1901 Washington Senators season

Major League Baseball team season
1901 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
Ballpark American League Park I
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersBan Johnson, Fred Postal and Jim Manning[1]
ManagersJim Manning
Seasons 1902 →

The 1901 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 72, and finished in sixth place in the American League in its first year as a major league team. They were managed by Jim Manning and played home games at the American League Park I.

Regular season

The 1901 Washington Senators

Season standings

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 83 53 0.610 — 49–21 34–32
Boston Americans 79 57 0.581 4 49–20 30–37
Detroit Tigers 74 61 0.548 8½ 42–27 32–34
Philadelphia Athletics 74 62 0.544 9 42–24 32–38
Baltimore Orioles 68 65 0.511 13½ 40–25 28–40
Washington Senators 61 72 0.459 20½ 31–35 30–37
Cleveland Blues 54 82 0.397 29 28–39 26–43
Milwaukee Brewers 48 89 0.350 35½ 32–37 16–52

Record vs. opponents

1901 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET MIL 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 —

Roster

1901 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • Jim Manning

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 Boileryard Clarke 110 422 118 .280 3 54
1B Mike Grady 94 347 99 .285 9 56
2B John Farrell 135 555 151 .272 3 63
SS Billy Clingman 137 480 116 .242 2 55
3B Bill Coughlin 137 506 139 .275 6 68
OF Irv Waldron 79 332 107 .322 0 23
OF Pop Foster 103 392 109 .278 6 54
OF Sam Dungan 138 559 179 .320 1 73

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
Joe Quinn 66 266 67 .252 2 34
Dale Gear 58 199 47 .236 0 20
Bill Everitt 33 115 22 .191 0 8
Jack O'Brien 11 45 8 .178 0 5
Charlie Luskey 11 41 8 .195 0 3
Tim Jordan 6 20 4 .200 0 2
Leo Harrison 1 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
Bill Carrick 42 324.0 14 22 3.75 70
Watty Lee 36 262.0 16 16 4.40 63
Casey Patten 32 254.1 18 10 3.93 109
Win Mercer 24 179.2 9 13 4.96 31

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
Dale Gear 24 163.0 4 11 4.03 35

References

  1. ^ "Turn of Base Ball Wheel: It Brings About Several Important Changes in Big Leagues; Jimmy Manning Out of Washington". The Omaha Daily Bee. November 1901. p. 3.
  • 1901 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
  • 1901 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • 1901 Washington Senators historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com
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