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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 + 1 ⁄ 2 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division . Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 .
The 1904 Boston Americans season was the fourth 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 95 wins and 59 losses, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 games ahead of the New York Highlanders .
Research has shown the name 'Boston Pilgrims' was not used in the early 1900s, and was invented sometime after the fact. See Boston Red Sox for links to the research of papers of the day. The team was simply known as 'Boston' or the 'Boston Americans' (to distinguish from the NL Boston team). The team was named the Red Sox before the 1908 season.
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball.It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates [note 1] in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
The 1903 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1903. The regular season ended September 29, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Americans as regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively.
Was a twenty game winner for the Boston Pilgrims (AL) from 1902-1904. Won 3-games for Boston in the first World Series in 1903. Recorded a no-hitter in 1905 vs. Chicago (AL). Became an American League umpire from 1909-37. Selected to the All Syracuse Native Baseball Team - 1939. Inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame - 1988.
Young is tied with Roger Clemens for the most career wins by a Boston Red Sox pitcher: they each won 192 games while with the franchise. [37] In addition, Young pitched three no-hitters, including the third perfect game in baseball history, first in baseball's "modern era". Young also was an above average hitting pitcher.