# 1901 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1901 Milwaukee Brewers were an American professional baseball team. This was the final season of the Milwaukee Brewers team that operated from 1894 to 1901, one of multiple teams in Milwaukee's professional baseball history to use the Brewers nickname, and the only season the team competed at the major-league level.
The Brewers finished eighth in the inaugural season of the American League with a record of 48 wins and 89 losses, 35+1⁄2 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. After the season, the major-league franchise relocated and became the St. Louis Browns, where they remained through the 1953 season, after which the franchise again relocated and became the Baltimore Orioles. A franchise in the minor-league American Association played in Milwaukee from 1902 through 1952 using the Milwaukee Brewers name.

## Offseason

* March 23, 1901: Tom Leahy was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

## Regular season
### Regular season highlights

4/25/01: In the first game of the season in Detroit, the Brewers held a 13-4 lead going into the ninth inning. The Detroit Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the inning to win, a record which still stands as the greatest ninth inning comeback in major league baseball history.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 83 | 53 | .610 | — | 49‍–‍21 | 34‍–‍32 |
| Boston Americans | 79 | 57 | .581 | 4 | 49‍–‍20 | 30‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 61 | .548 | 8½ | 42‍–‍27 | 32‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 74 | 62 | .544 | 9 | 42‍–‍24 | 32‍–‍38 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 65 | .511 | 13½ | 40‍–‍25 | 28‍–‍40 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 72 | .459 | 20½ | 31‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Blues | 54 | 82 | .397 | 29 | 28‍–‍39 | 26‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 48 | 89 | .350 | 35½ | 32‍–‍37 | 16‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1901 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 1901: Tom Leahy was released by the Brewers.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Billy Maloney | 86 | 290 | 85 | .293 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | John Anderson | 138 | 576 | 190 | .330 | 8 | 99 |
| 2B | Billy Gilbert | 127 | 492 | 133 | .270 | 0 | 43 |
| SS | Wid Conroy | 131 | 503 | 129 | .256 | 5 | 64 |
| 3B | Jimmy Burke | 64 | 233 | 48 | .206 | 0 | 26 |
| OF | Hugh Duffy | 79 | 285 | 86 | .302 | 2 | 45 |
| OF | Bill Hallman | 139 | 549 | 135 | .246 | 2 | 47 |
| OF | George Hogreiver | 54 | 221 | 52 | .235 | 0 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Friel | 106 | 376 | 100 | .266 | 4 | 35 |
| Irv Waldron | 62 | 266 | 79 | .297 | 0 | 29 |
| Jiggs Donahue | 37 | 107 | 34 | .318 | 0 | 16 |
| Joe Connor | 38 | 102 | 28 | .275 | 1 | 9 |
| Tom Leahy | 33 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 0 | 10 |
| Ed Bruyette | 26 | 82 | 15 | .183 | 0 | 4 |
| Davy Jones | 14 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 3 | 5 |
| George Bone | 12 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 6 |
| Phil Geier | 11 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
| George McBride | 3 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| John Butler | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Gertenrich | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| 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 | 210.0 | 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 |