1901 National League
Note: The lower level of talent in the AL skewed the league totals a bit, so the batting avg and ERA in the AL are a bit too low and in the NL they are a bit too high. That should level out in time.
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Team W L % GB
Philadelphia Phillies 84 56 .600 -
St. Louis Cardinals 81 59 .579 3
Pittsburgh Pirates 76 64 .543 8
New York Giants 70 70 .500 14
Boston Beaneaters 68 72 .486 16
Cincinnati Reds 64 76 .457 20
Chicago Orphans 60 80 .429 24
Brooklyn Superbas 57 83 .407 27
League AVG: .278
League ERA: 4.00
Philadelphia Phillies
Despite a 4-game losing streak from September 23-26 and a 2-5 record in their final 7 games, the Phillies still managed to clinch the pennant. On Sept 26, the Cardinals lost 10-6 to the Giants, eliminating them from the race.
2B Nap Lajoie and CF Ed Delahanty led one of the best offenses in the league. Lajoie hit .337 with 15 HR and 102 RBI while Delahanty hit .360 with 11 HR and 113 RBI. LF Billy Hamilton hit .303 and stole 57 bases. RF Elmer Flick hit .304 with 88 RBI. 1B Mike Grady hit .287 with 8 HR and 85 RBI. 37-year-old catcher Jack Clements hit 9 HR with 87 RBI despite a .240 average. SS Cupid Childs hit .296.
Rookie Doc White went 24-10 with a 3.42 ERA, earning Top Pitcher honors. 36-year-old Bill Vinton went 20-12, 3.57 and advanced his career record to 338-236. That pushed him past Laurie Reis for most wins all-time. Bill Bernhard went 19-6, 3.64.
St. Louis Cardinals
Once the most dominant franchise in the AL, winning 6 pennants in 8 seasons while calling Detroit and Cleveland home, the Cardinals came closest to winning a pennant since a 3rd place finish in 1894. In his first season as a starter, LF Mike Donlin hit .335 with 9 HR and 88 RBI. 3B Bobby Wallace hit .286 with 87 RBI. 1B Duff Cooley rebounded to hit .300 with 61 RBI after hitting .270 in 141 AB last year. 2B Bill Keister hit .293 with 79 RBI. SS John McGraw hit .302, and CF Emmet Heidrick hit .320 in 341 AB. Joe Corbett went 21-11 with a 3.71 ERA. Jack Powell went 20-11 with a 4.14 ERA. Cy Young had his best season in years, going 16-11, 3.54. Charlie Hastings went 16-11, 3.80.
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates had the best offense in the league, but it was not enough to defend their NL title. SS Honus Wagner hit .320 with 12 HR and 97 RBI. LF Fred Clarke hit .349, and 2B Jimmy Williams hit .279 with 10 HR and 122 RBI (a new NL record). 3B Frank Shugart won the batting title with a .366 average, and CF Ginger Beaumont hit .341. In his first season as a starter, Jack Chesbro went 20-14, 3.47. Rube Waddell went 21-13, but his ERA slipped to 4.43. Brownie Foreman returned to the rotation and went 18-14 with a 4.13 ERA.
New York Giants
The Giants nearly had their 3rd winning season in the past decade, but they lost 2 of their last 3 games all to Boston. CF Mike Tiernan hit .311 with 9 HR and 90 RBI. 1B Tom McCreery hit .340 with 60 RBI, and RF Willie Keeler hit .314 with 67 RBI. LF Jesse Burkett has seen his AB total slip from 506 in 1899 to 409 in 1900 and now to 383 this season. However, he improved from last season, raising his OPS from .689 to .799. Their pitching staff led the league but only one of their regular starters had a winning record. Ed Doheny went 17-16, 3.48. Pink Hawley went 18-19, 3.64, and rookie Christy Mathewson went 14-17 with a 3.28 ERA that was 2nd in the league.
Boston Beaneaters
3B Billy Nash led the team with a .341 average and 86 RBI. 1B Fred Tenney hit .332, and RF Chich Stahl hit .320. The team's strength was pitching though. Bill Daley (16-20, 3.29 ERA) was their best pitcher despite 20 losses. The rest of their starters had good ERA's too (Bill Dinneen 18-18, 3.65; Jack Stivetts 17-17, 3.86; Kid Nichols 10-8, 3.86).
