# 1901 Washington Senators season

The 1901 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 72, and finished in sixth place in the American League in its first year as a major league team. They were managed by Jim Manning and played home games at the American League Park I.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Boileryard Clarke | 110 | 422 | 118 | .280 | 3 | 54 |
| 1B | Mike Grady | 94 | 347 | 99 | .285 | 9 | 56 |
| 2B | John Farrell | 135 | 555 | 151 | .272 | 3 | 63 |
| SS | Billy Clingman | 137 | 480 | 116 | .242 | 2 | 55 |
| 3B | Bill Coughlin | 137 | 506 | 139 | .275 | 6 | 68 |
| OF | Irv Waldron | 79 | 332 | 107 | .322 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Pop Foster | 103 | 392 | 109 | .278 | 6 | 54 |
| OF | Sam Dungan | 138 | 559 | 179 | .320 | 1 | 73 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Quinn | 66 | 266 | 67 | .252 | 2 | 34 |
| Dale Gear | 58 | 199 | 47 | .236 | 0 | 20 |
| Bill Everitt | 33 | 115 | 22 | .191 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack O'Brien | 11 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Luskey | 11 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 3 |
| Tim Jordan | 6 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Leo Harrison | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 Carrick | 42 | 324.0 | 14 | 22 | 3.75 | 70 |
| Watty Lee | 36 | 262.0 | 16 | 16 | 4.40 | 63 |
| Casey Patten | 32 | 254.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.93 | 109 |
| Win Mercer | 24 | 179.2 | 9 | 13 | 4.96 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Dale Gear | 24 | 163.0 | 4 | 11 | 4.03 | 35 |