1901 Boston Americans season

1901 Boston Americans
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Owner(s) Charles Somers
Manager(s) Jimmy Collins
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The 1901 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It was the first for the franchise which eventually became known as the Boston Red Sox, being the first season of play for the American League. It resulted in the Americans finishing second in the AL with a record of 79 wins and 57 losses, 4 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Season summary

The Americans were led by Buck Freeman, who hit 12 home runs and drove in 114 runs while leading the team with a .339 average. Their longest winning streak of the season came between June 14 and 22 when they defeated the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Stockings, and Cleveland Blues until succumbing on the 23rd to the Blues. Their longest losing streak was between May 11 and 16, when they fell to the Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles, until defeating the O's on May 17.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1901 American League Records

Sources:

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 —

Opening Day lineup

Tommy Dowd LF
Charlie Hemphill RF
Chick Stahl CF
Jimmy Collins 3B
Buck Freeman 1B
Freddy Parent SS
Hobe Ferris 2B
Lou Criger C
Win Kellum P

Roster

1901 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
1B Freeman, BuckBuck Freeman 129 490 166 .339 12 114
3B Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins 138 564 187 .332 6 94

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

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
Beville, BenBen Beville 2 9 0 2 4.00 1

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO

References


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