1901 Detroit Tigers season

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1901  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Ballpark Bennett Park
City Detroit, Michigan
Record74–61 (.548)
League place3rd
Owners James D. Burns
Managers George Stallings
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1901 Tigers team portrait 1901 Detroit Tigers.png
1901 Tigers team portrait

The 1901 Detroit Tigers season was the Tigers' 2nd season in Major League Baseball. The team was a charter member of the American League, which was originally formed as the minor-league Western League, of which it had also been a charter member. The Tigers finished in third place with a record or 74–61, 8+1⁄2 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. Most of Detroit's home games were played at Bennett Park, with Sunday games played at Burns Park due to Detroit's blue laws.

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Roscoe Miller (23–13) led the team in wins and was the Tigers' first 20-game winner. His performance headlined a strong pitching staff that had the third lowest ERA (3.30) in the American League. Joe Yeager had an ERA of 2.61, for the second best Adjusted ERA+ in the AL, behind Cy Young. The offense was not as strong however, scoring 741 runs – fifth among the eight teams in the league. The team's best hitters were shortstop Kid Elberfeld (.308 average) and center fielder Jimmy Barrett (.293 average; 110 runs).

Home field

The Tigers had played their games at Bennett Park since 1896, but the graduation to a major league meant that there would now be games scheduled on Sundays, which was forbidden by Detroit's blue laws. In order to avoid running afoul of this stricture, owner James D. Burns built a ballpark on his own property in Springwells Township, Michigan just outside the Detroit city limits. [1] Named Burns Park, the Tigers would play their Sunday home games there for the 1901 and 1902 seasons.

1901 season

Pre-season

The following were key dates in the pre-season leading up to the Tigers' inaugural season:

Pop Dillon with the Detroit Tigers, pictured here in 1903. Pop Dillon.jpg
Pop Dillon with the Detroit Tigers, pictured here in 1903.

Regular season highlights

The following were key dates in the regular season of the Tigers' inaugural season:

Attendance

During the 1901 season, Detroit attracted 259,430 fans at home and 238,100 on the road, for a total of 447,428. Detroit ranked third behind Chicago and Boston in overall attendance. [13]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 8353.610—49‍–‍2134‍–‍32
Boston Americans 7957.581449‍–‍2030‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 7461.5488½42‍–‍2732‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 7462.544942‍–‍2432‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 6865.51113½40‍–‍2528‍–‍40
Washington Senators 6172.45920½31‍–‍3530‍–‍37
Cleveland Blues 5482.3972928‍–‍3926‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 4889.35035½32‍–‍3716‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1901 American League record

Sources:
TeamBLABOSCWSCLEDETMILPHAWSH
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—

