# 1907 Boston Doves season

The 1907 Boston Doves season was the 37th season of the franchise. Before the season, longtime Boston Beaneaters owner Arthur Soden sold the team to the Dovey Brothers. The team quickly became known as the Boston Doves, named after the brothers. 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

vteNational 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 recordvte 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 |
| 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
## 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 | Tom Needham | 86 | 260 | 51 | .196 | 1 | 19 |
| 1B | Fred Tenney | 150 | 554 | 151 | .273 | 0 | 26 |
| 2B | Claude Ritchey | 144 | 499 | 127 | .255 | 2 | 51 |
| SS | Al Bridwell | 140 | 509 | 111 | .218 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Dave Brain | 133 | 509 | 142 | .279 | 10 | 56 |
| OF | Ginger Beaumont | 150 | 580 | 187 | .322 | 4 | 62 |
| OF | Johnny Bates | 126 | 447 | 116 | .260 | 2 | 49 |
| OF | Newt Randall | 75 | 258 | 55 | .213 | 0 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Brown | 70 | 208 | 40 | .192 | 0 | 14 |
| Bill Sweeney | 58 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 0 | 18 |
| Del Howard | 50 | 187 | 51 | .273 | 1 | 13 |
| Frank Burke | 43 | 129 | 23 | .178 | 0 | 8 |
| Izzy Hoffman | 19 | 86 | 24 | .279 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Ball | 10 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
| Jess Orndorff | 5 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Knotts | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Westerberg | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Asmussen | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Brush | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Gus Dorner | 36 | 271.1 | 12 | 16 | 3.12 | 85 |
| Vive Lindaman | 34 | 260.0 | 11 | 15 | 3.63 | 90 |
| Irv Young | 40 | 245.1 | 10 | 23 | 3.96 | 86 |
| Patsy Flaherty | 27 | 217.0 | 12 | 15 | 3.70 | 34 |
| Big Jeff Pfeffer | 19 | 144.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.00 | 65 |
| Frank Barberich | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.84 | 1 |
| Rube Dessau | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.61 | 1 |
| Ernie Lindemann | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Jake Boultes | 24 | 139.2 | 5 | 9 | 2.71 | 49 |
| Sam Frock | 5 | 33.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.47 | 12 |