Wednesday, Sep 16	BSN		CHC	L	0	5		57-78	6	29.5							`-`
138	138	Thursday, Sep 17	BSN		CHC	L	1	4		57-79	6	30.5							`--`
139	139	Friday, Sep 18	BSN		CIN	L	6	13		57-80	6	32.0							`---`
140	140	Saturday, Sep 19	BSN		CIN	L	5	6		57-81	6	32.0							`----`
141	141	Monday, Sep 21	BSN		CIN	L	5	8		57-82	6	32.0							`-----`
142	142	Tuesday, Sep 22	BSN		STL	W	7	0		58-82	6	30.5							`+`
143	143	Wednesday, Sep 23	BSN		STL	W	7	2		59-82	6	29.5							`++`
144	144	Wednesday, Sep 23	BSN		STL	W	4	1		60-82	6	29.5							`+++`
145	145	Friday, Sep 25	BSN		PIT	W	2	1		61-82	6	29.5							`++++`
146	146	Friday, Sep 25	BSN		PIT	L	1	6		61-83	6	29.5							`-`
147	147	Saturday, Sep 26	BSN		PIT	L	0	5		61-84	6	31.0							`--`
148	148	Monday, Sep 28	BSN		BRO	W	3	2		62-84	6	30.5							`+`
149	149	Tuesday, Sep 29	BSN		BRO	W	5	2		63-84	6	30.5							`++`
150	150	Wednesday, Sep 30	BSN		BRO	L	1	2		63-85	6	31.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Thursday, Oct 1	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	2		63-86	6	31.5							`--`
152	152	Friday, Oct 2	BSN	@	BRO	L	2	3		63-87	6	33.0							`---`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 3	BSN	@	BRO	L	0	2		63-88	6	34.0							`----`
154	154	Monday, Oct 5	BSN	@	NYG	L	1	8		63-89	6	34.5							`-----`
155	155	Tuesday, Oct 6	BSN	@	NYG	L	1	4		63-90	6	35.0							`------`
156	156	Wednesday, Oct 7	BSN	@	NYG	L	2	7		63-91	6	35.5							`-------`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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