1901 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1901 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 4th 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.

1901 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 8353 0.610 — 49–21 34–32
Boston Americans 7957 0.581 4 49–20 30–37
Detroit Tigers 7461 0.548 8½ 42–27 32–34
Philadelphia Athletics 7462 0.544 9 42–24 32–38
Baltimore Orioles 6865 0.511 13½ 40–25 28–40
Washington Senators 6172 0.459 20½ 31–35 30–37
Cleveland Bluebirds 5482 0.397 29 28–39 26–43
Milwaukee Brewers 4889 0.350 35½ 32–37 16–52

Record vs. opponents
1901 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET MIL PHI WSH
Baltimore —9–94–14–111–99–1012–7–112–811–8
Boston 9–9—12–812–69–11–115–510–1012–8–1
Chicago 14–4–18–12—13–710–1016–412–810–8
Cleveland 9–116–127–13—6–1411–96–149–9–2
Detroit 10–911–9–110–1014–6—13–77–99–11
Milwaukee 7–12–15–154–169–117–13—6–1410–8–1
Philadelphia 8–1210–108–1214–69–714–6—11–9–1
Washington 8–118–12–18–109–9–211–98–10–19–11–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1901 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • Fred Ketcham
 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
CDoc Powers116431108.251147
1BHarry Davis117496152.306876
2BNap Lajoie131544232.42614125
3BLave Cross100424139.328273
SSJoe Dolan9833873.216138
OFSocks Seybold114449150.334890
OFDave Fultz132561164.292052

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
Jack Hayden5121156.265017
Bones Ely4517137.216016
Farmer Steelman278823.26107
Harry Smith113411.32403
Morgan Murphy9286.21406
Tom Leahy5155.33301
Charlie Carr281.12500
Billy Lauder281.12500
Bob McKinney220.00000

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 Fraser4033122163.81110
Eddie Plank33260.217133.3190
Bill Bernhard3125717104.5258
Snake Wiltse191661353.5840
Wiley Piatt181405124.6345
Bock Baker160110.501
John McPherson140111.250
Pete Loos110127.000

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 Milligan633034.365

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 Leitner10000.001

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

References


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