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1901 Boston Americans season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball season

FieldValue
nameBoston Americans
season1901
imageBoston_Americans_team_picture.jpg
image_size250
captionTeam photo; Cy Young third from left in middle row, Jimmy Collins seated center of front row
leagueAmerican League
ballparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
cityBoston, Massachusetts
record79–57 (.581)
league_place2nd
ownersCharles Somers
presidentCharles Somers
managersJimmy Collins
espntnbos
brtnBOS

|}} The 1901 Boston Americans season was the first season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox, and the first season of play for the American League (AL). It resulted in the Americans finishing second in the AL with a record of 79 wins and 57 losses, four games behind the Chicago White Stockings. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Off-Season

On February 11, Jimmy Collins, third baseman for the National League Boston Beaneaters became the first player under contract for the Boston Americans after being offered a contract of $4000 with the added ability to sign subsequent players to contracts. Collins was joined on March 4 by the outfielder Chick Stahl, who was also from the Beaneaters. Defecting with Stahl and Collins was the outfielder Buck Freeman.

Yet perhaps the most important signing was that of the 34 year old St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Cy Young, who accepted a contract worth $3500 from the Boston Americans. Vital to the signing of Cy Young from the Cardinals was the signing of Cy Young's catcher in St. Louis, Lou Criger; the value that Young gave to Criger and that Criger gave to Young was so strong, that it is unlikely that Young would have signed for the Americans if Criger had not done so.

Transactions

  • March 4, 1901: Chick Stahl and Bill Dinneen defect from the Boston Nationals to play for the Boston Americans, with the later agreeing to play for $3600.
  • March 6, 1901: Outfielder Charlie Hemphill joins the Americans from the Kansas City Blues.
  • March 16, 1901: Infielder Fred Parent signs a contract to play for the Boston Americans.

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • April 26: The franchise's first-ever American League contest ends as a 10–6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park in Baltimore. Pitching for the Red Sox was Win Kellum, who became the first Red Sox player to pitch a complete game, but was also the first pitcher to earn a loss. Boston's first run was scored by player-manager Jimmy Collins in the fifth inning. In 1903, the Orioles relocated to New York City as the Highlanders, then in 1913 became known as the New York Yankees.
  • April 30: After losing their first three games, the team records its first win, an 8–6 victory in 10 innings over the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park in Philadelphia.
  • May 2: In their highest-scoring game of the year, Boston defeats Philadelphia, 23–12 in a road victory.
  • May 8: The team plays and wins its first-ever home game, 12–4 over the visiting Athletics.
  • May 11: Buck Freeman receives the first ejection in franchise history, sent off by umpire Jack Haskell following a call at second base, in a home loss to the Washington Senators.
  • May 17: The team's longest losing streak of the season, five games between May 11 and 16, comes to an end with a victory over the visiting Orioles.
  • June 10: A 7–4 win over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers gives the team a winning record for the first time, as they reach 17–16. In 1902, the Brewers moved and became the St. Louis Browns, then in 1954 moved again and became today's Baltimore Orioles.
  • June 24: The team's longest winning streak of the season, nine games between June 14 and 22, comes to an end with a loss to the visiting Cleveland Blues.
  • August 27: The team's longest game of the season ends as a 2–1 win in 15 innings over the visiting Detroit Tigers.
  • September 28: The season ends with a home doubleheader against the Brewers; Boston wins both games, 8–3, and 10–9 in seven innings. The total attendance for the Red Sox was 289,448, the second most in the American League (behind the White Sox' 354,350) and more than the crosstown Boston Beaneaters' 146,502.

Transactions and Signings

  • April 27, 1901: The Boston Americans sign pitcher Frank Foreman.
  • May 16, 1901: Pitcher Frank Foreman is dropped from the roster.
  • June 25, 1901: Pitcher Win Kellum is released from the Americans alongside outfielder Charlie Jones.
  • August 31, 1901: The Red Sox release pitcher George Cuppy.

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 12 home runs and had 114 RBIs while recording a .339 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 43 appearances (41 starts) and pitched 38 complete games with a 33–10 record and 1.62 ERA, while striking out 158 in innings.

