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1903 Boston Americans season

1903 Boston Americans season

Major League Baseball team season


The 1903 Boston Americans season was the third season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 47 losses, 14+12 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. Boston went on to participate in the first World Series held between the AL and National League (NL) champions. The Americans won the 1903 World Series in eight games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

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Offseason and Spring Training

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  • October 6, 1902: It is reported that George Stone will play for the Boston Americans.[1]
  • October 28, 1902: John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, announces that Jack Warner of the Boston Americans had signed to play for the Giants.[2] This decision came after weeks of speculation as to the future of Jack Warner. In an interview printed on September 25, 1902, Jimmy Collins stated that he had signed Warner to a two-year contract with the Americans the previous month.[3] On October 13, 1902, Jimmy Collins had gone to New York after hearing reports that Warner had jumped to the New York Giants.[4]
  • March 18, 1903: Catcher Charles "Duke" Farrell announces that that he has accepted an offer to play for the Boston Americans.[5]

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Macon, Georgia.[6][7] Cy Young was a coach for the Mercer University baseball team, also based in Macon.[8][9]

The Boston Americans played an exhibition game against Mercer University (with Cy Young pitching for Mercer) on March 23; the outcome being a 13─2 victory for Boston.[10]

Regular Season Overview

April 20 ─ Boston Vs. Philadelphia

April 20 (Game 1): Philadelphia 4 ─ Boston 9[11] The Boston Americans began the season with a 9─4 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia pitcher Rube Waddell struck out the first four batters he faced. The Athletics scored first in the third inning; Ossee Schreckengost batted into what seemed to be a double play, but the throw to first base went into the bleachers allowing Schreckengost to score. The Athletics scored again in the fourth inning, but the Boston Americans responded by scoring five in their half of the inning, giving them the lead that would not be relinquished.

WP: George Winter

LP: Rube Waddell

April 20 (Game 2): Philadelphia 10 ─ Boston 7[11] Cy Young began the game effectively, allowing only one opposing batter to reach first base for the first six innings. The Boston offense was also strong for the first six innings, scoring a total of six runs. Yet Philadelphia was able to tie the game in the seventh inning, scoring six runs off of Young. Philadelphia then took the lead in the eighth inning with a run scored, and scored three more in the ninth to give them ten runs. Boston could only score one more in the ninth; a single by Chick Stahl led to him being driven home by a double hit by Buck Freeman, giving Boston a total of seven runs.

WP: Charles Bender

LP: Cy Young

April 22: Boston 1 ─ Philadelphia 6[12]

The Boston Americans lost their first game away from home at Philadelphia. Rube Waddell's pitching stopped Boston from making gains; the only run scored by Boston came in the eighth inning, Farrell scoring off of a single hit by Collins, which tied the game with one run each. Philadelphia replied by scoring five in their half of the inning, giving the final score of 6─1.

WP: Rube Waddell (10K; )

LP: Bill Dinneen

April 23: Boston 4 ─ Philadelphia 7[13]

Philadelphia took the lead in the second inning; Seybold hit a double and was driven in by a single hit by Murphy, Murphy then scored on a single to left field hit by Cross, and Cross came home after Henley hit to center field, giving Philadelphia three runs. Boston managed to load the bases in the third inning, allowing Winter to score after three consecutive walks. Pickering scored for the Athletics in the fourth, Davis for the Athletics in the fifth, with Murphy and Pickering scoring in the sixth to give the Athletics a total of seven runs.

More runs came for Boston in the seventh and eighth innings. Collins hit a triple in the seventh to score Farrell and Dougherty; Parent scored in the eighth off of a single hit by Ferris. This gave the total of runs scored by Boston at four.

WP: Weldon Henley

LP: George Winter

April 24: Boston 2 ─ Philadelphia 1[14]

A pitcher's duel between Cy Young and Eddie Plank led to a 2─1 victory for Boston. The only run scored by Philadelphia was by Seybold, who scored a run on a wild pitch thrown by Young in the first inning. Boston scored in the third inning on a double hit by Ferris, who advanced to third on a sacrifice fly hit by Farrell, then came home on a wild pitch thrown by Plank. Boston then took the lead in the fourth inning after Freeman doubled to left and was then driven home on a double to right center hit by Parent.

WP: Cy Young

LP: Eddie Plank

April 25: Boston 4 ─ Philadelphia 0[15]

The Boston Americans, led by the pitching of Tom Hughes, shutout Philadelphia.

Freeman and LaChance scored for Boston in the second inning; Parent scored the third run in the fourth inning, and the fourth run in the eighth.

WP: Tom Hughes

LP: Rube Waddell

April 27: Boston 3 ─ Washington 6[16]

The game between Boston and Washington was a close one throughout until the final inning of the game won it for Washington.

Boston's runs came in the first and third innings. In the first inning Dougherty was driven home on a hit by Collins; this was repeated in the third inning, with Dougherty scoring on a double hit by Collins, whilst Collins himself was driven home on a hit by Freeman. Washington's runs came in the first, fifth, and eighth innings. Washington scored once in the first inning and once in the fifth inning but scored four runs in the eighth to give them the victory over Boston.

WP: Al Orth

LP: Bill Dineen

April 28: Boston 11 ─ Washington 4[17]

Boston's offense exploded to take a convincing win over Washington. After scoring a run each in the first and second innings, Boston scored four runs in the fourth: Ferris hit a single to drive in Parent, but was tagged in between first and second base; Criger walked to first and Young had a hit to left, Dougherty then hit a home run to drive in three runs. Boston then scored three runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to give them their final run tally of eleven.

Washington scored three runs off of a hit by Holmes in the sixth inning and one more in the ninth to bring their total to four.

WP: Cy Young

LP: Wyatt Lee

April 29: Boston 5 ─ Washington 9[18]

Boston ended its series in Washington with a defeat. Washington scored a run in the first inning but Boston equalled the score in the second inning; Washington took the lead in the second inning, scoring two runs to take the lead.

WP: Casey Patton

LP: Norwood Gibson

April 30: Philadelphia 12 ─ Boston 2[19]

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  • May 12: After a slow start to the season, the team has a winning record for the first time, at 10–9, with a 10–5 win over the Cleveland Naps at League Park in Cleveland.
  • June 1: With a 20–15 record, Boston moves into first place in the AL, a half-game ahead of the St. Louis Browns.[135]
  • June 9: The team's longest winning streak of the season, 11 games between May 28 and June 8, comes to an end with a loss to the visiting Detroit Tigers.[136]
  • June 16: With a 28–18 record, Boston falls a game behind Philadelphia in the AL standings.[137]
  • June 21: Buck Freeman is the first player in franchise history to hit for the cycle, in a road win at Cleveland.[138]
  • June 23: With a 33–20 record, Boston regains the AL lead,[139] which they will not relinquish through the end of the season.
  • June 30: Nick Altrock starts and pitches eight innings in a 10–3 road loss to the Chicago White Sox;[136] these are the only innings in the entire season not pitched by members of the five-man rotation, led by Cy Young.
  • July 29: Patsy Dougherty hits for the cycle against the visiting New York Highlanders.[138] It is also Boston's highest scoring game of the year, a 15–14 loss.[136]
  • September 28: The season ends with a home doubleheader against the Browns, with Boston winning both games; 8–7 and 6–0.[136]

The team's longest losing streak was three games, which occurred twice; April 20–23 and September 22–23. The team's longest game was 12 innings, which occurred three times.

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Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 13 home runs and had 104 RBIs, and Patsy Dougherty with a .331 batting average. It was Freeman's third consecutive season with at least 100 RBIs. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 40 appearances (35 starts) and pitched 34 complete games with a 28–9 record and 2.08 ERA, while striking out 176 in 341+23 innings. The team had two other 20-game winners; Bill Dinneen (21–13) and Tom Hughes (20–7).

Season Log

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The team had three games end in a tie; July 31 at Washington, August 29 at Washington, and September 25 vs. Detroit.[136] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[285]

Record vs. opponents

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Opening Day lineup

Patsy DoughertyLF
Jimmy Collins3B
Chick StahlCF
Buck FreemanRF
Freddy ParentSS
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Duke FarrellC
George WinterP

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Roster

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Infielders

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Manager

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Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games Played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; AVG = Batting Average; OPB = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage.

Starters by Position

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Other Batters

Note: G = Games Played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; AVG = Batting Average; OPB = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage.

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Pitchers

Note: G = Games Played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; AVG. = Batting Average; OPB = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage.

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers

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League Leaders

Hitting

Buck Freeman
Candy LaChance
  • MLB Games Played Leader (141).[322]

Pitching

Cy Young

World Series

Boston had an 11-game winning streak from May 28 through June 8,[136] to put themselves in the AL lead. While they briefly fell into second place in mid-June, behind Philadelphia,[326] Boston then won 9-of-10 to recapture the lead, which they held through the end of the season. The Americans met the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first modern World Series, an agreement between the AL and the NL as a post-season tournament. The "Amerks" won the best-of-nine series in eight games; after falling behind, 3–1, they won four games in a row, clinching the championship at their home field, the Huntington Avenue Grounds, in Boston.

