1901 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1901 Milwaukee Brewers were an American baseball team. The Brewers finished eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 89 losses, 35.5 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. After the season, the club left Milwaukee for St. Louis and became the St. Louis Browns, where they would remain until the end of 1953.

1901 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
Lloyd Street Grounds (since 1895) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1894)
Results
Record	48–89 (.350)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Henry Killilea
Manager(s)	Hugh Duffy
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Offseason

• March 23, 1901: Tom Leahy was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[1]

Regular season

1901 Milwaukee Brewers

Regular season highlights

4/24/01. On the first game of the season in Detroit, the Brewers held a 13-4 lead going into the 9th inning. The Detroit Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the inning to win, a record which still stands as the greatest 9th inning comeback in major league baseball history.[2]

Season standings

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 Bluebirds	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 Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	MIL	PHI	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	—

Notable transactions

• June 1901: Tom Leahy was released by the Brewers.[1]

Roster

1901 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Pete Dowling Ned Garvin Pink Hawley Bert Husting Bill Reidy Tully Sparks		Catchers John Butler Joe Connor Jiggs Donahue Tom Leahy Billy Maloney Infielders John Anderson George Bone Jimmy Burke Wid Conroy Bill Friel Billy Gilbert George McBride		Outfielders Ed Bruyette Hugh Duffy Phil Geier Lou Gertenrich Bill Hallman George Hogreiver Davy Jones Irv Waldron		Manager Hugh Duffy

Player stats

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
1B	John Anderson	138	576	190	.330	8	99
OF	Hugh Duffy	79	285	86	.302	2	45

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
Tom Leahy	33	99	24	.242	0	10

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
Bill Reidy	37	301.1	16	20	4.21	50
Ned Garvin	37	257.1	8	20	3.46	122
Bert Husting	34	217.1	9	15	4.27	67
Tully Sparks	29	210	7	17	3.51	62
Pink Hawley	26	182.1	7	14	4.59	50

Other 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
Pete Dowling	10	49.2	1	3	5.62	25

Notes

1. Tom Leahy page at Baseball Reference
2. https://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/baseballs-biggest-ninth-inning-comebacks-385/

References

• 1901 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1901 Milwaukee Brewers season at baseball-almanac.com