1901 Washington Senators season

1901 Washington Senators
1901 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	American League Park I
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Ban Johnson, Fred Postal and Jim Manning
Managers	Jim Manning

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

v t e 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

1901 American League record v t e 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	—

1901 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

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

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

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

^ "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.