1901 Chicago Orphans
LeagueNational League
BallparkWest Side Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersAlbert Spalding
ManagersTom Loftus
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The 1901 Chicago Orphans season was the 30th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 26th in the National League and the ninth at West Side Park. The Orphans finished sixth in the National League with a record of 53–86. The team was also known as the Remnants, due to many Orphans players leaving at the end of the 1900 season to join the upstart American League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 49 0.647 — 45–24 45–25
Philadelphia Phillies 83 57 0.593 7½ 46–23 37–34
Brooklyn Superbas 79 57 0.581 9½ 43–25 36–32
St. Louis Cardinals 76 64 0.543 14½ 40–31 36–33
Boston Beaneaters 69 69 0.500 20½ 41–29 28–40
Chicago Orphans 53 86 0.381 37 30–39 23–47
New York Giants 52 85 0.380 37 30–38 22–47
Cincinnati Reds 52 87 0.374 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 —


Roster

1901 Chicago Orphans
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
C Mike Kahoe 67 237 53 .224 1 21
1B Jack Doyle 75 285 66 .232 0 39
2B Cupid Childs 63 236 61 .258 0 21
SS Barry McCormick 115 427 100 .234 1 32
3B Fred Raymer 120 463 108 .233 0 43
OF Topsy Hartsel 140 558 187 .335 7 54
OF Danny Green 133 537 168 .313 6 61
OF Frank Chance 69 241 67 .278 0 36

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
Charlie Dexter 116 460 123 .267 1 66
Johnny Kling 74 256 70 .273 0 21
Pete Childs 60 210 48 .229 0 14
Cozy Dolan 43 171 45 .263 0 16
Jock Menefee 48 152 39 .257 0 13
Jim Delahanty 17 63 12 .190 0 4
Bill Gannon 15 61 9 .148 0 0
Eddie Hickey 10 37 6 .162 0 3
Larry Hoffman 6 22 7 .318 0 6
Harry Croft 3 12 4 .333 0 4
Germany Schaefer 2 5 3 .600 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
Tom Hughes 37 308.1 10 23 3.24 225
Jack Taylor 33 275.2 13 19 3.36 68
Rube Waddell 29 243.2 14 14 2.81 168
Mal Eason 27 220.2 8 17 3.59 68
Jock Menefee 21 182.1 8 12 3.80 55
Bert Cunningham 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 2

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
Charlie Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  1. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.62, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

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