1901 Philadelphia Athletics season

1901 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
1902 →

The 1901 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 62 losses. The franchise that would become the modern Athletics originated in 1901 as a new franchise in the American League.

Before the 1901 season

The Western League had been renamed the American League in 1900 by league president Bancroft (Ban) Johnson, and declared itself the second major league in 1901.

In 1901, Johnson created new franchises in the east and eliminated some franchises in the west.[1] Philadelphia seems to have been a new franchise created to compete with the National League's Philadelphia Phillies. Former catcher Connie Mack was recruited to manage the club. Mack in turn persuaded Phillies minority owner Ben Shibe as well as others to invest in the team, which would be called the Philadelphia Athletics. He himself bought a 25 percent interest.

Regular season

In 1901, Nap Lajoie jumped from the Phillies to the crosstown Philadelphia Athletics, owned by Connie Mack.[2] Lajoie's batting average that year was .426, still a league record. The same year Lajoie became the second major leaguer to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded after Abner Dalrymple in 1881.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 83 53 .610 — 49‍–‍21 34‍–‍32
Boston Americans 79 57 .581 4 49‍–‍20 30‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 74 61 .548 8½ 42‍–‍27 32‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 74 62 .544 9 42‍–‍24 32‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 68 65 .511 13½ 40‍–‍25 28‍–‍40
Washington Senators 61 72 .459 20½ 31‍–‍35 30‍–‍37
Cleveland Blues 54 82 .397 29 28‍–‍39 26‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 48 89 .350 35½ 32‍–‍37 16‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1901 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BLA BOS CWS CLE DET MLA PHA WSH
Baltimore — 9–9 4–14–1 11–9 9–10 12–7–1 12–8 11–8
Boston 9–9 — 12–8 12–6 9–11–1 15–5 10–10 12–8–1
Chicago 14–4–1 8–12 — 13–7 10–10 16–4 12–8 10–8
Cleveland 9–11 6–12 7–13 — 6–14 11–9 6–14 9–9–2
Detroit 10–9 11–9–1 10–10 14–6 — 13–7 7–9 9–11
Milwaukee 7–12–1 5–15 4–16 9–11 7–13 — 6–14 10–8–1
Philadelphia 8–12 10–10 8–12 14–6 9–7 14–6 — 11–9–1
Washington 8–11 8–12–1 8–10 9–9–2 11–9 8–10–1 9–11–1 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1901 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Doc Powers 116 431 108 .251 1 47
1B Harry Davis 117 496 152 .306 8 76
2B Nap Lajoie 131 544 232 .426 14 125
3B Lave Cross 100 424 139 .328 2 73
SS Joe Dolan 98 338 73 .216 1 38
OF Socks Seybold 114 449 150 .334 8 90
OF Matty McIntyre 82 308 85 .276 0 46
OF Dave Fultz 132 561 164 .292 0 52

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
Phil Geier 50 211 49 .232 0 23
Jack Hayden 51 211 56 .265 0 17
Bones Ely 45 171 37 .216 0 16
Farmer Steelman 27 88 23 .261 0 7
Harry Smith 11 34 11 .324 0 3
Harry Lochhead 9 34 3 .088 0 2
Morgan Murphy 9 28 6 .214 0 6
Fred Ketchum 5 22 5 .227 0 2
Tom Leahy 5 15 5 .333 0 1
Bob Lindemann 3 9 1 .111 0 0
Charlie Carr 2 8 1 .125 0 0
Billy Lauder 2 8 1 .125 0 0
Bob McKinney 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
Chick Fraser 40 331.0 22 16 3.81 110
Eddie Plank 33 260.2 17 13 3.31 90
Bill Bernhard 31 257.0 17 10 4.52 58
Snake Wiltse 19 166.0 13 5 3.58 40
Wiley Piatt 18 140.0 5 12 4.63 45
Bock Baker 1 6.0 0 1 10.50 1
John McPherson 1 4.0 0 1 11.25 0
Pete Loos 1 1.0 0 1 27.00 0

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
Billy Milligan 6 33.0 0 3 4.36 5

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
Dummy Leitner 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Notes

  1. ^ "Seeks to snare Duffy of Boston", Chicago Daily Tribune, January 29, 1901, pg. 9.
  2. ^ Nap Lajoie Obituary
  3. ^ a b Tom Leahy page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Snake Wiltse page at Baseball Reference

References