Season Log

Boston WinBoston LossTie Game

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 26|| @ Baltimore || 6-10 || McGinnity (1–0) || Kellum (0–1) || 0-1 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 27 || @ Baltimore || 6-12 || Howell (1–0) || Young (0–1) || 0-2 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 29 || @ Baltimore || 5-8 || Bernhard (1–0) || Cuppy (0–1)|| 0-3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 4 || April 30 || @ Philadelphia || 8-6 || Young (1-1) || Milligan (0–1) || 1-3 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |5||May 1||@Philadelphia||1-14||Piatt (1-1)||Kellum (0–2)||1-4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |6|||May 2||@Philadelphia||23-12||Lewis (1–0)||Loos (0–1)||2-4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |7||May 3||@Washington||4-9||Carrick (3–0)||Foreman (0–1)||2-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |8||May 4||@Washington||10-2||Young (2–1)||Mercer (1–2)||3-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |9||May 6||@Washington||9-5||Lewis (2–0)||Lee (1-1)||4-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |10||May 7||@Washington||7-3||Kellum (1–2)||Carrick (3–1)||5-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |11||May 8||Philadelphia||4-12|| Young (3–1)||Bernhard (1-1)||6-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |12||May 9||Philadelphia||3-9||Cuppy (1-1)||Fraser (2-2)||7-5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |13||May 11||Washington||3-2||Lee (2–1)||Lewis (2–1)||7-6|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |14||May 13||Washington||5-2||Carrick (4–1)||Kellum (1–3)||7-7|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |15||May 14||Washington||3-2||Gear (1-1)||Young (3–2)||7-8|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |16||May 15||Washington||4-0||Lee (3–1)||Cuppy (1–2)||7-9|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |17||May 16||Baltimore||8-7||McGinnity (6–1)||Lewis (2-2)||7-10|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |18||May 17||Baltimore||2-7||Young (4–2)||Dunn (1–2)||8-10|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |19||May 22||@Detroit||9-5||Lewis (3–2)||Siever (4–3)||9-10|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |20||May 23||@Detroit||4-2||Young (5–2)||Cronin (3-3)||10-10|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |21||May 23||@Detroit||0-3||Miller (2–1)||Beville (0–1)||10-11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |22||May 25||@Cleveland||5-0||Lewis (4–2)||Moore (3-3)||11-11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |23||May 30||@Chicago||3-8||Griffith (7–1)||Beville (0–2)||11-12|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |24||May 30||@Chicago||3-5||Patterson (4–2)||Young (5–3)||11-13|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |25||May 31||@Chicago||5-10||Skopec (6–3)||Lewis (4–3)||11-14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |26||June 1||@Chicago||10-5||Mitchell (1–0)||Harvey (2-2)||12-14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |27||June 2||@Milwaukee||13-2||Young (6–3)||Reidy (4-4)||13-14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |28||June 3||@Milwaukee||2-4||Sparks (3-3)||Lewis (4-4)||13-15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |29||June 4||@Milwaukee||2-5||Hawley (3–4)||Cuppy (1–3)||13-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |30||June 5||@Milwaukee||7-4||Mitchell (2–0)||Garvin (1–5)||14-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |31||June 7||Milwaukee||2-4||Young (7–3)||Reidy (4–5)||15-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |32||June 8||Milwaukee||4-12||Lewis (5–4)||Sparks (3–4)||16-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |33||June 10||Milwaukee||4-7||Kellum (2–3)||Hawley (3–5)||17-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |34||June 11|| Milwaukee||4-8||Cuppy (2–3)||Reidy (4–6)||18-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |35||June 12||Detroit||2-4||Young (8–3)||Siever (6–4)||19-16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |36||June 13||Detroit||11-6||Miller (5-5)||Lewis (5-5)||19-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |37||June 14||Detroit||7-16||Young (9–3)||Cronin (6–4)||20-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |38||June 15||Detroit||4-12||Winter (1–0)||Owen (1–2)||21-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |39||June 17 (1)||Chicago||1-11||Mitchell (3–0)||Katoll (6–3)||22-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |40||June 17 (2)||Chicago||4-10||Young (10–3)||Patterson (5-5)||23-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |41||June 18||Chicago||3-4||Lewis (6–5)||Griffith (9–4)||24-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |42||June 19||Chicago||3-5||Winter (2–0)||Patterson (5–6)||25-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |43||June 20||Chicago||3-4||Young (11–3)||Harvey (2–4)||26-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |44||June 21||Cleveland||3-4||Lewis (7–5)||Dowling (4–5)||27-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |45||June 22||Cleveland||1-8||Winter (3–0)||Hart (3–9)||28-17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |46||June 24||Cleveland||7-1||Moore (6–5)||Mitchell (3–1)||28-18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |47||June 25||Cleveland||2-4||Young (12–3)||Dowling (4–6)||29-18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |48||June 27||@Washington||0-2||Lee (9–5)||Lewis (7–6)||29-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |49||June 28||@Washington||6-5||Winter (4–0)||Carrick (8–5)||30-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |50||June 29||@Washington||7-2||Young (13–3)||Patten (4–1)||31-19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |51||July 1||@Baltimore||5-7||Nops (3–0)||Cuppy (2–4)||31-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |52||July 2||@Baltimore||10-8||Winter (5–0)||McGinnity (12–8)||32-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |53||July 3||Baltimore||1-9||Young (14–3)||Howell||33-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |54||July 4 (1)||Baltimore||2-10||Mitchell (4–1)||Nops (3–1)||34-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |55||July 4 (2)||Baltimore||3-8||Lewis (8–6)||Foreman (3–2)||35-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |56||July 5||Washington||1-2||Winter (6–0)||Patten (5–2)||36-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |57||July 6||Washington||0-7||Young (15–3)|| Lee (9–6)||37-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |58||July 8||Washington||1-3||Cuppy (3–4)||Carrick (8–7)||38-20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |59||July 10||Philadelphia||13-6||Fraser (7–10)||Lewis (8–7)||38-21|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |60||July 11||Philadelphia||1-4||Winter (7–0)||Plank (7–6)||39-21|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |61||July 12||Philadelphia||3-5||Young (16–3)||McPherson (0–1)||40-21|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |62||July 13||@Philadelphia||1-6||Fraser (8–10)||Mitchell (4–2)||40-22|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |63||July 15||@Philadelphia||1-6||Plank (8–6)||Winter (7–1)||40-23|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |64||July 16||@Cleveland||10-8||Young (17–3)||Moore (8-8)||41-23|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |65||July 17 (1)||@Cleveland||9-3||Lewis (9–7)||Scott (4–6)||42-23|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |66||July 17 (2)||@Cleveland||10-2||Cuppy (4-4)||Dowling (6–12)||43-23|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |67||July 18||@Cleveland||5-6||Hart (6–10)||Winter (7–2)||43-24|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |68||July 19||@Cleveland||1-2||Moore (9–8)||Young (17–4)||43-25|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |69||July 20||@Detroit||6-8||Siever (9-9)||Lewis (9–8)||43-26|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |70||July 21||@Detroit||4-3||Winter (8–2)||Yeager (4-4)||44-26|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |71||July 22||@Detroit||5-6||Miller (13–6)||Young (17–5)||44-27|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |72||July 23||@Milwaukee||9-7||Mitchell (5–2)||Husting (3–5)||45-27|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |73||July 24||@Milwaukee||3-4||Hawley (5–12)||Lewis (9-9)||45-28|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |74||July 25||@Milwaukee||2-6||Reidy (4-4)||Winter (8–3)||45-29|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |75||July 26||@Milwaukee||4-2||Young (18–5)||Husting (3–6)||46-29|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |76||July 27||@Chicago||7-8||Callahan (8–0)||Lewis (9–10)||46-30|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |77||July 29||@Chicago||4-1||Young (19–5)||Patterson (10-10)||47-30|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |78||July 31||@Philadelphia||10-13||Fraser (12–11)||Winter (8–4)||47-31|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |79||August 1||@Philadelphia||6-8||Wiltse (2–4)||Cuppy (4–5)||47-32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |80||August 2||@Philadelphia||16-0||Young (20–5)||Bernhard (6-6)||48-32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |81||August 3||@Philadelphia||4-7||Plank (12–7)||Lewis (9–11)||48-33|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |82||August 5 (1)||@Baltimore||3-1||Young (21–5)||Howell (9–13)||49-33|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |83||August 5 (2)||@Baltimore||0-9||Nops (9–2)||Winter (8–5)||49-34|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |84||August 7 (1)||@Baltimore||10-5||Lewis (10–11)||Foreman (7–4)||50-34|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |85||August 7 (2)||@Baltimore||4-10||McGinnity (19–12)||Cuppy (4–6)||50-35|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |86||August 8||Baltimore||2-0||Howell (10–13)||Young (21–6)||50-36|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |87||August 9 (1)||Baltimore||11-9||Nops (10–2)||Winter (8–6)||50-37|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |88||August 9 (2)||Baltimore||6-2||Mitchell (6–2)||McGinnity (19–13)||51-37|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |89||August 10 (1)||Baltimore||4-6||Lewis (11-11)||Howell (10–14)||52-37|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |90||August 10 (2)||Baltimore||4-3||Foreman (8–4)||Young (21–7)||52-38|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |91||August 12 (1)||Philadelphia||0-6||Winter (9–6)||Bernhard (8–7)||53-38|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |92||August 12 (2)||Philadelphia||7-1||Plank (14–8)||Mitchell (6–3)||53-39|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |93||August 13||Philadelphia||3-4||Lewis (12–11)||Wiltse (5-5)||54-39|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |94||August 14 (1)||Philadelphia||9-0||Fraser (15–12)||Young (21–8)||54-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |95||August 14 (2)||Philadelphia||2-4||Winter (10–6)||Plank (14–9)||55-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |96||August 16||Chicago||2-6||Young (22–8)||Callahan (9–4)||56-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |97||August 17||Chicago||2-4||Lewis (13–11)||Griffith (21–6)||57-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |98||August 19||Milwaukee||5-6||Winter (11–6)||Husting (5–9)||58-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |99||August 20||Milwaukee||0-6||Young (23–8)||Hawley (7–14)||59-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |100||August 21||Milwaukee||5-8||Lewis (14–11)||Garvin (5–13)||60-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |101||August 22||Cleveland||3-4||Winter (12–6)||Moore (11–12)||61-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |102||August 23||Cleveland||3-4||Young (24–8)||McNeal (3–2)||62-40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |103||August 24||Cleveland||4-2||Dowling (9–18)||Lewis (14–12)||62-41|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |104||August 26||Detroit||6-3||Siever (13–12)||Winter (12–7)||62-42|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |105||August 27||Detroit||1-2||Young (25–8)||Miller (18–10)||63-42|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |106||August 28||Detroit||4-2||Yeager (8–9)||Lewis (14–13)||63-43|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |107||August 29||@Detroit||3-5||Siever (14–12)||Winter (12–8)||63-44|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |108||August 30||@Detroit||5-4||Young (26–8)||Cronin (9–14)||64-44|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbbb;" |109||August 31 (1)||@Detroit||5-6||Miller (19–10)||Mitchell (6–4)||64-45|| |- |110||August 31 (2)||@Detroit||4-4||─||─||64-45-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |111||September 2 (1)||@Cleveland||9-4||Winter (13–8)||Dowling (9-21)||65-45-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |112||September 2 (2)||@Cleveland||4-1||Young (27–8)||Bracken (3–4)||66-45-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |113||September 3 (1)||@Cleveland||0-1||Moore (13-13)||Lewis (14-14)||66-46-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |114||September 3 (2)||@Cleveland||0-4||Cristall (1–0)||Mitchell (6–5)||66-47-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |115||September 4||@Milwaukee||4-6||Reidy (15–14)||Winter (13–9)||66-48-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |116||September 5||@Milwaukee||4-2||Young (28–8)||Garvin (6–16)||67-48-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |117||September 7||@Chicago||1-4||Callahan (12–7)||Lewis (14–15)||67-49-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |118||September 8||@Chicago||3-4||Patterson (19–13)||Young (28–9)||67-50-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |119||September 9 (1)||@Chicago||3-4||Callahan (13–7)||Lewis (14–16)||67-51-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |120||September 9 (2)||@Chicago||4-6||Griffith (23–6)||Winter (13–10)||67-52-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |121||September 11||@Washington||9-0||Young (29–9)||Mercer (8–10)||68-52-1|| |- |122||September 12||@Washington||6-6||─||─||68-52-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |123||September 13 (1)||@Washington||5-1||Winter (14–10)||Carrick (11–21)||69-52-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |124||September 13 (2)||@Washington||3-5||Lee (16–14)||Mitchell (6-6)||69-53-1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |125||September 14||Washington||1-12||Young (30–9)||Mercer (8–11)||70-53-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |126||September 16 (1)||Washington||5-6||Young (31–9)||Patten (16–10)||71-53-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |127||September 16 (2)||Washington||7-5||Carrick (12–21)||Winter (14–11)||71-54-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |128||September 17||Cleveland||0-5||Young (32–9)||Dowling (11–23)||72-54-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |129||September 20||Detroit||2-5||Lewis (15–16)||Cronin (13–15)||73-54-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |130||September 21||Detroit||3-1||Siever (18–13)||Winter (14–12)||73-55-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |131||September 23 (1)||Detroit||5-4||Yeager (11-11)||Young (32–10)||73-56-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |132||September 23 (2)||Detroit||9-2||Miller (22–12)||Lewis (15–17)||73-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |133||September 24||Chicago||3-8||Winter (15–12)||Piatt (8–14)||74-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |134||September 25||Chicago||2-5||Young (33–10)||Katoll (11–10)||75-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |135||September 26||Chicago||2-3||Lewis (16–17)||Callahan (15–8)||76-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |136||September 27||Milwaukee||2-7||Prentiss (1–0)||Garvin (8-20)||77-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |137||September 28 (1)||Milwaukee||3-8||Winter (16–12)||Husting (9–15)||78-57-2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |138||September 28 (2)||Milwaukee||9-10||Volz (1–0)||Reidy (16–20)||79-57-2||

