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The upstart league placed franchises in Baltimore, Maryland and
Buffalo. After looking at his new league Ban Johnson decided that
he would need a team in Boston to compete with the National
League team there and so cancelled the Buffalo club's franchise,
offering one to a new club in Boston. Playing their home games
at Huntington Avenue Grounds, the Boston franchise finished
second and third before capturing their first pennant in 1903 and
repeating the next year. Those teams were led by manager and
star third baseman Jimmy Collins, outfielders Chick Stahl, Buck
Freeman and Patsy Dougherty and pitcher Cy Young, who in 1901
won the pitching Triple Crown with 33 wins (41.8% of the team's
79 games), 1.62 ERA and 158 strikeouts. His 1901 to 1904
seasons rank among the best four-year runs ever.