The first championship of what is now 9 for the long-running club, the series would be immortalized in the 2004 remake of the team's fight song Tessie by The Dropkick Murphys, honoring the victory over the Pirates in Game 5, helped in part by that song which was adopted as an anthem by a group of team supporters, the Royal Rooters, under saloon owner Michael T. McGreevy.

Summary

Boston won the series, 5–3.

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Huntington Avenue Grounds before the first modern World Series game, Pittsburgh at Boston

See also


References

  1. "Baseball Notes". St. Joseph Daily News. October 6, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  2. "M'Graws Players: New York Manager Issues a List of Men He Has Signed". Evening Telegram. October 28, 1902. p. 8. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  3. "Jimmy Collins On Baseball". Meriden Morning Record. September 25, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  4. "Charlie Farrell Signed". Baltimore Morning Herald. March 19, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  5. "Americans at Macon". The Boston Globe. March 16, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2018 via newspapers.com.
  6. "Boston Americans Secure New Practice Grounds". The Boston Globe. March 18, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2018 via newspapers.com.
  7. "Cy Young Biography". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  8. "Kept Capt. Collins Busy". The Boston Globe. March 17, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved November 4, 2018 via newspapers.com.
  9. T. H. Murnane (March 24, 1903). "For Six Innings: College Team Held the Boston Americans". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  10. Murnane, T. H. (April 21, 1903). "American League". The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  11. "See Real Pennant At Last: Quakers Witness a Great Opening and a Victory". The Boston Globe. April 23, 1903. p. 5.
  12. "Henley Makes His Bow: He Proves to be a Strong Addition to Athletics' Staff of Pitchers". The Boston Globe. April 24, 1903. p. 8.
  13. T. H. Murnane (April 25, 1903). "Refused To Be Rattled: Philadelphia Rooters Tried Unsuccessfully to Disconcert Cy". The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  14. T. H. Murnane (April 26, 1903). "Hughes A Mystery: Boston Americans Score a Shutout Against the Champion Athletics". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  15. "Dineen Goes Into The Air: Boston Team Beaten by the Senators by a Score of 6 to 3". The Boston Globe. April 28, 1903. p. 5.
  16. "Batting Togs On: Boston Americans Win a Game from the Senators by Good Stickwork". The Boston Globe. April 29, 1903. p. 5.
  17. "Nine Bases On Balls: Gibson's Contribution to the Senators ─ Criger Not in Form". The Boston Globe. April 30, 1903. p. 4.
  18. "Those Athletics Take First Fall Out Of Bostons". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 1, 1903. p. 10.
  19. "Many Brilliant Plays: Boston Americans Win from the Champions by a Score of 4 to 2". The Boston Globe. May 2, 1903. p. 8.
  20. "Only One Error: Boston Americans and Philadelphia Athletics Play a Sharp Game". The Boston Globe. May 3, 1903. p. 4.
  21. Murnane, T. H. (May 5, 1903). "Ferris Turns The Trick: His Two Home Runs All That Saved Boston from Defeat". The Boston Globe. p. 2.
  22. Murnane, T. H. (May 7, 1903). "Cy Hit It Out Hard: His Home Run Was One of the Cleanest Ever Made Here". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  23. Murnane, T. H. (May 8, 1903). "Boston Wins Easily: Dineen Pitches in Fine Form and is Well Supported by His Clubmates". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  24. Murnane, T. H. (May 9, 1903). "New Yorkers Win Easily". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  25. Murnane, T. H. (May 10, 1903). "Win The Rubber: Boston Americans Defeat New York in a Game Full of Excitement". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  26. "Collins' Mistake: He Pulls Out Hughes and Has to Send Dineen in to Pitch in Ninth". The Boston Globe. May 12, 1903. p. 5.
