{"product_id":"new-century-new-team-the-1901-boston-americans-9781933599588","title":"New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maurice Bouchard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Society for American Baseball Research\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its first season in 1901. The city of Boston had a well-established National League team, known at the time as the Beaneaters, but the founders of the American League knew that Boston was a strong baseball market and when they launched the league as a new major league in 1901, they went head-to-head with the N.L. in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. Chicago won the American League pennant and Boston finished second, just four games behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Boston Americans played in a new ballpark -- the Huntington Avenue Grounds -- literally on the other side of the railroad tracks from the Beaneaters and they out-drew the Beaneaters by more than 2-1, in part because they had enticed some of the more popular players -- player\/ manager Jimmy Collins, pitcher Cy Young, and slugger Buck Freeman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume represents the collective work of more than 25 members of SABR --the Society for American Baseball Research. It offers individual biographies of the players, team owner Charles Somers, league founder Ban Johnson, and two of the team's most noted fans: Hi Hi Dixwell and Nuf Ced McGreevy. There is also a \"biography\" of the Huntington Avenue Grounds ballpark and a study of media coverage of Boston baseball in 1901, and a timeline running from the first spring training through that year's postseason games.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Society for American Baseball Research","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45549235372183,"sku":"9781933599588","price":1874.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781933599588.webp?v=1767464669","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/new-century-new-team-the-1901-boston-americans-9781933599588","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}