Game log

1901 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1April 25 Brewers 14–131–0
2April 26 Brewers 6–52–0
3April 27 Brewers 13–93–0
4April 28 Brewers 12–114–0
5April 29@White Stockings 3–25–0
6April 30@White Stockings 2–45–1
May
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
7May 1@White Stockings 9–195–2
8May 2@White Stockings 7–56–2
9May 3 Blues 6–37–2
10May 4 Blues 4–117–3
11May 5 Blues 10–38–3
12May 6 Blues 5–49–3
13May 7@Brewers 9–210–3
14May 9@Brewers 6–710–4
15May 10@Brewers 7–611–4
16May 11 White Stockings 9–412–4
17May 12 White Stockings 7–513–4
18May 13 White Stockings 8–714–4
19May 14 White Stockings 2–614–5
20May 16@Blues 5–215–5
21May 17@Blues 6–416–5
22May 18@Blues 7–916–6
23May 19 Blues 2–1116–7
24May 20@Blues 13–117–7
25May 22 Americans 5–917–8
26May 23 Americans 2–417–9
27May 24 Americans 3–018–9
28May 25 Senators 5–618–10
29May 27 Senators 4–818–11
30May 30 Orioles 7–1018–12
31May 30 Orioles 4–119–12
32May 31 Orioles *5 – 520–12
June
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
33June 1 Orioles 1–320–13
34June 2@Athletics 8–1120–14
35June 3@Athletics 1–220–15
36June 4@Athletics 9–121–15
37June 5@Athletics 3–222–15
38June 8@Athletics 1–622–16
39June 10@Athletics 5–423–16
40June 11@Athletics 4–124–16
41June 12@Americans 2–424–17
42June 13@Americans 11–625–17
43June 14@Americans 7–1625–18
44June 15@Americans 4–1225–19
45June 17@Senators 9–226–19
46June 18@Senators 10–627–19
47June 19@Senators 2–727–20
48June 20@Senators 7–827–21
49June 21@Orioles 3–427–22
50June 22@Orioles 3–1027–23
51June 24@Orioles 8–1727–24
52June 25@Orioles 2–427–25
53June 27 Brewers 4–328–25
54June 28 Brewers 4–029–25
55June 29 Brewers 5–030–25
56June 30@White Stockings 2–430–26
July
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
57July 2@White Stockings 2–330–27
58July 3@Brewers 7–531–27
59July 4@Brewers 5–132–27
60July 4@Brewers 7–832–28
61July 5 White Stockings 4–832–29
62July 6 White Stockings 6–533–29
63July 7 White Stockings 8–334–29
64July 9@Blues 11–335–29
65July 10@Blues 7–436–29
66July 11@Blues 1–636–30
67July 12 Blues 2–536–31
68July 13 Blues 19–1237–31
69July 14 Blues 5–038–31
70July 16 Senators 5–838–32
71July 17 Senators 4–339–32
72July 18 Senators 6–839–33
73July 19 Senators 7–340–33
74July 20 Americans 8–641–33
75July 21 Americans 3–441–34
76July 22 Americans 6–542–34
77July 24 Athletics 5–1242–35
78July 25 Athletics 4–343–35
79July 27 Orioles 1–044–35
80July 28 Orioles 6–445–35
81July 29 Orioles 5–1045–36
82July 31@White Stockings 0–245–37
August
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
83August 1@White Stockings 0–445–38
84August 2@White Stockings 0–745–39
85August 3@White Stockings 8–646–39
86August 4@Brewers 3–446–40
87August 4@Brewers 4–1146–41
88August 5@Brewers 4–1946–42
89August 6@Brewers 8–447–42
90August 7 White Stockings 9–348–42
91August 8 White Stockings 8–1848–43
92August 9 White Stockings 12–149–43
93August 10 Brewers 3–449–44
94August 11 Brewers 16–550–44
95August 12 Brewers 4–650–45
96August 16@Senators 5–151–45
97August 17@Senators 1–551–46
98August 17@Senators 2–052–46
99August 19@Orioles 3–452–47
100August 20@Orioles 5–253–47
101August 21@Orioles *0 – 054–47
102August 22@Athletics 0–154–48
103August 23@Athletics 2–754–49
104August 26@Americans 6–355–49
105August 27@Americans 1–255–50
106August 28@Americans 4–256–50
107August 29 Americans 5–357–50
108August 30 Americans 4–557–51
109August 31 Americans 6–558–51
110August 31 Americans 4–458–51
September
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
111September 1 Senators 4–958–52
112September 2 Senators 5–259–52
113September 2 Senators 7–460–52
114September 3 Senators 2–460–53
115September 4 Athletics 9–161–53
116September 5 Athletics 9–1161–54
117September 5 Athletics 2–961–55
118September 6 Athletics 8–362–55
119September 7 Orioles 9–263–55
120September 8 Orioles 8–564–55
121September 9 Orioles 8–465–55
122September 12@Blues 5–466–55
123September 12@Blues 4–367–55
124September 13@Blues 7–068–55
125September 14 Blues 3–568–56
126September 15 Blues 21–069–56
127September 17@Athletics 1–469–57
128September 20@Americans 2–569–58
129September 21@Americans 3–170–58
130September 22@Americans 5–471–58
131September 23@Americans 9–272–58
132September 24@Senators 1–472–59
133September 25@Senators 2–372–60
134September 26@Senators 5–373–60
135September 27@Orioles 4–673–61
136September 28@Orioles 5–274–61

Roster

1901 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Fritz Buelow 7023152.225229
1B Pop Dillon 7428181.288142
2B Kid Gleason 135547150.274375
3B Doc Casey 128540153.283246
SS Kid Elberfeld 121432133.308376
OF Jimmy Barrett 135542159.293465
OF Kid Nance 132461129.280366
OF Ducky Holmes 131537158.294462

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sport McAllister 9030692.301357
Al Shaw 5517146.269123
Davey Crockett 2810229.284014
Harry Lochhead 142.50000

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roscoe Miller 38332.023132.9579
Ed Siever 38288.218153.2485
Jack Cronin 30219.213153.8962
Joe Yeager 26199.212112.6138

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Emil Frisk 1174.2544.3422
Frank Owen 856.0134.3417
Ed High 418.0103.504

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

References

  1. ↑ Past Detroit Tiger Venues
  2. ↑ "Detroit Doings: The Club Incorporated by Messrs. Burns and Stallings and Capitalized at $50,000". Sporting Life. December 22, 1900. p. 5.
  3. ↑ Reach's Official American League Base Ball Guide for 1902 ("1902 Reach Guide"). A.J. Reach Co. 1902. p. 10.
  4. 1 2 3 1902 Reach Guide, p. 85.
  5. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, pp. 11 and 101.
  6. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 83.
  7. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 12.
  8. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 31.
  9. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 109.
  10. 1 2 1902 Reach Guide, p. 13.
  11. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 102.
  12. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 82.
  13. ↑ 1902 Reach Guide, p. 29.
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