1903 Philadelphia Phillies season
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1903 Philadelphia Phillies season
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| Manager(s) | Chief Zimmer | |
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The 1903 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 49-86, 39½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Regular season
On August 8, 1903, a balcony collapsed at Baker Bowl during a game against Boston. The New York Times reported the following day that four were killed and 125 injured.[1] The Phillies temporarily called Columbia Park home while Baker Bowl was repaired.[2] They played sixteen games at Columbia Park in August and September 1903.[3]
Season standings
| National League | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 49 | -- | .650 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 55 | 6.5 | .604 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 56 | 8 | .594 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 65 | 16.5 | .532 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 70 | 66 | 19 | .515 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 58 | 80 | 32 | .420 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 86 | 39.5 | .363 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 94 | 46.5 | .314 |
Notable transactions
- April, 1903: Pop Williams was purchased by the Phillies from the Chicago Orphans.[4]
- July, 1903: Pop Williams was released by the Phillies.[4]
Roster
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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 |
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| C | Frank Roth | 68 | 220 | 60 | .273 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Klondike Douglass | 105 | 377 | 96 | .255 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Roy Thomas | 130 | 477 | 156 | .327 | 1 | 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 |
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| Chief Zimmer | 37 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 1 | 19 |
| John Walsh | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Rudolph | 1 | 1 | 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 |
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| Bill Duggleby | 36 | 264.1 | 13 | 16 | 3.75 | 57 |
| Chick Fraser | 31 | 250 | 12 | 17 | 4.50 | 104 |
| Jack McFetridge | 14 | 103 | 1 | 11 | 4.89 | 31 |
| Pop Williams | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 |
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 |
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| Fred Burchell | 6 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 2.86 | 12 |
Notes
- ^ "Grand Stand Falls; 4 Killed, 125 Injured" (PDF). New York Times. 1903-08-09. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE3D91739E433A2575AC0A96E9C946297D6CF.
- ^ Macht, Norman L.; Connie Mack, III (2007). Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball. University of Nebraska Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-8032-3263-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZvAWd-Aq5UMC&pg=PA315&dq=Phillies+Athletics+city+series&lr=&client=firefox-a#PPA316,M1. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ "Alternate Site Games Since 1901". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. http://www.retrosheet.org/neutral.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ a b Pop Williams page at Baseball-Reference
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