1901 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1901 Boston Beaneaters season was the 31st season of the franchise.

1901 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	69–69 (.500)
League place	5th
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Frank Selee

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	49	.647	—	45‍–‍24	45‍–‍25
Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	.593	7½	46‍–‍23	37‍–‍34
Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	.581	9½	43‍–‍25	36‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	76	64	.543	14½	40‍–‍31	36‍–‍33
Boston Beaneaters	69	69	.500	20½	41‍–‍29	28‍–‍40
Chicago Orphans	53	86	.381	37	30‍–‍39	23‍–‍47
New York Giants	52	85	.380	37	30‍–‍38	22‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds	52	87	.374	38	27‍–‍43	25‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–10	13–6	11–8–1	14–6–1	7–13	5–15	9–11
Brooklyn	10–10	—	13–7	14–6–1	11–6	11–9	11–8	9–11
Chicago	6–13	7–13	—	10–10	11–9–1	3–17	6–14	10–10
Cincinnati	8–11–1	6–14–1	10–10	—	8–12	4–16	7–13	9–11–1
New York	6–14–1	6–11	9–11–1	12–8	—	8–12	4–16–1	7–13–1
Philadelphia	13–7	9–11	17–3	16–4	12–8	—	7–13	9–11
Pittsburgh	15–5	8–11	14–6	13–7	16–4–1	13–7	—	11–9
St. Louis	11–9	11–9	10–10	11–9–1	13–7–1	11–9	9–11	—

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	Malachi Kittridge	114	381	96	.252	2	40
1B	Fred Tenney	115	451	127	.282	1	22
2B	Gene DeMontreville	140	577	173	.300	5	72
SS	Herman Long	138	518	112	.216	3	68
3B	Bobby Lowe	129	491	125	.255	3	47
OF	Jimmy Slagle	66	255	69	.271	0	7
OF	Billy Hamilton	102	348	100	.287	3	38
OF	Duff Cooley	63	240	62	.258	0	27

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
Fred Crolius	49	200	48	.240	1	13
Pat Moran	52	180	38	.211	2	18
Frank Murphy	45	176	46	.261	1	18
Daff Gammons	28	93	18	.194	0	10
Joe Rickert	13	60	10	.167	0	1
Mike Smith	16	57	10	.175	0	3
Pat Carney	13	55	16	.291	0	6
Shad Barry	11	40	7	.175	0	6
Bob Lawson	10	27	4	.148	1	4
Billy Lush	7	27	5	.185	0	3
George Grosart	7	26	3	.115	0	1
Fred Brown	7	14	2	.143	0	2
John Hinton	4	13	1	.077	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
Kid Nichols	38	321.0	19	16	3.22	143
Bill Dinneen	37	309.1	15	18	2.94	141
Vic Willis	38	305.1	20	17	2.36	133
Togie Pittinger	34	281.1	13	16	3.01	129

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
Bob Lawson	6	46.0	2	2	3.33	12

External links

• 1901 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference