# 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.
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

* 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. Chicago beat the Blues by a score of 4–2 despite not having one hit.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

1901 White Stockings Game Log :
April (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1April 24Cleveland Blues8–21–0
2April 25Cleveland Blues7–32–0
3April 27Cleveland Blues4–102–1
4April 28Cleveland Blues13–13–1
5April 29Detroit Tigers2–33–2
6April 30Detroit Tigers4–24–2 :
May (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
7May 1Detroit Tigers19–95–2
8May 2Detroit Tigers5–75–3
9May 3@ Milwaukee Brewers11–36–3
10May 4@ Milwaukee Brewers11–37–3
11May 5@ Milwaukee Brewers7–217–4
12May 6@ Milwaukee Brewers6–38–4
13May 8@ Cleveland Blues3–19–4
14May 9@ Cleveland Blues4–210–4
15May 10@ Cleveland Blues5–411–4
16May 11@ Detroit Tigers4–911–5
17May 12@ Detroit Tigers5–711–6
18May 13@ Detroit Tigers7–811–7
19May 14@ Detroit Tigers6–212–7
20May 16Milwaukee Brewers14–113–7
21May 17Milwaukee Brewers7–614–7
22May 18Milwaukee Brewers5–315–7
23May 19Milwaukee Brewers14–316–7
24May 22Philadelphia Athletics5–916–8
25May 23Philadelphia Athletics11–917–8
26May 25Philadelphia Athletics6–518–8
27May 26Baltimore Orioles5–019–8
28May 27Baltimore Orioles10–320–8
29May 28Baltimore Orioles5–1420–9
30May 29Baltimore Orioles7–421–9
31–1May 30Boston Americans8–322–9
32–2May 30Boston Americans5–323–9
33May 31Boston Americans10–524–9 :
June (13–11)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
34June 1Boston Americans5–1024–10
35June 2Washington Senators5–724–11
36June 3Washington Senators3–524–12
37June 4Washington Senators3–225–12
38June 7@ Washington Senators15–426–12
39June 8@ Washington Senators3–826–13
40June 10@ Washington Senators13–1027–13
41June 11@ Washington Senators1–327–14
42June 12@ Baltimore Orioles1–827–15
43June 13@ Baltimore Orioles12–028–15
44June 14@ Baltimore Orioles10–529–15
45–1June 17@ Boston Americans1–1129–16
46–2June 17@ Boston Americans4–1029–17
47June 18@ Boston Americans3–429–18
48June 19@ Boston Americans3–529–19
49June 20@ Boston Americans3–429–20
50June 21@ Philadelphia Athletics4–030–20
51June 22@ Philadelphia Athletics6–431–20
52June 24@ Philadelphia Athletics7–532–20
53June 25@ Philadelphia Athletics5–033–20
54June 27Cleveland Blues5–134–20
55June 28Cleveland Blues7–635–20
56June 29Cleveland Blues4–136–20
57June 30Detroit Tigers4–237–20 :
July (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
58July 2Detroit Tigers3–238–20
59July 3@ Cleveland Blues4–339–20
60–1July 4@ Cleveland Blues2–839–21
61–2July 4@ Cleveland Blues5–639–22
62July 5@ Detroit Tigers8–440–22
63July 6@ Detroit Tigers5–640–23
64July 7@ Detroit Tigers3–840–24
65July 9@ Milwaukee Brewers17–941–24
66July 10@ Milwaukee Brewers5–442–24
67July 11@ Milwaukee Brewers5–143–24
68July 12Milwaukee Brewers14–144–24
69July 13Milwaukee Brewers2–344–25
70July 14Milwaukee Brewers4–045–25
71July 17Baltimore Orioles4–246–25
72July 18Baltimore Orioles9–147–25
73July 19Baltimore Orioles4–747–26
74July 20Philadelphia Athletics6–847–27
75July 21Philadelphia Athletics9–448–27
76July 22Philadelphia Athletics1–248–28
77July 23Philadelphia Athletics10–649–28
78July 24Washington Senators17–350–28
79July 25Washington Senators4–151–28
80July 26Washington Senators2–152–28
81July 27Boston Americans8–753–28
82July 29Boston Americans1–453–29
83July 31Detroit Tigers2–054–29 :
August (13–13–1)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
84August 1Detroit Tigers4–055–29
85August 2Detroit Tigers7–056–29
86August 3Detroit Tigers6–856–30
87August 4Cleveland Blues9–557–30
88August 5Cleveland Blues3–657–31
89August 7@ Detroit Tigers3–957–32
90August 8@ Detroit Tigers18–858–32
91August 9@ Detroit Tigers1–1258–33
92August 10@ Cleveland Blues7–1158–34
93August 11Cleveland Blues3–458–35
94August 12@ Cleveland Blues17–259–35
95–1August 13@ Cleveland Blues0–459–36
96–2August 13@ Cleveland Blues14–160–36
97August 16@ Boston Americans2–660–37
98August 17@ Boston Americans2–460–38
99August 19@ Washington Senators2–560–39
100August 20@ Washington Senators9–361–39
101August 21@ Washington Senators0–861–40
102August 22@ Baltimore Orioles6–562–40
103August 23@ Baltimore Orioles6–463–40
104August 24@ Baltimore Orioles4–1063–41
105August 26@ Philadelphia Athletics11–464–41
106August 27@ Philadelphia Athletics5–764–42
107August 28@ Philadelphia Athletics3–065–42
108August 30Baltimore Orioles5–565 – 42 – 1
109–1August 31Baltimore Orioles12–266 – 42 – 1
110–2August 31Baltimore Orioles5–267 – 42 – 1 :
September (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
111September 1Baltimore Orioles6–368 – 42 – 1
112–1September 2Philadelphia Athletics2–069 – 42 – 1
113–2September 2Philadelphia Athletics9–1069 – 43 – 1
114September 3Philadelphia Athletics2–369 – 44 – 1
115September 4Washington Senators9–570 – 44 – 1
116–1September 5Washington Senators4–371 – 44 – 1
117–2September 5Washington Senators7–971 – 45 – 1
118September 6Washington Senators3–571 – 46 – 1
119September 7Boston Americans4–172 – 46 – 1
120September 8Boston Americans4–373 – 46 – 1
121–1September 9Boston Americans4–374 – 46 – 1
122–2September 9Boston Americans6–475 – 46 – 1
123September 10@ Milwaukee Brewers6–376 – 46 – 1
124–1September 12@ Milwaukee Brewers1–576 – 47 – 1
125–2September 12@ Milwaukee Brewers4–077 – 47 – 1
126September 13Milwaukee Brewers3–577 – 48 – 1
127–1September 15Milwaukee Brewers5–478 – 48 – 1
128–2September 15Milwaukee Brewers9–479 – 48 – 1
129–1September 18@ Baltimore Orioles10–380 – 48 – 1
130–2September 18@ Baltimore Orioles5–181 – 48 – 1
131September 20@ Philadelphia Athletics8–382 – 48 – 1
132September 21@ Philadelphia Athletics4–1082 – 49 – 1
133September 23@ Philadelphia Athletics3–582 – 50 – 1
134September 24@ Boston Americans3–882 – 51 – 1
135September 25@ Boston Americans2–582 – 52 – 1
136September 26@ Boston Americans2–382 – 53 – 1
137September 27@ Washington Senators6–483 – 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)