1910 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record81–72 (.529)
League place4th (22+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersJohn I. Taylor
ManagersPatsy Donovan
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons
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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10248 0.680 — 57–19 45–29
New York Highlanders 8863 0.583 14½ 49–25 39–38
Detroit Tigers 8668 0.558 18 46–31 40–37
Boston Red Sox 8172 0.529 22½ 51–28 30–44
Cleveland Naps 7181 0.467 32 39–36 32–45
Chicago White Sox 6885 0.444 35½ 41–37 27–48
Washington Senators 6685 0.437 36½ 38–35 28–50
St. Louis Browns 47107 0.305 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:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–1214–8–312–109–13–14–1816–616–5–1
Chicago 12–10—10–129–138–13–28–14–112–109–13
Cleveland 8–14–312–10—9–138–137–14–418–4–19–13–1
Detroit 10–1213–913–9—13–99–1315–713–9–1
New York 13–9–113–8–213–89–13—9–1216–6–115–7–1
Philadelphia 18–414–8–114–7–413–912–9—17–514–6
St. Louis 6–1610–124–18–17–156–16–15–17—9–13–2
Washington 5–16–113–913–9–19–13–17–15–16–1413–9–2—

Opening Day lineup

Amby McConnell2B
Harry Lord3B
Tris SpeakerCF
Jake Stahl1B
Heinie WagnerSS
Harry NilesRF
Harry HooperLF
Bill CarriganC
Ed CicotteP

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
CBill Carrigan11434285.249353
1BJake Stahl144531144.2711077
2BLarry Gardner113413117.283236
SSHeinie Wagner142491134.273152
3BHarry Lord7728872.250132
OFTris Speaker141538183.340765
OFDuffy Lewis151541153.283868
OFHarry Hooper155584156.267227

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 Engle10636396.264238
Billy Purtell4916835.208115
Red Kleinow5014722.15018
Hugh Bradley328314.16907
Harry Niles185712.21113
Charlie French9408.20003
Bunny Madden143513.37104
Amby McConnell11356.17101
Dutch Lerchen6150.00000
Doc Moskiman591.11101
Hap Myers362.33300
Ralph Pond141.25000
Pat Donahue240.00000
Ed Hearne220.00000

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 Cicotte3625015112.74104
Ray Collins35244+2⁄313111.62109
Ed Karger27183+1⁄31173.1981
Charlie Smith24156+1⁄31162.3053
Frank Arellanes18100472.8833
Ben Hunt746+2⁄3234.0519
Frank Smith428124.828
Marty McHale211013.276

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 Wood35196+2⁄312131.69145
Charley Hall35188+2⁄31291.9195
Chris Mahoney211013.276

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 Barberich20007.200
Louis Leroy100011.253

References

  1. ↑ "Red Sox Have Practice". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 2, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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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