  27. "Dineen Vs Wright: Boston Pitcher Kept Cleveland's Hits Scattered Except in Sixth". The Boston Globe. May 13, 1903. p. 5.
  28. "Joss Against Cyrus: Cleveland Pitcher Allows the Boston Team Only Two Singles". The Boston Globe. May 14, 1903. p. 5.
  29. "Boston Gets Square: Turns the Tables on Cleveland for Wednesday's Defeat". The Boston Globe. May 15, 1903. p. 5.
  30. "Heavy Hitting Game: Detroit Makes 15 Hits for a Total of 32 Bases Off Hughes". The Boston Globe. May 16, 1903. p. 5.
  31. "Plenty Of Hitting: Boston Americans, with Young in the Box, Win a Game from Detroit". The Boston Globe. May 17, 1903. p. 5.
  32. "Boston's Run A Pure Gift: Elberfeld Assisted Donovan in Letting Visitors Get It". The Boston Globe. May 19, 1903. p. 5.
  33. "Dineen Vs Mullen: Boston Man Pulls Out of a Hole in the Ninth Inning". The Boston Globe. May 20, 1903. p. 5.
  34. "Tied Up In Ninth: Boston Americans and St Louis Have to Play an Extra Inning". The Boston Globe. May 21, 1903. p. 5.
  35. "Siever's Clever Work". The Boston Globe. May 23, 1903. pp. It Proves to be Quite Puzzling Enough for Boston's Undoing.
  36. "Dearth Of Hits: Boston and Chicago American League Teams Make Only Six Each". The Boston Globe. May 24, 1903. p. 4.
  37. "Great Pitching: Young Gives a Wonderful Exhibition, Shutting Out Chicago". The Boston Globe. May 25, 1903. p. 4.
  38. "Dunkle Pitches Strong: Boston Americans Make Only Two Safe Hits Up to Ninth Inning". The Boston Globe. May 27, 1903. p. 8.
  39. Murnane, T. H. (May 29, 1903). "Lead Kept Changing: First Senators Would be Ahead, Then Boston". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  40. Murnane, T. H. (May 30, 1903). "Brilliant Support: Boston Americans Help Dineen to Win His Game Against Senators". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  41. Murnane, T. H. (May 31, 1903). "Boston Wins Both: Gibson Officiates in the Morning and Young in the Afternoon". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  42. "Just Escape A Shutout: New York Americans Beaten by Jimmy Collins' Team, 8 to 2". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1903. p. 5.
  43. "Tannehill A Mark: Boston Americans Apply Whitewash Brush to New York Invaders". The Boston Globe. June 3, 1903. p. 5.
  44. "Win The Series: Boston Americans, with Cy in the Box, Turn the Trick in New York". The Boston Globe. June 4, 1903. p. 5.
  45. "Dunkle At His Worst: Allowed 16 Hits and Made Many Errors and Misplays". The Boston Globe. June 5, 1903. p. 8.
  46. Murnane, T. H. (June 6, 1903). "In A Slugging Match: Boston Americans Win Again from the Chicago "White Sox"". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  47. Murnane, T. H. (June 7, 1903). "Its Tenth Straight: Boston Americans Score Another Victory Before an Immense Crowd". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  48. Murnane, T. H. (June 9, 1903). "Keeps On Winning: Boston Americans Defeat Detroit at the Huntington-Av Grounds". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  49. Murnane, T. H. (June 10, 1903). "Timely Stickwork: Detroit Wins a Game at the Huntington-Av Grounds". The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  50. Murnane, T. H. (June 11, 1903). "Donovan The Star: Detroit Pitcher the Whole Show ─ Boston Shut Out". The Boston Globe. p. 7.
  51. Murnane, T. H. (June 12, 1903). "Long Tom Hughes' Day: Back in the Steady Line, He Shuts Out St Louis". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  52. Murnane, T. H. (June 14, 1903). "Get After Powell: Boston Players Pound Him for 15 Hits for a Total of 28 Bases". The Boston Globe. p. 6.
  53. Murnane, T. H. (June 17, 1903). "Cleveland Wins Easily: They Hit Dineen Safely and Boston Americans Field Poorly". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  54. Murnane, T. H. (June 18, 1903). "Break Even: Cleveland Wins in the Morning and Boston in the Afternoon". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  55. "Cleveland 5, Boston 4: Harry Bay a Stumbling Block In Way of Collins' Men". The Boston Globe. June 19, 1903. p. 5.
  56. "Boston Comes Back: Collins' Team Wins the Second Game In Series with Cleveland". The Boston Globe. June 20, 1903. p. 5.
  57. "Neck And Neck Race: Boston Pulls Out One Run to Good in Ten Innings at Cleveland". The Boston Globe. June 21, 1903. p. 4.
  58. "Tom Hughes Pitches: Boston Defeats Cleveland". The Boston Globe. June 22, 1903. p. 3.
  59. "One Run Is Enough: Cy Young Wins His Game Against Donovan of Detroit". The Boston Globe. June 24, 1903. p. 2.
  60. "Detroit Got The Rubber: Was on Even Terms with Boston Up to Yesterday's Game". The Boston Globe. June 25, 1903. p. 2.
  61. "St Louis Had Off Day: Its Eight Errors Came at Especially Bad Times". The Boston Globe. June 26, 1903. p. 13.
  62. "St Louis Shut Out: Boston Americans, with Gibson In the Box, Win Easily". The Boston Globe. June 28, 1903. p. 4.
  63. "Put It On Thick: Boston Americans Apply a Double Coat of Whitewash in St Louis". The Boston Globe. June 29, 1903. p. 5.
  64. "Play Rings Around 'Em: Boston Americans Defeat the White Sox in First Game of Series". The Boston Globe. June 30, 1903. p. 5.
  65. "All Over After First: Only One Inning in Chicago Game When White Sox Scored Eight Runs". The Boston Globe. July 1, 1903. p. 5.
  66. "Pitcher's Battle: Cy Young and Pat Flaherty Fight It Out, and the Boston Man Wins". The Boston Globe. July 2, 1903. p. 5.
  67. "Boston Got Discouraged: Could Do Little Against White Sox After the Third". The Boston Globe. July 3, 1903. p. 5.
  68. Murnane, T. H. (July 5, 1903). "Boston Wins Both: Hughes and Dineen Pitch Effectively Against St Louis Browns". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  69. Murnane, T. H. (July 7, 1903). "Lead Is Wiped Out: St Louis Makes a Fine Start, but Boston Americans Win". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  70. Murnane, T. H. (July 8, 1903). "St Louis Wins In Ninth: Jesse Burkett Drives In the Winning Runs with a Fine Hit". The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  71. Murnane, T. H. (July 9, 1903). "Collins A Factor: He Takes a Prominent Part in Boston's Victory Over the White Sox". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  72. Murnane, T. H. (July 10, 1903). "Flaherty Had Fine Chance: Threw It Away Trying to Stretch Out Two-Base Hit". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  73. Murnane, T. H. (July 11, 1903). "Bostons Never In It: Chicago White Sox Score Six Runs in the First Two Innings". The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  74. Murnane, T. H. (July 12, 1903). "Played It Out: Chicago Fought a Forlorn Hope and Lost to Boston, 8 to 5". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  75. Murnane, T. H. (July 15, 1903). "Hard Game To Lose: Boston Americans Go Down Before Cleveland in a 12-Inning Contest". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  76. Murnane, T. H. (July 16, 1903). "Get An Even Break: Boston Wins First Game, 4 to 3 ─ Cleveland Wins Second, 4 to 2". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  77. Murnane, T. H. (July 17, 1903). "Clinched It Right Away: Boston Put Indians Out of the Running at the Start". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  78. Murnane, T. H. (July 18, 1903). "Only One Run Made: Boston's Solitary Tally Against Detroit in the Tenth Inning". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  79. Murnane, T. H. (July 19, 1903). "Errors Help Out: Boston Wins from Detroit, 5 to 3, on Five Hits". The Boston Globe. p. 6.
  80. "Two Great Factors: O'Brien's Muff and a Catch by Lush Result in Boston's Defeat". The Boston Globe. July 21, 1903. p. 7.
  81. "Young Was Right In Form: Let the New Yorkers Hit Him Safely Just Seven Times". The Boston Globe. July 24, 1903. p. 5.
  82. "Ganzel's Bad Muff: Loss of Double Play Resulted in Boston Scoring Five Runs". The Boston Globe. July 25, 1903. p. 5.
  83. "Win An Uphill Game: Boston Americans Wipe Out New York's Lead of Five Runs". The Boston Globe. July 26, 1903. p. 4.
  84. Murnane, T. H. (July 28, 1903). "Dineen In Rare Form: Boston Americans Shut Out the New York Team". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  85. Murnane, T. H. (July 29, 1903). "Another Shutout: Long Tom Hughes Shows Up in Great Form Against New York". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  86. Murnane, T. H. (July 30, 1903). "Slugging Matinee: Cy Young and Chesbro Get Their Bumps at Huntington-Av Grounds". The Boston Globe. p. 3.
