1901 Baltimore Orioles season

1901 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners	Sydney Frank
Managers	John McGraw
Seasons

The 1901 Baltimore Orioles season finished with the Orioles in 5th in the American League with a record of 68–65. The team was managed by John McGraw and played at Oriole Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1901 American League record 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	—

Game log

Games Legend
Orioles Win	Orioles Loss	Game Postponed	Clinched Playoff Spot	Eliminated from Playoff Race
Boldface text denotes an Orioles pitcher

Baltimore Orioles 1901 Season Game Log — Season Record: (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0)
April (2–2) – home (7–5) – road (9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 26 Americans 10–6 1–0 2 April 27 Americans 12–6 2–0 3 April 29 Senators 2–5 2–1 3 April 30 Senators 6–12 2–2
May (11–10) – home (7–7) – road (8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 5 May 1 Senators 6–4 3–2 6 May 2 Senators 11–4 4–2 7 May 3 Athletics 4–9 4–3 8 May 4 Athletics 11–7 5–3 9 May 6 Athletics 5–6 10 May 7 Athletics 14–10 11 May 8 Athletics 5–1 12 May 11 Athletics 6–7 13 May 13 Athletics 14–5 14 May 14 Athletics 11–5 15 May 15 Athletics 14–5 16 May 16 @ Americans 8–7 17 May 17 @ Americans 2–7 18 May 25 @ Brewers 3–6 19 May 26 @ White Stockings 0–5 20 May 27 @ White Stockings 3–10 21 May 28 @ White Stockings 14–5 22 May 29 @ White Stockings 4–7 23 May 30 @ Tigers 10–7 24 May 30 @ Tigers 1–4 25 May 31 @ Tigers 5–5
June (14–8) – home (12–6) – road (2–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 26 June 1 @ Tigers 3–1 27 June 3 @ Bluebirds 7–2 28 June 4 @ Bluebirds 1–5 29 June 6 @ Bluebirds 2–4 30 June 7 Bluebirds 10–9 31 June 8 Bluebirds 5–13 32 June 10 Bluebirds 6–13 33 June 11 Bluebirds 5–8 34 June 12 Bluebirds 8–1 35 June 13 White Stockings 0–12 36 June 14 White Stockings 5–10 37 June 17 White Stockings 6–7 38 June 18 Brewers 11–4 39 June 19 Brewers 9–3 40 June 20 Brewers 7–2 41 June 21 Tigers 4–3 42 June 22 Tigers 10–3 43 June 24 Tigers 17–8 44 June 25 Tigers 4–2 45 June 27 Athletics 9–5 46 June 28 Athletics 6–3 47 June 29 Athletics 15–3
July (0–0) – home (0–0) – road (0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 48 July 1 Americans 7–5 49 July 2 Americans 8–10 50 July 3 Americans 1–9 51 July 4 Americans 2–10 52 July 4 Americans 3–8 53 July 5 Athletics 5–3 54 July 6 Athletics 5–8 55 July 8 Senators 8–7 56 July 9 Senators 3–1 57 July 10 Senators 5–1 58 July 11 Senators 6–2 59 July 12 Senators 12–14 60 July 15 Senators 2–3 60 July 15 Senators 7–3 61 July 17 @ White Stockings 2–4 62 July 18 @ White Stockings 1–9 63 July 19 @ White Stockings 7–4 64 July 20 @ Brewers 13–11 65 July 21 @ Brewers 10–6 66 July 21 @ Brewers 7–5 67 July 22 @ Brewers 3–5 68 July 24 @ Bluebirds 9–6 69 July 25 @ Bluebirds 5–1 70 July 26 @ Bluebirds 6–1 71 July 27 @Tigers 0–1 72 July 28 @ Tigers 4–6 73 July 29 @ Tigers 10–5 74 July 31 @ Tigers 4–6

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
C	Roger Bresnahan	86	295	79	.268	1	32
1B	Jimmy Hart	58	206	64	.311	0	23
2B	Jimmy Williams	130	501	113	.317	7	96
3B	John McGraw	73	232	81	.349	0	28
SS	Bill Keister	115	442	145	.328	2	93
OF	Cy Seymour	134	547	166	.303	1	77
OF	Jim Jackson	99	364	91	.250	2	50
OF	Steve Brodie	83	306	95	.310	2	41

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
Mike Donlin	121	476	162	.340	5	67
Jack Dunn	96	362	90	.249	0	36
Wilbert Robinson	68	239	72	.301	0	26
Frank Foutz	20	72	17	.236	2	14
George Rohe	14	36	10	.278	0	4
Chappie Snodgrass	3	10	1	.100	0	1
Tacks Latimer	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Slats Jordan	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Joe McGinnity	48	382.0	26	20	3.56	75
Harry Howell	37	294.2	14	21	3.67	93
Frank Foreman	24	191.1	12	6	3.67	41
Jerry Nops	27	176.2	12	10	4.08	43
Crazy Schmit	4	22.2	0	2	1.99	2
Stan Yerkes	1	8.0	0	1	6.75	4

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
Jack Dunn	9	59.2	3	3	3.62	5
Bill Karns	3	17.0	1	0	6.35	5
Roger Bresnahan	2	6.0	0	1	6.00	3

References

• 1901 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com