# 1901 Chicago Orphans season

The 1901 Chicago Orphans season was the 30th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 26th in the National League and the ninth 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.

### 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 | Mike Kahoe | 67 | 237 | 53 | .224 | 1 | 21 |
| 1B | Jack Doyle | 75 | 285 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 39 |
| 2B | Cupid Childs | 63 | 236 | 61 | .258 | 0 | 21 |
| SS | Barry McCormick | 115 | 427 | 100 | .234 | 1 | 32 |
| 3B | Fred Raymer | 120 | 463 | 108 | .233 | 0 | 43 |
| OF | Topsy Hartsel | 140 | 558 | 187 | .335 | 7 | 54 |
| OF | Danny Green | 133 | 537 | 168 | .313 | 6 | 61 |
| OF | Frank Chance | 69 | 241 | 67 | .278 | 0 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Dexter | 116 | 460 | 123 | .267 | 1 | 66 |
| Johnny Kling | 74 | 256 | 70 | .273 | 0 | 21 |
| Pete Childs | 60 | 210 | 48 | .229 | 0 | 14 |
| Cozy Dolan | 43 | 171 | 45 | .263 | 0 | 16 |
| Jock Menefee | 48 | 152 | 39 | .257 | 0 | 13 |
| Jim Delahanty | 17 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Gannon | 15 | 61 | 9 | .148 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Hickey | 10 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Hoffman | 6 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 6 |
| Harry Croft | 3 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany Schaefer | 2 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 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 |
| Tom Hughes | 37 | 308.1 | 10 | 23 | 3.24 | 225 |
| Jack Taylor | 33 | 275.2 | 13 | 19 | 3.36 | 68 |
| Rube Waddell | 29 | 243.2 | 14 | 14 | 2.81 | 168 |
| Mal Eason | 27 | 220.2 | 8 | 17 | 3.59 | 68 |
| Jock Menefee | 21 | 182.1 | 8 | 12 | 3.80 | 55 |
| Bert Cunningham | 1 | 9.0 | 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 |
| Charlie Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |