1901 New York Giants season

The 1901 New York Giants season was the franchise's 19th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 52-85 record, 37 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1901 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Andrew Freedman
Manager(s)	George Davis
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	49	0.647	—	45–24	45–25
Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	0.593	7½	46–23	37–34
Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	0.581	9½	43–25	36–32
St. Louis Cardinals	76	64	0.543	14½	40–31	36–33
Boston Beaneaters	69	69	0.500	20½	41–29	28–40
Chicago Orphans	53	86	0.381	37	30–39	23–47
New York Giants	52	85	0.380	37	30–38	22–47
Cincinnati Reds	52	87	0.374	38	27–43	25–44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–10	13–6	11–8–1	14–6–1	7–13	5–15	9–11
Brooklyn	10–10	—	13–7	14–6–1	11–6	11–9	11–8	9–11
Chicago	6–13	7–13	—	10–10	11–9–1	3–17	6–14	10–10
Cincinnati	8–11–1	6–14–1	10–10	—	8–12	4–16	7–13	9–11–1
New York	6–14–1	6–11	9–11–1	12–8	—	8–12	4–16–1	7–13–1
Philadelphia	13–7	9–11	17–3	16–4	12–8	—	7–13	9–11
Pittsburgh	15–5	8–11	14–6	13–7	16–4–1	13–7	—	11–9
St. Louis	11–9	11–9	10–10	11–9–1	13–7–1	11–9	9–11	—

Roster

1901 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Dummy Deegan Roger Denzer Ed Doheny Harry Felix Chauncey Fisher Larry Hesterfer Dummy Leitner Jake Livingstone Bill Magee Christy Mathewson Al Maul Willie Mills Bill Phyle Dummy Taylor Ike Van Zandt		Catchers Frank Bowerman Aleck Smith Joe Wall Jack Warner Infielders Charlie Buelow George Davis John Ganzel Jim Miller Danny Murphy Frank Murphy Ray Nelson Heinie Smith Sammy Strang		Outfielders Curt Bernard Charlie Hickman Jim Jones Algie McBride Kip Selbach George Van Haltren		Manager George Davis

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
C	Jack Warner	87	291	70	.241	0	20
SS	George Davis	130	491	148	.301	7	65
OF	George Van Haltren	135	543	182	.335	1	47

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
Jim Jones	21	91	19	.209	0	5

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
Roger Denzer	11	61.2	2	6	3.36	22

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
Ed Doheny	10	74	2	5	4.50	36
Dummy Deegan	2	17	0	1	6.35	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Van Haltren	1	0	0	0	3.00	2

External links

• 1901 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference
• 1901 New York Giants historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com