1901 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1901 Chicago White Stockings season was their first season as a major league team, and their second season in Chicago. It was also the inaugural season of American League as a major league.

1901 Chicago White Stockings
American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Clark Griffith
1902 →

The White Stockings had a very balanced lineup, which was led by outfielders Dummy Hoy and Fielder Jones, and scored the most runs in the AL. They relied primarily on speed, as Frank Isbell, Sam Mertes, and Jones finished 1–2–3 in stolen bases. The pitching staff was anchored by Clark Griffith, who went 24–7 with a 2.67 ERA.

The White Stockings finished 83–53. They won the pennant by four games.

Offseason

• In 1900, the Western League changed its name to the American League. It was still officially a minor league, subject to the governing National Agreement and an underling of the National League. The NL actually gave permission to the AL to put a team in Chicago, and Comiskey moved his St. Paul club to Chicago's South Side. After the season, the AL declined to renew its membership in the National Agreement, and the war was on. After acquiring a number of stars from the older league, including pitcher and manager Clark Griffith, the White Stockings also captured the AL's first major-league pennant the next year, in 1901.

Regular season

 

The 1901 Chicago White Stockings

• May 9, 1901: Earl Moore of the Cleveland Blues threw the first no-hitter in the history of the American League against the White Stockings.^[1] Chicago beat the Blues by a score of 4–2 despite not having one hit.

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	83	53	0.610	—	49–21	34–32
Boston Americans	79	57	0.581	4	49–20	30–37
Detroit Tigers	74	61	0.548	8½	42–27	32–34
Philadelphia Athletics	74	62	0.544	9	42–24	32–38
Baltimore Orioles	68	65	0.511	13½	40–25	28–40
Washington Senators	61	72	0.459	20½	31–35	30–37
Cleveland Blues	54	82	0.397	29	28–39	26–43
Milwaukee Brewers	48	89	0.350	35½	32–37	16–52

Record vs. opponents

1901 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BLA	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	MLA	PHA	WSH
Baltimore	—	9–9	4–14–1	11–9	9–10	12–7–1	12–8	11–8
Boston	9–9	—	12–8	12–6	9–11–1	15–5	10–10	12–8–1
Chicago	14–4–1	8–12	—	13–7	10–10	16–4	12–8	10–8
Cleveland	9–11	6–12	7–13	—	6–14	11–9	6–14	9–9–2
Detroit	10–9	11–9–1	10–10	14–6	—	13–7	7–9	9–11
Milwaukee	7–12–1	5–15	4–16	9–11	7–13	—	6–14	10–8–1
Philadelphia	8–12	10–10	8–12	14–6	9–7	14–6	—	11–9–1
Washington	8–11	8–12–1	8–10	9–9–2	11–9	8–10–1	9–11–1	—

Roster

1901 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Nixey Callahan Frank Dupee Clark Griffith Zaza Harvey Jack Katoll Jack McAleese Roy Patterson Wiley Piatt John Skopec		Catchers Joe Sugden Billy Sullivan Infielders Dave Brain Jimmy Burke Fred Hartman Frank Isbell Sam Mertes Frank Shugart		Outfielders Pop Foster Dummy Hoy Fielder Jones Herm McFarland		Manager Clark Griffith

