1907 Philadelphia Phillies season

1907 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkNational League Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Shettsline
ManagersBilly Murray
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The following lists the events of the 1907 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Preseason

The Phillies' 1907 spring training was held in Savannah, Georgia where the team practiced and played exhibition games at Bolton Street Park. It was the fourth successive year the Phillies trained in Savannah.

The Phillies named their team of younger players the "Minstrels" in intrasquad games against the regulars in tribute to the contemporaneous anti-Black Minstrel show, popular at the time among the Phillies’ players.[1]

1907 Philadelphia City Series

The Phillies played four of six scheduled games against the Philadelphia Athletics for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Phillies defeated the Athletics 4 games to 0.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (0) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (4)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 April 3, 1907 Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 Columbia Park 1:15 -[2] 
2 April 4, 1907 Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:43 5,278[3] 
3 April 5, 1907 Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 Columbia Park 1:40 3,172[4] 
4 April 6, 1907 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 9 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 5,145[5] 
5 April 8, 1907 No Game - Wet Grounds Columbia Park - -[6] 
6 April 9, 1907 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[7]

The Phillies sweep moved the team to 19-18 against the A's all-time in the city series.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 107 45 .704 — 54‍–‍19 53‍–‍26
Pittsburgh Pirates 91 63 .591 17 47‍–‍29 44‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 83 64 .565 21½ 45‍–‍30 38‍–‍34
New York Giants 82 71 .536 25½ 45‍–‍30 37‍–‍41
Brooklyn Superbas 65 83 .439 40 37‍–‍38 28‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 66 87 .431 41½ 43‍–‍36 23‍–‍51
Boston Doves 58 90 .392 47 31‍–‍42 27‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals 52 101 .340 55½ 31‍–‍47 21‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
Pittsburgh 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 Philadelphia Phillies
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
C Red Dooin 101 313 66 .211 0 14
1B Kitty Bransfield 94 348 81 .233 0 38
2B Otto Knabe 129 444 113 .255 1 34
SS Mickey Doolin 145 509 104 .204 1 47
3B Eddie Grant 74 268 65 .243 0 19
OF Roy Thomas 121 419 102 .243 1 23
OF Sherry Magee 140 503 165 .328 4 85
OF John Titus 145 523 144 .275 3 63

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
Ernie Courtney 130 440 107 .243 2 43
Fred Jacklitsch 73 202 43 .213 0 17
Fred Osborn 56 163 45 .276 0 9
Kid Gleason 36 126 18 .143 0 6
Paul Sentell 4 3 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
Frank Corridon 37 274.0 18 14 2.46 131
Tully Sparks 33 265.0 22 8 2.00 90
Lew Moren 37 255.0 11 18 2.54 98
Buster Brown 21 130.0 9 6 2.42 38
Togie Pittinger 16 102.0 9 5 3.00 37
Johnny Lush 8 57.1 3 5 2.98 20
George McQuillan 6 41.0 4 0 0.66 28

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
Lew Richie 25 117.0 6 6 1.77 40
Bill Duggleby 5 29.0 0 2 7.45 8

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
Harry Coveleski 4 1 0 0 0.00 6
John McCloskey 3 0 0 0 7.00 3

References

  1. ^ "Regulars Again Dump Minstrels Hard". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 10, 1907. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Phillies Defeat Athletics in First Game of Inter-Club Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1907. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Phillies Take Game By 4 to 1". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1907. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Phillies Take to Vickers' Curves". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1907. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Philies with Four Straight Victories Capture Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1907. p. 14b.
  6. ^ "Wet Grounds Too Much for Teams". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1907. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Here's Hoping for Fine Weather for the Opening of the Base Ball Season Tomorrw". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1907. p. 10.