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4

66

72

1903

6

58

80

1907

6

63

91

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1901

5

69

1904

7

55

98

1908

8

45

108

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1902

3

73

64

1905

7

51

103

1909

8

53

100

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1906

8

49

102

Titles:

Top Boston Players of the Naughts

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Pitchers:

BallPark:

Vic Willis (30.77) - 65

South End Grounds III

Togie Pittinger (17.95) - 51

Irv Young (10.25) - 28

Team Name:

Bill Dineen (12.64) - 26

Beaneaters (1900-1906)

Kid Nichols (10.46) - 23

Doves (1907-1909)

Vive Lindaman (2.92) - 21

Gus Dorner (2.09) - 17

Owner:

Patsy Flaherty (1.33) - 15

Arthur Soden Syndicate (1900-1906)

Big Jeff Pfeffer (2.33) - 9

George and John Dovey (1907-1909)

Catchers:

Managers:

Pat Moran (4.69) - 24

Frank Selee (1900-1901)

Al Buckenberger (1902-1904)

First Basemen:

Fred Tenney (1905-1907)

Fred Tenney (25.77) - 77

Joe Kelley (1908)

Frank Bowerman (1909)

Second Basemen:

Harry Smith (1909)

Gene DeMontreville (2.38) - 11

Claude Ritchey (5.58) - 11

Hall of Famers:

Bobby Lowe (0.04) - 4

Frank Selee

Joe Kelley

ShortStop:

Kid Nichols

Herman Long (5.19) - 26

Vic Willis

Bill Dahlen (6.03) - 14

Jimmy Collins

Ed Abbaticchio (2.81) - 13

Hugh Duffy

Billy Hamilton

Third Base:

Bill Sweeney (3.02) - 14

No Hitters:

Dave Brain (7.24) - 14

Big Jeff Pfeffer (1907)

Ed Gremminger (5.59) - 11

Jimmy Collins (3.13) - 6

Notable Events:

Outfield:

1900 - The Beaneaters were one of the top teams in the National

Ginger Beaumont (7.33) - 27

League over the last decade in the nineteenth century winning five

Billy Hamilton (6.66) - 26

titles. They were led by pitchers Kid Nichols, Vic Willis and Ted Lewis,

Johnny Bates (4.42) - 26

infielders Fred Tenney, Bobby Lowe, Herman Long and Jimmy

Duff Cooley (5.81) - 24

Collins and outfielders Hugh Duffy, Chick Stahl and Billy Hamilton.

Cozy Dolan (1.69) - 12

They also had catchers Boileryard Clark and Billy Sullivan on the squad.

Jim Delahanty (2.83) - 10

1900 - Boston tumbles twenty nine games in the standings despite

Notable Events:

retaining the same basic club. In fact, they added some good young

talent in pitcher Bill Dineen, infielder Shad Barry and outielder

1902 - Despite all of the personnel losses, the Beaneaters

Buck Freeman. Welcome to the Twentieth Century.

finish third with a 73-64 mark. The pitching of Vic Willis and

Togie Pittinger, who each win 27 games is the reason for the

1901 - The 1900 season was not an aberration. Boston is now a poor club.

resurgence. Also, the rest of the league has been weakened

even more than Boston due to American League raids

1901 - The American League opens for business and the

newly formed Boston Pilgrims raid the Beaneaters. Gone are

1903 - Shortstop Herman Long gets old and is gone.

star third baseman Jimmy Collins, outfielder Chick Stahl and

pitcher Ted Lewis. The Beaneater management was notorius

1903 - The crosstown American League Pilgrims win the

for frugality and made no attempts at counter offers.

World Series. The Beaneaters have now officially lost Boston.

1901 - Hugh Duffy leaves for Milwaukee of the American League

1907 - The Art Soden led syndicate of owners sells the club

after his playing time was drastically reduced in 1900. He got old.

to bankers George and John Dovey. The team's name

changes to the Doves, but the team's fortunes do not change

1902 - Bobby Lowe and Billy Hamilton get old and leave. Ace

pitcher Kid Nichols is released in a cost saving move.

1909 - The decade closes with the club's fourth hundred

loss season in the last five years . They also topped ninety losses

three more times and were under .500, by a lot, eight years