Season Standings

The team had two games end in a tie; August 31 at Detroit Tigers and September 12 at Washington Senators.

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Source:

Roster

1901 Boston Americans
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.OBPSLGReference
C862803785038.304.356.386
1B1294898816612114.339.403.521
2B13852468131263.250.296.349
SS13851987158460.304.360.407
3B138565108187694.331.375.494
OF13654571142362.261.315.332
OF131515105156672.303.376.439
OF138596104159352.267.317.336
─Total─4,0286681,18436554.295.349.408─

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.OBPSLGReference
762692662024.231.274.275
10416606.146.167.195
9194402.211.211.263
131101.333.500.333
1101001.0001.0001.000
─3323774033.384.430.413─

Pitchers

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.OBPSLGReference
Cy Young451532032017.209.239.288
Ted Lewis391211421010.174.225.207
George Winter2810071916.190.198.220
Fred Mitchell20455704.156.191.244
George Cuppy174941006.204.250.265
Win Kellum6182300.167.211.167
Ben Beville372201.286.286.571
Frank Foreman140000.000.000.000
Jake Volz140000.000.000.000
George Prentiss230101.333.600.333
Frank Morrissey130000.000.000.000
─5075495145.156.200.208─

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASOReference
43331001.62160
39161713.53112
28241161202.8064
176603.8135
134604.1522
Win Kellum6482306.388
Ben Beville290204.001
Frank Foreman180109.001
Jake Volz171009.005
Total─313785714.92408─

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASOReference
2101001.800

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWIPLSVERASOReference
10002.081

League Leaders

Players

Cy Young led the league in ERA (1.62), shutouts (5; tied with Clark Griffith), strikeouts (158), and wins (33).

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  141. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Buck Freeman".
  142. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Hobe Ferris".
  143. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Freddy Parent".
  144. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Jimmy Collins".
  145. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Charlie Hemphill".
  146. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Chick Stahl".
  147. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Tommy Dowd".
  148. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Lou Criger".
  149. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Charlie Jones".
  150. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Larry McLean".
  151. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Jack Slattery".
  152. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Harry Gleason".
  153. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Cy Young".
  154. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Ted Lewis".
  155. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for George Winter".
  156. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Fred Mitchell".
  157. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Nig Cuppy".
  158. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Win Kellum".
  159. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Ben Beville".
  160. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Frank Foreman".
  161. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Jake Volz".
  162. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for George Prentiss".
  163. "The 1901 BOS A Batting Splits for Frank Morrissey".
  164. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Cy Young".
  165. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Ted Lewis".
  166. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for George Winter".
  167. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Fred Mitchell".
  168. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Nig Cuppy".
  169. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Win Kellum".
  170. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Ben Beville".
  171. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Frank Foreman".
  172. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Jake Volz".
  173. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for George Prentiss".
  174. "The 1901 BOS A Pitching Splits for Frank Morrissey".
  175. "EARNED RUN AVERAGE : 1901 AMERICAN LEAGUE TOP 25".
  176. "SHUTOUTS : 1901 AMERICAN LEAGUE TOP 25".
  177. "STRIKEOUTS : 1901 AMERICAN LEAGUE TOP 25".
  178. "WINS : 1901 AMERICAN LEAGUE TOP 25".
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