Game log

1901 White Stockings Game Log
April (4–2) # Date Opponent Score Record 1 April 24 Cleveland Blues 8–2 1–0 2 April 25 Cleveland Blues 7–3 2–0 3 April 27 Cleveland Blues 4–10 2–1 4 April 28 Cleveland Blues 13–1 3–1 5 April 29 Detroit Tigers 2–3 3–2 6 April 30 Detroit Tigers 4–2 4–2
May (20–7) # Date Opponent Score Record 7 May 1 Detroit Tigers 19–9 5–2 8 May 2 Detroit Tigers 5–7 5–3 9 May 3 @ Milwaukee Brewers 11–3 6–3 10 May 4 @ Milwaukee Brewers 11–3 7–3 11 May 5 @ Milwaukee Brewers 7–21 7–4 12 May 6 @ Milwaukee Brewers 6–3 8–4 13 May 8 @ Cleveland Blues 3–1 9–4 14 May 9 @ Cleveland Blues 4–2 10–4 15 May 10 @ Cleveland Blues 5–4 11–4 16 May 11 @ Detroit Tigers 4–9 11–5 17 May 12 @ Detroit Tigers 5–7 11–6 18 May 13 @ Detroit Tigers 7–8 11–7 19 May 14 @ Detroit Tigers 6–2 12–7 20 May 16 Milwaukee Brewers 14–1 13–7 21 May 17 Milwaukee Brewers 7–6 14–7 22 May 18 Milwaukee Brewers 5–3 15–7 23 May 19 Milwaukee Brewers 14–3 16–7 24 May 22 Philadelphia Athletics 5–9 16–8 25 May 23 Philadelphia Athletics 11–9 17–8 26 May 25 Philadelphia Athletics 6–5 18–8 27 May 26 Baltimore Orioles 5–0 19–8 28 May 27 Baltimore Orioles 10–3 20–8 29 May 28 Baltimore Orioles 5–14 20–9 30 May 29 Baltimore Orioles 7–4 21–9 31–1 May 30 Boston Americans 8–3 22–9 32–2 May 30 Boston Americans 5–3 23–9 33 May 31 Boston Americans 10–5 24–9
June (13–11) # Date Opponent Score Record 34 June 1 Boston Americans 5–10 24–10 35 June 2 Washington Senators 5–7 24–11 36 June 3 Washington Senators 3–5 24–12 37 June 4 Washington Senators 3–2 25–12 38 June 7 @ Washington Senators 15–4 26–12 39 June 8 @ Washington Senators 3–8 26–13 40 June 10 @ Washington Senators 13–10 27–13 41 June 11 @ Washington Senators 1–3 27–14 42 June 12 @ Baltimore Orioles 1–8 27–15 43 June 13 @ Baltimore Orioles 12–0 28–15 44 June 14 @ Baltimore Orioles 10–5 29–15 45–1 June 17 @ Boston Americans 1–11 29–16 46–2 June 17 @ Boston Americans 4–10 29–17 47 June 18 @ Boston Americans 3–4 29–18 48 June 19 @ Boston Americans 3–5 29–19 49 June 20 @ Boston Americans 3–4 29–20 50 June 21 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4–0 30–20 51 June 22 @ Philadelphia Athletics 6–4 31–20 52 June 24 @ Philadelphia Athletics 7–5 32–20 53 June 25 @ Philadelphia Athletics 5–0 33–20 54 June 27 Cleveland Blues 5–1 34–20 55 June 28 Cleveland Blues 7–6 35–20 56 June 29 Cleveland Blues 4–1 36–20 57 June 30 Detroit Tigers 4–2 37–20
July (17–9) # Date Opponent Score Record 58 July 2 Detroit Tigers 3–2 38–20 59 July 3 @ Cleveland Blues 4–3 39–20 60–1 July 4 @ Cleveland Blues 2–8 39–21 61–2 July 4 @ Cleveland Blues 5–6 39–22 62 July 5 @ Detroit Tigers 8–4 40–22 63 July 6 @ Detroit Tigers 5–6 40–23 64 July 7 @ Detroit Tigers 3–8 40–24 65 July 9 @ Milwaukee Brewers 17–9 41–24 66 July 10 @ Milwaukee Brewers 5–4 42–24 67 July 11 @ Milwaukee Brewers 5–1 43–24 68 July 12 Milwaukee Brewers 14–1 44–24 69 July 13 Milwaukee Brewers 2–3 44–25 70 July 14 Milwaukee Brewers 4–0 45–25 71 July 17 Baltimore Orioles 4–2 46–25 72 July 18 Baltimore Orioles 9–1 47–25 73 July 19 Baltimore Orioles 4–7 47–26 74 July 20 Philadelphia Athletics 6–8 47–27 75 July 21 Philadelphia Athletics 9–4 48–27 76 July 22 Philadelphia Athletics 1–2 48–28 77 July 23 Philadelphia Athletics 10–6 49–28 78 July 24 Washington Senators 17–3 50–28 79 July 25 Washington Senators 4–1 51–28 80 July 26 Washington Senators 2–1 52–28 81 July 27 Boston Americans 8–7 53–28 82 July 29 Boston Americans 1–4 53–29 83 July 31 Detroit Tigers 2–0 54–29
August (13–13–1) # Date Opponent Score Record 84 August 1 Detroit Tigers 4–0 55–29 85 August 2 Detroit Tigers 7–0 56–29 86 August 3 Detroit Tigers 6–8 56–30 87 August 4 Cleveland Blues 9–5 57–30 88 August 5 Cleveland Blues 3–6 57–31 89 August 7 @ Detroit Tigers 3–9 57–32 90 August 8 @ Detroit Tigers 18–8 58–32 91 August 9 @ Detroit Tigers 1–12 58–33 92 August 10 @ Cleveland Blues 7–11 58–34 93 August 11 Cleveland Blues 3–4 58–35 94 August 12 @ Cleveland Blues 17–2 59–35 95–1 August 13 @ Cleveland Blues 0–4 59–36 96–2 August 13 @ Cleveland Blues 14–1 60–36 97 August 16 @ Boston Americans 2–6 60–37 98 August 17 @ Boston Americans 2–4 60–38 99 August 19 @ Washington Senators 2–5 60–39 100 August 20 @ Washington Senators 9–3 61–39 101 August 21 @ Washington Senators 0–8 61–40 102 August 22 @ Baltimore Orioles 6–5 62–40 103 August 23 @ Baltimore Orioles 6–4 63–40 104 August 24 @ Baltimore Orioles 4–10 63–41 105 August 26 @ Philadelphia Athletics 11–4 64–41 106 August 27 @ Philadelphia Athletics 5–7 64–42 107 August 28 @ Philadelphia Athletics 3–0 65–42 108 August 30 Baltimore Orioles 5–5 65 – 42 – 1 109–1 August 31 Baltimore Orioles 12–2 66 – 42 – 1 110–2 August 31 Baltimore Orioles 5–2 67 – 42 – 1
September (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Record 111 September 1 Baltimore Orioles 6–3 68 – 42 – 1 112–1 September 2 Philadelphia Athletics 2–0 69 – 42 – 1 113–2 September 2 Philadelphia Athletics 9–10 69 – 43 – 1 114 September 3 Philadelphia Athletics 2–3 69 – 44 – 1 115 September 4 Washington Senators 9–5 70 – 44 – 1 116–1 September 5 Washington Senators 4–3 71 – 44 – 1 117–2 September 5 Washington Senators 7–9 71 – 45 – 1 118 September 6 Washington Senators 3–5 71 – 46 – 1 119 September 7 Boston Americans 4–1 72 – 46 – 1 120 September 8 Boston Americans 4–3 73 – 46 – 1 121–1 September 9 Boston Americans 4–3 74 – 46 – 1 122–2 September 9 Boston Americans 6–4 75 – 46 – 1 123 September 10 @ Milwaukee Brewers 6–3 76 – 46 – 1 124–1 September 12 @ Milwaukee Brewers 1–5 76 – 47 – 1 125–2 September 12 @ Milwaukee Brewers 4–0 77 – 47 – 1 126 September 13 Milwaukee Brewers 3–5 77 – 48 – 1 127–1 September 15 Milwaukee Brewers 5–4 78 – 48 – 1 128–2 September 15 Milwaukee Brewers 9–4 79 – 48 – 1 129–1 September 18 @ Baltimore Orioles 10–3 80 – 48 – 1 130–2 September 18 @ Baltimore Orioles 5–1 81 – 48 – 1 131 September 20 @ Philadelphia Athletics 8–3 82 – 48 – 1 132 September 21 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4–10 82 – 49 – 1 133 September 23 @ Philadelphia Athletics 3–5 82 – 50 – 1 134 September 24 @ Boston Americans 3–8 82 – 51 – 1 135 September 25 @ Boston Americans 2–5 82 – 52 – 1 136 September 26 @ Boston Americans 2–3 82 – 53 – 1 137 September 27 @ Washington Senators 6–4 83 – 53 – 1

