1901 National League

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The 1901 season of the National League was the twenty-sixth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	140	90	49	1	.643	-.-	776 (5.54)	534 (3.81)	0.286	0.338	0.379	2.58	0.950
2	Philadelphia Phillies	140	83	57	0	.593	7.5	668 (4.77)	543 (3.88)	0.266	0.326	0.346	2.87	0.954
3	Brooklyn Superbas	137	79	57	1	.577	9.5	744 (5.43)	600 (4.38)	0.287	0.330	0.387	3.14	0.950
4	St. Louis Cardinals	142	76	64	2	.535	14.5	792 (5.58)	689 (4.85)	0.284	0.326	0.381	3.68	0.949
5	Boston Beaneaters	140	69	69	2	.493	20.5	531 (3.79)	556 (3.97)	0.249	0.294	0.310	2.90	0.951
6	Chicago Orphans	140	53	86	1	.379	37.0	578 (4.13)	699 (4.99)	0.258	0.303	0.326	3.33	0.943
7	New York Giants	141	52	85	4	.369	37.0	544 (3.86)	755 (5.35)	0.253	0.297	0.318	3.87	0.942
8	Cincinnati Reds	142	52	87	3	.366	38.0	561 (3.95)	818 (5.76)	0.251	0.297	0.338	4.17	0.940

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jesse Burkett Otto Krueger	St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals	142
At Bats	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	601
Runs Scored	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	142
Hits	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	226
Doubles	Tom Daly Ed Delahanty	Brooklyn Superbas Philadelphia Phillies	38
Triples	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn Superbas	19
Home Runs	Sam Crawford	Cincinnati Reds	16
Total Bases	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	306
Runs Batted In	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	126
Stolen Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	49
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	100
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Sacrifice Hits	Bill Hallman	Cleveland Blues/Philadelphia Phillies	29
Batting Average	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	0.376
On-Base Percentage	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	0.440
Slugging Percentage	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn Superbas	0.534
On-Base plus Slugging	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.955
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Jesse Burkett	St. Louis Cardinals	181

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Donovan	Brooklyn Superbas	25
Losses	Dummy Taylor	New York Giants	27
Win-Loss Percentage	Sam Leever	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.737
Appearances	Bill Donovan Jack Powell Dummy Taylor	Brooklyn Superbas St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	45
Games Started	Dummy Taylor	New York Giants	43
Complete Games	Noodles Hahn	Cincinnati Reds	41
Shutouts	Jack Chesbro Al Orth Vic Willis	Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Phillies Boston Beaneaters	6
Games Finished	Willie Sudhoff	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Saves	Bill Donovan Jack Powell	Brooklyn Superbas St. Louis Cardinals	3
Innings Pitched	Noodles Hahn	Cincinnati Reds	375.1
Batters Faced	Dummy Taylor	New York Giants	1578
Hits Allowed	Dummy Taylor	New York Giants	377
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Powell	St. Louis Cardinals	14
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bill Donovan	Brooklyn Superbas	152
Hit Batsmen	Doc Newton	Cincinnati Reds/Brooklyn Superbas	21
Strikeouts	Noodles Hahn	Cincinnati Reds	239
Wild Pitches	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	23
Balks	Doc White	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Runs Allowed	Bill Phillips	Cincinnati Reds	196
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Phillips	Cincinnati Reds	145
Earned Run Average	Jesse Tannehill	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.18
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Al Orth	Philadelphia Phillies	1.001

Umpires

• Frank Behle
• Tom Brown
• Charlie Buelow*
• Kid Carsey*
• Harry Colgan
• Fred Crolius*
• Bert Cunningham
• Tom Daly*
• Frank Dwyer
• Bob Emslie
• Duke Farrell*
• Charlie Ganzel*
• Fred Jacklitsch*
• Johnny Kling*
• Christy Mathewson*
• Deacon McGuire*
• Pat Moran*
• Billy Nash
• Kid Nichols*
• Jack O'Connor*
• Hank O'Day
• Al Orth*
• Heinie Peitz*
• Pop Schriver*
• Heinie Smith*
• Pop Snyder
• Jesse Tannehill*
• Jack Taylor*
• Adonis Terry
• Joe Wall*
• John Warner*
• George Yeager*
• Charles Zimmer*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1901 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]