Cincinnati Reds
RF Dusty Miller (.332, 77 RBI), catcher Jocko Halligan (.317) and rookie outfielders Topsy Hartsel (.303, 64 RBI) and Sam Crawford (.287, 77 RBI) were about the only offensive positives. The pitching staff struggles, and no starters had ERA's below the league average. Noodles Hahn (17-18, 4.02) and Amos Rusie (12-16, 4.17) were the top starters. Elton Chamberlain (15-19, 4.49) and Jesse Tannehill (11-15, 4.93) continued to disappoint fans.
Chicago Orphans
Chicago's offense was one of the best in the league. No one player had a standout year, but together they scored plenty of runs. 2B Pete O'Brien hit .301 and led the team with 91 RBI. SS Bill Dahlen hit .307 with 77 RBI. CF Bill Lange hit .302. 1B Bill Everitt (.312, 391 AB) and RF Danny Green (.328, 7 HR, 345 AB) hit well with little playing time. Rookie Long Tom Hughes had a superb season, going 20-14 with a league-leading 3.21 ERA. The rest of the staff had terrible seasons.
Brooklyn Superbas
SS Hughie Jennings hit .308 with 73 RBI. CF Fielder Jones hit .307. LF Jimmy Sheckard hit .291 with 71 RBI. 1B John Anderson hit .277 and drove in 75 RBI in just 397 AB. George Keefe (14-19, 3.96 ERA) and rookie Wild Bill Donovan (14-21, 3.60) kept this team from a much worse fate. After going 17-18, 2.73 in his first season with Brooklyn last year, Doc McJames struggled to go 13-20, 4.62.
Batting AVG
.366 Frank Shugart, PIT
.360 Ed Delahanty, PHI
.349 Fred Clarke, PIT
.341 Ginger Beaumont, PIT
.341 Billy Nash, BSN
HOMERUNS
15 Nap Lajoie, PHI
12 Honus Wagner, PIT
11 Ed Delahanty, PHI
10 Jimmy Williams, PIT
RBI
122 Jimmy Williams, PIT
113 Ed Delahanty, PHI
102 Nap Lajoie, PHI
97 Honus Wagner, PIT
91 Pete O'Brien, CHC
OPS
1.053 Ed Delahanty, PHI
.946 Honus Wagner, PIT
.944 Dusty Miller, CIN
.938 Mike Donlin, STL
.920 Nap Lajoie, PHI
STEALS
83 Bill Lange, CHC (83-32, 72.17%)
57 Michael Griffin, BRO (57-11, 83.82%)
57 Billy Hamilton, PHI (57-19, 75.00%)
55 Willie Keeler, NYG (55-13, 80.88%)
54 Frank Chance, CHC (54-25, 68.35%)
53 John McGraw, STL (53-22, 70.76%)
53 Fred Clarke, PIT (53-8, 86.89%)
52 Honus Wagner, PIT (52-9, 85.25%)
52 Mike Tiernan, NYG (52-19, 73.24%)
ERA
3.21 Tom Hughes, CHC (20-14)
3.28 Christy Mathewson, NYG (14-17)
3.29 Bill Daley, BSN (16-20)
3.42 Doc White, PHI (24-10)
3.47 Jack Chesbro, PIT (20-14)
WINS
24 Doc White, PHI
21 Joe Corbett, STL (21-11, 3.71)
21 Rube Waddell, PIT (21-13, 4.43)
20 Bill Vinton, PHI (20-12, 3.57)
20 Jack Chesbro, PIT
20 Tom Hughes, CHC
20 Jack Powell, STL (20-11, 4.14)
STRIKEOUTS
283 Rube Waddell, PIT
279 Bill Daley, BSN (16-20, 3.29)
270 Joe Corbett, STL
248 Tom Hughes, CHC
243 Doc White, PHI
242 Christy Mathewson, NYG
POY: Doc White, PHI, 24-10, 3.42 ERA, 59 BB, 243 K, .257 OAVG, 1.17 WHIP
BOY: CF Ed Delahanty, PHI, .360, 11 HR, 113 RBI, 33 SB, 1.053 OPS
ROY: Doc White, PHI, 24-10, 3.42 ERA, 59 BB, 243 K, .257 OAVG, 1.17 WHIP