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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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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[edit]

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

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading[edit]

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