1909 Boston Doves

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

45-108, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Bowerman (22-54) and Harry Smith (23-54)
Scored 435 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-106

Ballparks: South End Grounds III · Attendance: 195,188 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 102

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1908 / 1910 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	45-108, Final Rank:8, GB: 65.5
Days in First	5	last on Monday, May 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	9	last on May 3, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Saturday, Apr 17, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	66	last on Wednesday, Oct 6, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	4	last on Tuesday, May 4
Most Games under .500	64	last on Wednesday, Oct 6
Longest Winning Streak	5	Saturday, Sep 11 to Saturday, Sep 18
Longest Losing Streak	15	Tuesday, Aug 3 to Sunday, Aug 15
Most Runs Allowed	13	Wednesday, Jun 9
Most Runs Scored	10	Tuesday, Apr 27, Thursday, Jul 8, Sunday, Aug 1 and Thursday, Aug 26
Times Shutout by Opponent	21
Times Opponent Shutout	13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	45	108	435	683	.294
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	27	47	219	326	.365
Road	18	61	216	357	.228
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	4	35	28	.600
May	6	20	59	118	.231
June	4	18	70	126	.182
July	9	22	92	138	.290
August	7	22	87	139	.241
September	9	18	74	110	.333
October	4	4	18	24	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	22	54	218	349	.289
Second Half	23	54	217	334	.299
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	20	27	120	127	.426
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	4	28	81	232	.125

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BRO	11	11	60	70	.500
CHC	1	21	47	125	.045
CIN	5	17	63	109	.227
NYG	8	14	78	93	.364
PHI	10	12	62	72	.455
PIT	1	20	43	117	.048
STL	9	13	82	97	.409

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	Wednesday, Apr 14	BSN		PHI	W	9	5		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Friday, Apr 16	BSN		PHI	W	2	0		2-0	1	up 0.5							`++`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 17	BSN		BRO	W	5	1		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	4	Monday, Apr 19	BSN		BRO	W	3	2		4-0	2	0.5							`++++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 19	BSN		BRO	L	0	5		4-1	2	0.5							`-`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 22	BSN	@	PHI	L	0	4		4-2	2	1.0							`--`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 24	BSN	@	PHI	L	0	4		4-3	2	2.0							`---`
8	8	Monday, Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	W	3	2		5-3	2	0.5							`+`
9	9	Tuesday, Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	W	10	0		6-3	1	Tied							`++`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 28	BSN	@	NYG	L	3	5		6-4	2	0.5							`-`
11	11	Monday, May 3	BSN	@	BRO	W	9	7		7-4	1	Tied							`+`
12	12	Tuesday, May 4	BSN	@	BRO	W	7	6		8-4	2	0.5							`++`
13	13	Tuesday, May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L	2	5		8-5	2	0.5							`-`
14	14	Thursday, May 6	BSN		NYG	L	1	2		8-6	3	2.0							`--`
15	15	Thursday, May 6	BSN		NYG	L	0	1		8-7	3	2.0							`---`
16	16	Friday, May 7	BSN		NYG	W	2	1		9-7	3	2.0							`+`
17	17	Saturday, May 8	BSN		NYG	W	2	1		10-7	3	1.0							`++`
18	18	Monday, May 10	BSN		NYG	L	1	2		10-8	3	1.5							`-`