  87. Murnane, T. H. (July 31, 1903). "Dougherty Saved Shutout: He Was Also the Only Man That Deering Didn't Fool". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  88. "Darkness Stops It: Boston and Washington Battle 11 Innings to a Draw". The Boston Globe. August 1, 1903. p. 5.
  89. "They Get A Split: Boston Americans Lose the First Game and Win the Second". The Boston Globe. August 2, 1903. p. 4.
  90. "One Bad Inning: Gibson is Hit Freely in the Seventh ─ Washington 5, Boston 2". The Boston Globe. August 4, 1903. p. 4.
  91. "Strenuous Performance: Boston Americans Shut Out Philadelphia in First Game of Series". The Boston Globe. August 6, 1903. p. 5.
  92. "Collins Wanted To Play: Didn't Like the Idea of Stopping and Made a Kick". The Boston Globe. August 7, 1903. p. 5.
  93. "Win The Last One: Boston Americans Get the Better of It in the Athletic Series". The Boston Globe. August 8, 1903. p. 5.
  94. Murnane, T. H. (August 9, 1903). "Never Have A Chance: Philadelphia Athletics Beaten from Start ─ Boston Wins in Second". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  95. Murnane, T. H. (August 11, 1903). "Cy Gets Even: He Fools the Athletics, Who Hit Him So Hard Last Week". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  96. Murnane, T. H. (August 12, 1903). "Boston Wins Again: Philadelphia Athletics, with Rube in the Box, Beaten ─ Score 5 to 1". The Boston Globe. p. 12.
  97. "Dineen Good, Gibson Bad: Latter Lost His Courage Early in the Second Game". The Boston Globe. August 14, 1903. p. 4.
  98. "Wild Bill's Off Day: Boston Americans Benefit by His Poor Work and Score Often". The Boston Globe. August 15, 1903. p. 5.
  99. "Brilliant Fielding: Boston Americans Score Another Great Victory Over Wolverines". The Boston Globe. August 16, 1903. p. 4.
  100. "Early Mistakes Costly: Loss of the Game Wasn't Entirely Dineen's Fault". The Boston Globe. August 18, 1903. p. 5.
  101. "Liked Donahue's Pitching: Men from Boston Not Especially Perplexed by His Curves". The Boston Globe. August 19, 1903. p. 5.
  102. "Should Have Been Shutout: Three Runs Came in on What Was Down for Two-Bagger". The Boston Globe. August 20, 1903. p. 5.
  103. "Freeman's Hit A Corker: Nothing Like Ever Seen on the Chicago Field". The Boston Globe. August 21, 1903. p. 5.
  104. "Boston Gains Full Revenge". The Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1903. p. 9.
  105. "Newcomer Bothered Them: Minor Leaguer Had Boston Guessing ─ Dineen's Good Work". The Boston Globe. August 23, 1903. p. 8.
  106. "Dispel Any Doubts: Boston Shows St Louis How to Take a Doubleheader". The Boston Globe. August 24, 1903. p. 2.
  107. "Powell In Rare Form: Collins' Men Made Only Two Hits Up to Ninth". The Boston Globe. August 25, 1903. p. 5.
  108. Murnane, T. H. (August 27, 1903). "Athletics Died Hard: Ferris Did Wonderful Work Throughout for Boston". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  109. Murnane, T. H. (August 28, 1903). "Hughes' Pitching Masterly: Plank Also Did Some Great Twirling for Losers". The Boston Globe. p. 5.
  110. "Twenty-One Fast Innings: Crowd Voted It the Best Show of the Year". The Boston Globe. August 30, 1903. p. 4.
  111. "They Lose And Win: Boston Drops the Extra Inning Game to the Senators ─ Score, 2 to 1". The Boston Globe. September 1, 1903. p. 5.
  112. "It Was A Close Call: Brilliant Stop by Collins in the Ninth Saves the Game for Boston". The Boston Globe. September 2, 1903. p. 3.
  113. Murnane, T. H. (September 4, 1903). "It Was A Long Battle: Wrong Decision by the Umpire Responsible for it". The Boston Globe. p. 7.
  114. Murnane, T. H. (September 6, 1903). "Played In Luck: Boston Americans Had the Game Clinched in the Fifth Inning". The Boston Globe. p. 4.
  115. "Both Wield The Brush: Collins' Boys Do Their Stunt in the Forenoon, Griffiths in Afternoon". The Boston Globe. September 8, 1903. p. 5.
  116. "Great Pitchers' Battle". The Boston Globe. September 9, 1903. p. 5.
  117. "Boston Wins Both: Collins' Steal Home from Third a Feature of the Second Game". The Boston Globe. September 10, 1903. p. 5.
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