1901 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Columbia Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough |
Managers | Connie Mack |
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.
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.
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 Philadelphia Athletics | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Billy Milligan | 6 | 33.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.36 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dummy Leitner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 87-year-old Connie Mack's 50th and last as A's manager, a North American professional sports record. During that year the team wore uniforms trimmed in blue and gold, in honor of the Golden Jubilee of "The Grand Old Man of Baseball."
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The 1944 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses.
The 1937 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 97 losses.
The 1936 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.
The 1935 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 91 losses.
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