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg.= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Billy Sullivan	98	367	54	90	15	6	.245	4	56	12
1B	Frank Isbell	137	556	93	143	15	8	.257	3	70	52
2B	Sam Mertes	137	545	94	151	16	17	.277	5	98	46
3B	Fred Hartman	120	473	77	147	23	13	.309	3	89	31
SS	Frank Shugart	107	415	62	104	9	12	.251	2	47	12
LF	Herm McFarland	132	473	83	130	21	9	.275	4	59	33
CF	Dummy Hoy	132	527	112	155	28	11	.294	2	60	27
RF	Fielder Jones	133	521	120	162	16	3	.311	2	65	38

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Joe Sugden	48	153	21	42	7	1	.275	0	19	4
Jimmy Burke	42	148	20	39	5	0	.264	0	21	11
Pop Foster	12	35	4	10	2	2	.286	1	6	0
Dave Brain	5	20	2	7	1	0	.350	0	5	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	K
Roy Patterson	41	35	312.1	20	16	3.37	62	127
Clark Griffith	35	30	266.2	24	7	2.67	50	67
Jack Katoll	27	25	208.0	11	10	2.81	53	59
Nixey Callahan	27	22	215.1	15	8	2.42	50	70
John Skopec	9	9	68.1	6	3	3.16	45	24
Wiley Piatt	7	6	51.2	4	2	2.79	14	19
Frank Dupee	1	1	0	0	1	inf	3	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	K
Zaza Harvey	16	9	92.0	3	6	1	3.62	59	37

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	K
Jack McAleese	1	3.0	0	0	0	9.00	1	1
Frank Isbell	1	1.0	0	0	0	9.00	0	0

Individual league top five finishes

Nixey Callahan

• #2 in AL in earned run average (2.42)

Clark Griffith

• AL leader in shutouts (5)
• #3 in AL in wins (24)
• #4 in AL in earned run average (2.67)

Dummy Hoy

• #4 in AL in runs scored (112)
• #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.407)

Frank Isbell

• MLB leader in stolen bases (52)

Fielder Jones

• #2 in AL in runs scored (120)
• #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.412)
• #3 in AL in stolen bases (38)
• #4 in AL in runs batted in (98)

Sam Mertes

• #2 in AL in stolen bases (46)

Roy Patterson

• #2 in AL in strikeouts (127)
• #3 in AL in shutouts (4)

References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

• 1901 Chicago White Stockings team page at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Stockings team page at www.baseball-almanac.com