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1910 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record81–72 (.529)
League place4th
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
ManagersPatsy Donovan
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Opening Day pitcher Eddie Cicotte, shown in 1913 with the Chicago White Sox

The 1910 Boston Red Sox season was the tenth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 81 wins and 72 losses, 22+1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1910 World Series. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.[1]

The team's longest games of the season were 15 innings; a May 23 home loss to Chicago, and a June 29 road win at Philadelphia.[2]

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Jake Stahl, who hit 10 home runs and had 77 RBIs, and Tris Speaker with a .340 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Eddie Cicotte with 15 wins, Ray Collins with a 1.62 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 145 strikeouts.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 102 48 .680 — 57‍–‍19 45‍–‍29
New York Highlanders 88 63 .583 14½ 49‍–‍25 39‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 86 68 .558 18 46‍–‍31 40‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 81 72 .529 22½ 51‍–‍28 30‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps 71 81 .467 32 39‍–‍36 32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 68 85 .444 35½ 41‍–‍37 27‍–‍48
Washington Senators 66 85 .437 36½ 38‍–‍35 28‍–‍50
St. Louis Browns 47 107 .305 57 26‍–‍51 21‍–‍56

The team had five games end in a tie; April 14 at New York, May 27 vs. Cleveland, June 14 at Detroit, September 26 at Cleveland, and October 5 at Washington.[2] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[7]

Record vs. opponents

1910 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 14–8–3 12–10 9–13–1 4–18 16–6 16–5–1
Chicago 12–10 — 10–12 9–13 8–13–2 8–14–1 12–10 9–13
Cleveland 8–14–3 12–10 — 9–13 8–13 7–14–4 18–4–1 9–13–1
Detroit 10–12 13–9 13–9 — 13–9 9–13 15–7 13–9–1
New York 13–9–1 13–8–2 13–8 9–13 — 9–12 16–6–1 15–7–1
Philadelphia 18–4 14–8–1 14–7–4 13–9 12–9 — 17–5 14–6
St. Louis 6–16 10–12 4–18–1 7–15 6–16–1 5–17 — 9–13–2
Washington 5–16–1 13–9 13–9–1 9–13–1 7–15–1 6–14 13–9–2 —

Opening Day lineup

Amby McConnell 2B
Harry Lord 3B
Tris Speaker CF
Jake Stahl 1B
Heinie Wagner SS
Harry Niles RF
Harry Hooper LF
Bill Carrigan C
Ed Cicotte P

Source: [8]

Roster

1910 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager


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 Bill Carrigan 114 342 85 .249 3 53
1B Jake Stahl 144 531 144 .271 10 77
2B Larry Gardner 113 413 117 .283 2 36
SS Heinie Wagner 142 491 134 .273 1 52
3B Harry Lord 77 288 72 .250 1 32
OF Tris Speaker 141 538 183 .340 7 65
OF Duffy Lewis 151 541 153 .283 8 68
OF Harry Hooper 155 584 156 .267 2 27

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
Clyde Engle 106 363 96 .264 2 38
Billy Purtell 49 168 35 .208 1 15
Red Kleinow 50 147 22 .150 1 8
Hugh Bradley 32 83 14 .169 0 7
Harry Niles 18 57 12 .211 1 3
Charlie French 9 40 8 .200 0 3
Bunny Madden 14 35 13 .371 0 4
Amby McConnell 11 35 6 .171 0 1
Dutch Lerchen 6 15 0 .000 0 0
Doc Moskiman 5 9 1 .111 0 1
Hap Myers 3 6 2 .333 0 0
Ralph Pond 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Pat Donahue 2 4 0 .000 0 0
Ed Hearne 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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
Eddie Cicotte 36 250 15 11 2.74 104
Ray Collins 35 244+2⁄3 13 11 1.62 109
Ed Karger 27 183+1⁄3 11 7 3.19 81
Charlie Smith 24 156+1⁄3 11 6 2.30 53
Frank Arellanes 18 100 4 7 2.88 33
Ben Hunt 7 46+2⁄3 2 3 4.05 19
Frank Smith 4 28 1 2 4.82 8
Marty McHale 2 11 0 1 3.27 6

Other 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
Smoky Joe Wood 35 196+2⁄3 12 13 1.69 145
Charley Hall 35 188+2⁄3 12 9 1.91 95
Chris Mahoney 2 11 0 1 3.27 6

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
Frank Barberich 2 0 0 0 7.20 0
Louis Leroy 1 0 0 0 11.25 3

References

  1. ^ "Red Sox Have Practice". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 2, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "The 1910 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Duffy Lewis". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Zingg, Paul; Reed, E. A. "Harry Hooper". SABR. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Boston Red Sox 11, Washington Senators 1". Retrosheet. April 27, 1910. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Red Kleinow". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "New York Highlanders 4, Boston Red Sox 4". Retrosheet. April 14, 1910. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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