19	19	Tuesday, May 11	BSN		CIN	L	8	10		10-9	4	2.5							`--`
20	20	Wednesday, May 12	BSN		CIN	L	2	6		10-10	4	2.5							`---`
21	21	Thursday, May 13	BSN		CIN	W	3	2		11-10	3	2.5							`+`
22	22	Friday, May 14	BSN		CIN	L	4	7		11-11	4	2.5							`-`
23	23	Saturday, May 15	BSN		STL	L	3	5		11-12	5	3.5							`--`
24	24	Monday, May 17	BSN		STL	L	1	6		11-13	5	4.5							`---`
25	25	Tuesday, May 18	BSN		STL	L	1	3		11-14	5	5.5							`----`
26	26	Wednesday, May 19	BSN		STL	L	0	2		11-15	8	5.5							`-----`
27	27	Thursday, May 20	BSN		CHC	L	2	6		11-16	8	5.5							`------`
28	28	Friday, May 21	BSN		CHC	L	0	7		11-17	8	6.0							`-------`
29	29	Monday, May 24	BSN		PIT	L	2	6		11-18	8	7.0							`--------`
30	30	Tuesday, May 25	BSN		PIT	L	2	6		11-19	8	8.0							`---------`
31	31	Wednesday, May 26	BSN		PIT	L	4	9		11-20	8	9.0							`----------`
32	32	Thursday, May 27	BSN		PIT	L	0	7		11-21	8	10.0							`-----------`
33	33	Saturday, May 29	BSN		BRO	L	1	4		11-22	8	11.0							`------------`
34	34	Saturday, May 29	BSN		BRO	L	1	4		11-23	8	11.0							`-------------`
35	35	Monday, May 31	BSN		BRO	W	1	0		12-23	8	12.5							`+`
36	36	Monday, May 31	BSN		BRO	L	0	3		12-24	8	12.5							`-`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	L	0	2		12-25	8	13.5							`--`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 3	BSN	@	PIT	L	8	9		12-26	8	14.5							`---`
39	39	Saturday, Jun 5	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	3		12-27	8	15.5							`----`
40	40	Monday, Jun 7	BSN	@	CIN	L	1	6		12-28	8	16.5							`-----`
41	41	Wednesday, Jun 9	BSN	@	CIN	L	2	13		12-29	8	18.0							`------`
42	42	Friday, Jun 11	BSN	@	CHC	W	4	2		13-29	8	18.0							`+`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 12	BSN	@	CHC	L	0	2		13-30	8	19.0							`-`
44	44	Sunday, Jun 13	BSN	@	CHC	L	7	9		13-31	8	19.5							`--`
45	45	Wednesday, Jun 16	BSN	@	STL	L	3	6		13-32	8	20.5							`---`
46	46	Thursday, Jun 17	BSN	@	STL	L	3	4		13-33	8	21.0							`----`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 19	BSN	@	STL	L	4	6		13-34	8	22.5							`-----`
48	48	Sunday, Jun 20	BSN	@	STL	L	3	8		13-35	8	23.0							`------`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 23	BSN	@	NYG	L	4	5		13-36	8	25.0							`-------`
50	50	Wednesday, Jun 23	BSN	@	NYG	L	1	11		13-37	8	25.0							`--------`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Jun 24	BSN	@	NYG	L	4	7		13-38	8	26.5							`---------`
52	52	Thursday, Jun 24	BSN	@	NYG	L	5	12		13-39	8	26.5							`----------`
53	53	Friday, Jun 25	BSN		PHI	L	0	6		13-40	8	27.0							`-----------`
54	54	Saturday, Jun 26	BSN		PHI	W	6	3		14-40	8	26.5							`+`
55	55	Saturday, Jun 26	BSN		PHI	W	7	3		15-40	8	26.5							`++`
56	56	Monday, Jun 28	BSN		PHI	L	3	5		15-41	8	27.5							`-`
57	57	Tuesday, Jun 29	BSN	@	PHI	L	3	4		15-42	8	28.5							`--`
58	58	Wednesday, Jun 30	BSN	@	PHI	W	1	0		16-42	8	27.5							`+`
59	59	Friday, Jul 2	BSN	@	PHI	L	4	5		16-43	8	27.5							`-`
60	60	Friday, Jul 2	BSN	@	PHI	W	3	0		17-43	8	27.5							`+`
61	61	Saturday, Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	L	6	7		17-44	8	27.0							`-`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	W	4	0		18-44	8	27.0							`+`
63	63	Monday, Jul 5	BSN	@	BRO	W	5	1		19-44	8	27.5							`++`
64	64	Monday, Jul 5	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	3		19-45	8	27.5							`-`
65	65	Tuesday, Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	2		19-46	8	28.5							`--`
66	66	Wednesday, Jul 7	BSN	@	BRO	L	4	7		19-47	8	30.0							`---`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 7	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	5		19-48	8	30.0							`----`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 8	BSN		STL	W	10	6		20-48	8	29.0							`+`
69	69	Friday, Jul 9	BSN		STL	W	4	3		21-48	8	29.5							`++`
70	70	Saturday, Jul 10	BSN		STL	L	0	6		21-49	8	30.5							`-`
71	71	Monday, Jul 12	BSN		STL	W	4	3		22-49	8	30.0							`+`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 13	BSN		CHC	L	2	3		22-50	8	31.5							`-`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 13	BSN		CHC	L	0	8		22-51	8	31.5							`--`
74	74	Wednesday, Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L	2	8		22-52	8	32.5							`---`
75	75	Thursday, Jul 15	BSN		CHC	L	2	6		22-53	8	32.5							`----`
76	76	Friday, Jul 16	BSN		CHC	L	1	4		22-54	8	33.0							`-----`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 17	BSN		CIN	W	1	0		23-54	8	33.0							`+`
78	78	Monday, Jul 19	BSN		CIN	L	0	5		23-55	8	34.0							`-`
79	79	Tuesday, Jul 20	BSN		CIN	L	1	2		23-56	8	34.0							`--`
80	80	Wednesday, Jul 21	BSN		CIN	W	7	2		24-56	8	33.0							`+`
81	81	Thursday, Jul 22	BSN		PIT	L	0	9		24-57	8	34.0							`-`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 24	BSN		PIT	L	3	7		24-58	8	36.0							`--`
83	83	Saturday, Jul 24	BSN		PIT	L	3	6		24-59	8	36.0							`---`
84	84	Monday, Jul 26	BSN		NYG	T	3	3		24-59	8	35.5							`---`
85	85	Tuesday, Jul 27	BSN		NYG	W	7	4		25-59	8	36.0							`+`
86	86	Tuesday, Jul 27	BSN		NYG	L	2	6		25-60	8	36.0							`-`
87	87	Wednesday, Jul 28	BSN		NYG	L	4	7		25-61	8	37.5							`--`
88	88	Wednesday, Jul 28	BSN		NYG	L	3	4		25-62	8	37.5							`---`
89	89	Friday, Jul 30	BSN	@	STL	L	2	3		25-63	8	39.0							`----`
90	90	Saturday, Jul 31	BSN	@	STL	L	2	3		25-64	8	39.0							`-----`
91	91	Sunday, Aug 1	BSN	@	STL	W	10	4		26-64	8	38.5							`+`
92	92	Tuesday, Aug 3	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	7		26-65	8	39.5							`-`
93	93	Wednesday, Aug 4	BSN	@	CHC	L	3	8		26-66	8	39.5							`--`
94	94	Thursday, Aug 5	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	2		26-67	8	40.0							`---`
95	95	Thursday, Aug 5	BSN	@	CHC	L	0	4		26-68	8	40.0							`----`
96	96	Friday, Aug 6	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	3		26-69	8	41.0							`-----`
97	97	Saturday, Aug 7	BSN	@	PIT	L	4	6		26-70	8	43.0							`------`
98	98	Saturday, Aug 7	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	3		26-71	8	43.0							`-------`
99	99	Monday, Aug 9	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	10		26-72	8	44.0							`--------`
100	100	Tuesday, Aug 10	BSN	@	PIT	L	1	2		26-73	8	45.0							`---------`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Aug 11	BSN	@	PIT	L	0	1		26-74	8	46.0							`----------`
102	102	Thursday, Aug 12	BSN	@	CIN	L	1	2		26-75	8	47.0							`-----------`
103	103	Thursday, Aug 12	BSN	@	CIN	L	2	8		26-76	8	47.0							`------------`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 14	BSN	@	CIN	L	0	1		26-77	8	47.5							`-------------`
105	105	Sunday, Aug 15	BSN	@	CIN	L	2	7		26-78	8	48.5							`--------------`
106	106	Sunday, Aug 15	BSN	@	CIN	L	1	3		26-79	8	48.5							`---------------`
107	107	Thursday, Aug 19	BSN		BRO	W	5	1		27-79	8	49.5							`+`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 19	BSN		BRO	W	1	0		28-79	8	49.5							`++`
109	109	Friday, Aug 20	BSN		CHC	L	3	5		28-80	8	50.5							`-`
110	110	Saturday, Aug 21	BSN		CHC	L	3	8		28-81	8	51.0							`--`
111	111	Saturday, Aug 21	BSN		CHC	L	2	3		28-82	8	51.0							`---`
112	112	Monday, Aug 23	BSN		CHC	L	6	11		28-83	8	52.0							`----`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 24	BSN		STL	W	3	1		29-83	8	51.5							`+`
114	114	Wednesday, Aug 25	BSN		STL	W	9	8		30-83	8	50.5							`++`
115	115	Thursday, Aug 26	BSN		STL	W	10	8		31-83	8	50.5							`+++`
116	116	Friday, Aug 27	BSN		CIN	W	5	4		32-83	8	50.5							`++++`
117	117	Saturday, Aug 28	BSN		CIN	L	6	7		32-84	8	52.0							`-`
118	118	Monday, Aug 30	BSN		CIN	L	3	5		32-85	8	53.0							`--`
119	119	Tuesday, Aug 31	BSN		PIT	L	2	7		32-86	8	54.0							`---`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 2	BSN		PIT	W	1	0		33-86	8	54.0							`+`
121	121	Thursday, Sep 2	BSN		PIT	L	3	5		33-87	8	54.0							`-`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 4	BSN	@	NYG	L	3	7		33-88	8	55.0							`--`
123	123	Monday, Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	W	2	0		34-88	8	54.5							`+`
124	124	Monday, Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L	4	5		34-89	8	54.5							`-`
125	125	Tuesday, Sep 7	BSN	@	NYG	L	1	3		34-90	8	55.5							`--`
126	126	Wednesday, Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L	2	6		34-91	8	56.0							`---`
127	127	Wednesday, Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L	3	5		34-92	8	56.0							`----`
128	128	Thursday, Sep 9	BSN		PHI	L	0	3		34-93	8	57.0							`-----`
129	129	Saturday, Sep 11	BSN		PHI	W	3	2		35-93	8	57.0							`+`
130	130	Saturday, Sep 11	BSN		PHI	W	1	0		36-93	8	57.0							`++`
131	131	Monday, Sep 13	BSN		NYG	W	6	1		37-93	8	57.5							`+++`
132	132	Monday, Sep 13	BSN		NYG	T	4	4		37-93	8	57.5							`+++`
133	133	Tuesday, Sep 14	BSN		NYG	W	3	0		38-93	8	57.0							`++++`
134	134	Saturday, Sep 18	BSN	@	CIN	W	2	1		39-93	8	59.0							`+++++`
135	135	Saturday, Sep 18	BSN	@	CIN	L	5	8		39-94	8	59.0							`-`
136	136	Sunday, Sep 19	BSN	@	CIN	L	4	5		39-95	8	60.0							`--`
137	137	Sunday, Sep 19	BSN	@	CIN	L	3	5		39-96	8	60.0							`---`
138	138	Tuesday, Sep 21	BSN	@	PIT	L	0	2		39-97	8	62.5							`----`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 21	BSN	@	PIT	L	0	5		39-98	8	62.5							`-----`
140	140	Wednesday, Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	L	7	12		39-99	8	63.5							`------`
141	141	Friday, Sep 24	BSN	@	CHC	L	1	9		39-100	8	64.5							`-------`
142	142	Saturday, Sep 25	BSN	@	CHC	L	4	7		39-101	8	65.5							`--------`
143	143	Sunday, Sep 26	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	3		39-102	8	66.0							`---------`
144	144	Tuesday, Sep 28	BSN	@	STL	W	2	1		40-102	8	65.5							`+`
145	145	Tuesday, Sep 28	BSN	@	STL	L	3	7		40-103	8	65.5							`-`
146	146	Wednesday, Sep 29	BSN	@	STL	L	1	2		40-104	8	65.5							`--`
147	147	Thursday, Sep 30	BSN	@	STL	W	4	2		41-104	8	65.0							`+`
148	148	Saturday, Oct 2	BSN	@	BRO	L	2	6		41-105	8	64.5							`-`
149	149	Saturday, Oct 2	BSN	@	BRO	W	1	0		42-105	8	64.5							`+`
150	150	Monday, Oct 4	BSN	@	BRO	W	4	2		43-105	8	64.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Monday, Oct 4	BSN	@	BRO	L	1	3		43-106	8	64.5							`-`
152	152	Tuesday, Oct 5	BSN	@	BRO	W	5	3		44-106	8	65.0							`+`
153	153	Wednesday, Oct 6	BSN	@	PHI	L	1	2		44-107	8	66.0							`-`
154	154	Wednesday, Oct 6	BSN	@	PHI	L	1	7		44-108	8	66.0							`--`
155	155	Thursday, Oct 7	BSN	@	PHI	W	3	1		45-108	8	65.5							`+`
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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