World Series 1903

World Series 1903

team Victories Regular season Boston Americans 5 91-47, 65.9%, GA: 14 1⁄2 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 91-49, 65%, GA: 6 1⁄2
Period:	October 1 - October 13, 1903
World Series

The 1903 World Series was the first edition of the modern World Series , the finals of Major League Baseball . At the end of the 1903 season, the champions of the American League , the Boston Americans , and the Pittsburgh Pirates , the champions of the National League, faced each other. The Boston Americans won the Best-Of-Nine series with 5-3 wins.

Two players per team who participated in the World Series were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame . On the American side, Jimmy Collins and Cy Young were honored, while the Pirates honored Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner .

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (PIT-BOS)	Ball park	spectator
1	October 1, 1903	Pittsburgh	7th	Boston	3	1-0	Huntington Avenue Grounds	16,242
2	October 2, 1903	Pittsburgh	0	Boston	3	1-1	Huntington Avenue Grounds	9,415
3	October 3, 1903	Pittsburgh	4th	Boston	2	2-1	Huntington Avenue Grounds	18.801
4th	October 6, 1903	Boston	4th	Pittsburgh	5	3-1	Exposition Park	7,600
5	October 7, 1903	Boston	11	Pittsburgh	2	3-2	Exposition Park	12,322
6th	October 8, 1903	Boston	6th	Pittsburgh	3	3-3	Exposition Park	11,556
7th	October 10, 1903	Boston	7th	Pittsburgh	3	3-4	Exposition Park	17,038
8th	October 13, 1903	Pittsburgh	0	Boston	3	3-5	Huntington Avenue Grounds	7,455
Boston wins 5-3

The games in detail

Game 1

Huntington Avenue Grounds on the day of Game 3

Thursday October 1, 1903 at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Pittsburgh	4th	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7th	12	2
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	6th	4th

WP : Deacon Phillippe (1–0)   LP : Cy Young (0–1)  

HRs :   PIT - Jimmy Sebring (1)

Game 2

Friday October 2, 1903 at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Boston	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	8th	0

WP : Bill Dinneen (1–0)   LP : Sam Leever (0–1)  

HRs :   BOS - Patsy Dougherty 2 (2)

Game 3

Saturday, October 3, 1903 at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Pittsburgh	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4th	7th	1
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4th	2

WP : Deacon Phillippe (2–0)   LP : Tom Hughes (0–1)  

Game 4

Tuesday October 6, 1903 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4th	9	1
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	5	12	1

WP : Deacon Phillippe (3–0)   LP : Bill Dinneen (1–1)  

Game 5

Wednesday October 7, 1903 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	6th	4th	1	0	11	13	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6th	4th

WP : Cy Young (1–1)   LP : Brickyard Kennedy (0–1)  

Game 6

Thursday October 8, 1903 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Boston	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6th	10	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	3

WP : Bill Dinneen (2–1)   LP : Sam Leever (0–2)  

Game 7

Saturday October 10, 1903 at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Boston	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7th	11	4th
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	10	3

WP : Cy Young (2–1)   LP : Deacon Phillippe (3–1)  

Game 8

Tuesday October 13, 1903 at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	3
Boston	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3	8th	0

WP : Bill Dinneen (3–1)   LP : Deacon Phillippe (3–2)  

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 1 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Americans . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
2. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 2 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Americans . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 3 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Americans . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 4 - Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
5. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 5 - Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
6. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 6 - Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
7. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 7 - Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
8. ↑ 1903 World Series Game 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Americans . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.