# 1901 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1901 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 20th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the tenth season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76–64 during the season and finished fourth in the National League. It was the first time the Cardinals had finished in the top half of the standings since joining the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 49 | .647 | — | 45‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍25 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 57 | .593 | 7½ | 46‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 79 | 57 | .581 | 9½ | 43‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 14½ | 40‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 69 | 69 | .500 | 20½ | 41‍–‍29 | 28‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Orphans | 53 | 86 | .381 | 37 | 30‍–‍39 | 23‍–‍47 |
| New York Giants | 52 | 85 | .380 | 37 | 30‍–‍38 | 22‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 87 | .374 | 38 | 27‍–‍43 | 25‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1901 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | Jack Ryan | 83 | 300 | 59 | .197 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 103 | 423 | 115 | .272 | 6 | 56 |
| 2B | Dick Padden | 123 | 489 | 125 | .256 | 2 | 62 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 134 | 550 | 178 | .324 | 2 | 91 |
| 3B | Otto Krueger | 142 | 520 | 143 | .275 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 130 | 531 | 161 | .303 | 1 | 73 |
| OF | Emmet Heidrick | 118 | 502 | 170 | .339 | 6 | 67 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 142 | 601 | 226 | .376 | 10 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Art Nichols | 93 | 308 | 75 | .244 | 1 | 33 |
| Pop Schriver | 53 | 166 | 45 | .271 | 1 | 23 |
| Pete Childs | 29 | 79 | 21 | .266 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Richardson | 15 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 2 | 7 |
| Mike Heydon | 16 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 1 | 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 |
| Jack Powell | 45 | 338.1 | 19 | 19 | 3.54 | 133 |
| Jack Harper | 39 | 308.2 | 23 | 13 | 3.62 | 128 |
| Ed Murphy | 23 | 165.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.20 | 42 |
| Cowboy Jones | 10 | 76.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.48 | 25 |
| Mike O'Neill | 5 | 41.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.32 | 16 |
| Stan Yerkes | 4 | 34.0 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 15 |
| Ted Breitenstein | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.60 | 3 |
| Bill Magee | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 38 | 276.1 | 17 | 11 | 3.52 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Chauncey Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Bob Wicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Farmer Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |