1907 Boston Doves season

1907 Boston Doves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	58–90 (.392)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	George Dovey, John Dovey
Manager(s)	Fred Tenney
Previous season     Next season  >

Before the 1907 season, longtime Boston Beaneaters owner Arthur Soden sold the team to the Dovey Brothers. The team quickly became known as the Boston Doves, after the brothers.^[1] One bright spot during a 90-loss season came on May 8, when Big Jeff Pfeffer pitched a no-hitter in a 6–0 home win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	0.704	—	54–19	53–26
Pittsburg Pirates	91	63	0.591	17	47–29	44–34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	0.565	21½	45–30	38–34
New York Giants	82	71	0.536	25½	45–30	37–41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	0.439	40	37–38	28–45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	41½	43–36	23–51
Boston Doves	58	90	0.392	47	31–42	27–48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	0.340	55½	31–47	21–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–7–2	5–17	9–13	9–13	8–11–1	9–13–1	6–16
Brooklyn	7–12–2	—	5–15–1	15–7–1	10–12–1	8–13	6–16	14–8
Chicago	17–5	15–5–1	—	17–5	16–6	14–8	12–10–1	16–6–1
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15–1	5–17	—	9–13–1	8–13	10–12–1	14–8
New York	13–9	12–10–1	6–16	13–9–1	—	11–10	10–12	17–5
Philadelphia	11–8–1	13–8	8–14	13–8	10–11	—	14–8	14–7–1
Pittsburg	13–9–1	16–6	10–12–1	12–10–1	12–10	8–14	—	20–2
St. Louis	16–6	8–14	6–16–1	8–14	5–17	7–14–1	2–20	—

Roster

1907 Boston Doves
Roster
Pitchers Frank Barberich Jake Boultes Rube Dessau Gus Dorner Patsy Flaherty Sam Frock Vive Lindaman Ernie Lindemann Big Jeff Pfeffer Irv Young		Catchers Tom Asmussen Jim Ball Sam Brown Joe Knotts Tom Needham Jess Orndorff Infielders Dave Brain Al Bridwell Bob Brush Claude Ritchey Bill Sweeney Fred Tenney Oscar Westerberg		Outfielders Johnny Bates Ginger Beaumont Frank Burke Izzy Hoffman Del Howard Newt Randall		Manager Fred Tenney

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
1B	Tenney, FredFred Tenney	150	554	151	.273	0	26

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
Sweeney, BillBill Sweeney	58	191	50	.262	0	18

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
Barberich, FrankFrank Barberich	2	12.1	1	1	5.84	1

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

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

Notes

1. "Braves Timeline | braves.com: History". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved March 13, 2011.

References

• 1907 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference