1901 Chicago Orphans season

1901 Chicago Orphans
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding
Manager(s)	Tom Loftus
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The 1901 Chicago Orphans season was the 30th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 26th in the National League and the 9th at West Side Park. The Orphans finished sixth in the National League with a record of 53–86. The team was also known as the Remnants, due to many Orphans players leaving at the end of the 1900 season to join the upstart American League.

Regular season

• On June 20, 1901, Jack Taylor threw a complete game. This was the first of a major league record 187 consecutive complete games that he would pitch, a streak stretching well into the 1906 season.^[1]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg	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 Chicago Orphans
Roster
Pitchers Bert Cunningham Mal Eason Charlie Ferguson Tom Hughes Jack Taylor Rube Waddell		Catchers Mike Kahoe Johnny Kling Infielders Cupid Childs Pete Childs Jim Delahanty Charlie Dexter Jack Doyle Eddie Hickey Larry Hoffman Barry McCormick Fred Raymer Germany Schaefer		Outfielders Frank Chance Harry Croft Cozy Dolan Bill Gannon Danny Green Topsy Hartsel Jock Menefee		Manager Tom Loftus

Player stats

Batting

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	Doyle, JackJack Doyle	75	285	66	.232	0	39

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
Menefee, JockJock Menefee	48	152	39	.257	0	13
Hoffman, LarryLarry Hoffman	6	22	7	.318	0	6

Pitching

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
Hughes, TomTom Hughes	37	308.1	10	23	3.24	225
Taylor, JackJack Taylor	33	275.2	13	19	3.36	68
Waddell, RubeRube Waddell	29	243.2	14	14	2.81	168
Eason, MalMal Eason	27	220.2	8	17	3.59	68
Menefee, JockJock Menefee	21	182.1	8	12	3.80	55
Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham	1	9	0	1	5.00	2

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
Ferguson, CharlieCharlie Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

1. Baseball’s Top 100: The Game’s Greatest Records, p.62, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

External links

• 1901 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference