1901 Milwaukee Brewers season
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Record | 48–89 (.350) |
League place | 8th |
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Owner(s) | Henry Killilea |
Manager(s) | Hugh Duffy |
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The 1901 Milwaukee Brewers were an American baseball team. The Brewers finished eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 89 losses, 35.5 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. After the season, the club left Milwaukee for St. Louis and became the St. Louis Browns, where they would remain until the end of 1953.
Offseason[]
Regular season[]
Regular season highlights[]
4/24/01. On the first game of the season in Detroit, the Brewers held a 13-4 lead going into the 9th inning. The Detroit Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the inning to win, a record which still stands as the greatest 9th inning comeback in major league baseball history.[2]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 Bluebirds | 54 | 82 | 0.397 | 29 | 28–39 | 26–43 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 48 | 89 | 0.350 | 35½ | 32–37 | 16–52 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | MIL | PHI | 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 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- June 1901: Tom Leahy was released by the Brewers.[1]
Roster[]
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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 |
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1B | John Anderson | 138 | 576 | 190 | .330 | 8 | 99 |
OF | Hugh Duffy | 79 | 285 | 86 | .302 | 2 | 45 |
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 |
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Tom Leahy | 33 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 0 | 10 |
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 |
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Bill Reidy | 37 | 301.1 | 16 | 20 | 4.21 | 50 |
Ned Garvin | 37 | 257.1 | 8 | 20 | 3.46 | 122 |
Bert Husting | 34 | 217.1 | 9 | 15 | 4.27 | 67 |
Tully Sparks | 29 | 210 | 7 | 17 | 3.51 | 62 |
Pink Hawley | 26 | 182.1 | 7 | 14 | 4.59 | 50 |
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 |
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Pete Dowling | 10 | 49.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.62 | 25 |
Notes[]
- ^ a b Tom Leahy page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pajot, Dennis. "April 25, 1901: Tigers stage 9th-inning comeback in AL opener". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
References[]
- 1901 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
- 1901 Milwaukee Brewers season at baseball-almanac.com
- Baltimore Orioles seasons
- 1901 Major League Baseball season
- Inaugural Major League Baseball seasons by team
- 1901 in sports in Wisconsin
- Baltimore Orioles season stubs
- Wisconsin sport stubs