1903 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1903 Boston Beaneaters season was the 33rd season of the franchise. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 58–80, 32 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1903 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	58–80 (.420)
League place	6th
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Al Buckenberger
← 1902 1904 →

Regular season

The 1903 Boston Beaneaters

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	.650	—	46‍–‍24	45‍–‍25
New York Giants	84	55	.604	6½	41‍–‍27	43‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	.594	8	45‍–‍28	37‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	.532	16½	41‍–‍35	33‍–‍30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	.515	19	40‍–‍33	30‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	.420	32	31‍–‍35	27‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	.363	39½	25‍–‍33	24‍–‍53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	.314	46½	22‍–‍45	21‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–11	7–13–1	7–13	8–12	10–8–1	5–15	12–8
Brooklyn	11–9	—	8–12	10–10	7–12–2	11–8–1	9–11	14–4–1
Chicago	13–7–1	12–8	—	9–11	8–12	12–6	12–8	16–4
Cincinnati	13–7	10–10	11–9	—	12–10	12–8–2	4–16	12–7
New York	12–8	12–7–2	12–8	8–12	—	15–5	10–10	15–5–1
Philadelphia	8–10–1	8–11–1	6–12	8–12–2	5–15	—	4–16–1	10–10
Pittsburgh	15–5	11–9	8–12	16–4	10–10	16–4–1	—	15–5
St. Louis	8–12	4–14–1	4–16	7–12	5–15–1	10–10	5–15	—

Notable transactions

• July 23, 1903: Pop Williams was signed as a free agent by the Beaneaters.^[1]

Roster

1903 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers John Malarkey Wiley Piatt Togie Pittinger Pop Williams Vic Willis		Catchers Malachi Kittridge Pat Moran Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Chub Aubrey Frank Bonner Ed Gremminger Fred Tenney		Outfielders Pat Carney Duff Cooley Charlie Dexter Tom McCreery Joe Stanley		Manager Al Buckenberger

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Pat Moran	109	389	102	.262	7	54
1B	Fred Tenney	122	447	140	.313	3	41
2B	Ed Abbaticchio	136	489	111	.227	1	46
3B	Ed Gremminger	140	511	135	.264	5	56
SS	Harry Aubrey	96	325	69	.212	0	27
OF	Charlie Dexter	123	457	102	.223	3	34
OF	Duff Cooley	138	553	160	.289	1	70
OF	Pat Carney	110	392	94	.240	1	49

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Stanley	86	308	77	.250	1	47
Frank Bonner	48	173	38	.220	1	10
Malachi Kittridge	32	99	21	.212	0	6
Tom McCreery	23	83	18	.217	1	10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Togie Pittinger	44	351.2	18	22	3.48	140
Vic Willis	33	278.0	12	18	2.98	125
John Malarkey	32	253.0	11	16	3.09	98
Wiley Piatt	25	181.0	9	14	3.18	100
Pop Williams	10	83.0	4	5	4.12	20
Pat Carney	10	78.0	4	5	4.04	29

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Stanley	1	0	0	0	9.00	4

Notes

1. Pop Williams page at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1903 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference