1901 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 90-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 251,955, Avg. 3,822
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Fred Clarke (90-49)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1901 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 90-49
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 251,955, Avg. 3,822
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Won League Championship Series
Manager: Fred Clarke (90-49)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1901 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1901 season with a record of 90 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Pirates surrendered 534 runs, fewest in the league. Pittsburgh plated 776 runs. Honus Wagner drove in 126 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .353 clip. Deacon Phillippe led the squad with 22 wins, while Jack Chesbro and Jesse Tannehill, too added 15 or more wins, too Jesse Tannehill registered a 2.18 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Clarke coached the team. The 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates won the League Championship Series.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Phillippe | 22 | 12 | .647 | 2.22 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 296.0 | 274 | 115 | 73 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 103 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1171 |
| Jack Chesbro | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.38 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 287.7 | 261 | 104 | 76 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 129 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1152 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 18 | 10 | .643 | 2.18 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 252.3 | 240 | 94 | 61 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1009 |
| Sam Leever | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.86 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 176.0 | 182 | 82 | 56 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 733 |
| Ed Doheny | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.00 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 76.7 | 68 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 315 |
| Ed Poole | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.60 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 78 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 343 |
| George Merritt | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Lewis Wiltse | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 57 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 202 |
| Rube Waddell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Totals | 90 | 49 | .647 | 2.58 | 161 | 140 | 21 | 119 | 15 | 4 | 1244.7 | 1198 | 534 | 357 | 20 | 244 | 0 | 505 | 60 | 2 | 21 | 5071 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honus Wagner | 140 | 619 | 549 | 101 | 194 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 126 | 49 | 0 | 53 | 39 | .353 | .417 | .494 | .911 | 271 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ginger Beaumont | 133 | 616 | 558 | 120 | 185 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 72 | 36 | 0 | 44 | 39 | .332 | .382 | .418 | .800 | 233 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Clarke | 129 | 601 | 527 | 118 | 171 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 44 | .324 | .395 | .461 | .856 | 243 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitty Bransfield | 139 | 609 | 566 | 92 | 167 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 91 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 60 | .295 | .335 | .398 | .733 | 225 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Ritchey | 140 | 611 | 540 | 66 | 160 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 29 | .296 | .358 | .354 | .712 | 191 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Leach | 98 | 408 | 374 | 64 | 114 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .305 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 158 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Davis | 87 | 401 | 335 | 87 | 105 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 26 | .313 | .415 | .421 | .836 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Zimmer | 69 | 267 | 236 | 17 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 31 | .220 | .292 | .275 | .568 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bones Ely | 65 | 253 | 240 | 18 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .208 | .234 | .258 | .492 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Connor | 61 | 220 | 202 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .193 | .238 | .257 | .496 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 42 | 144 | 135 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .244 | .277 | .333 | .610 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 38 | 125 | 113 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .230 | .293 | .301 | .594 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Chesbro | 36 | 124 | 116 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .216 | .242 | .302 | .543 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Yeager | 26 | 100 | 91 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .264 | .302 | .308 | .610 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Poole | 26 | 82 | 78 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .205 | .244 | .295 | .539 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leever | 21 | 79 | 71 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .183 | .247 | .197 | .444 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Burke | 14 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .196 | .268 | .196 | .464 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Carr | 9 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .250 | .344 | .357 | .701 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Turner | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Merritt | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .455 | .839 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis Wiltse | 7 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jud Smith | 6 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .190 | .440 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Doheny | 11 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .115 | .303 | .154 | .457 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Truck Eagan | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Smith | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Waddell | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiggs Donahue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1315 | 5468 | 4913 | 777 | 1407 | 182 | 92 | 29 | 636 | 203 | 0 | 386 | 497 | .286 | .345 | .379 | .723 | 1860 | 0 | 52 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty Bransfield | 1B | 139 | 0 | 1233.0 | 1374 | 52 | 28 | 72 | .981 | 1.409 | 1.259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 9.818 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | 2B | 139 | 0 | 1225.0 | 340 | 392 | 46 | 53 | .941 | 5.378 | 5.266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.538 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Poole | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 3B | 92 | 0 | 795.0 | 122 | 196 | 34 | 9 | .903 | 3.600 | 3.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 3B | 24 | 0 | 215.0 | 37 | 50 | 10 | 3 | .897 | 3.642 | 3.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Burke | 3B | 14 | 0 | 124.0 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 3 | .877 | 3.629 | 3.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Smith | 3B | 6 | 0 | 47.0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.447 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Yeager | 3B | 4 | 0 | 36.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .875 | 3.500 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Turner | 3B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 4.286 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Poole | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bones Ely | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Clarke | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Carr | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | C | 68 | 0 | 580.0 | 285 | 69 | 9 | 4 | .975 | 5.493 | 5.206 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 58 | 47.9 |
| Jack O'Connor | C | 59 | 0 | 496.0 | 256 | 59 | 7 | 5 | .978 | 5.716 | 5.339 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 49 | 48.5 |
| George Yeager | C | 20 | 0 | 168.0 | 81 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .971 | 5.411 | 5.050 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 48.6 |
| Jiggs Donahue | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ginger Beaumont | OF | 133 | 0 | 1189.0 | 289 | 8 | 18 | 2 | .943 | 2.248 | 2.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Clarke | OF | 127 | 0 | 1129.0 | 282 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .970 | 2.352 | 2.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lefty Davis | OF | 86 | 0 | 791.0 | 140 | 18 | 4 | 7 | .975 | 1.798 | 1.837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | OF | 54 | 0 | 445.0 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.638 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | OF | 10 | 0 | 87.0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 2.172 | 2.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Poole | OF | 12 | 0 | 81.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Smith | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jiggs Donahue | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deacon Phillippe | P | 37 | 0 | 296.0 | 15 | 89 | 6 | 2 | .945 | 3.162 | 2.811 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Chesbro | P | 36 | 0 | 288.0 | 12 | 57 | 5 | 2 | .932 | 2.156 | 1.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | P | 32 | 0 | 252.0 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 0 | .917 | 1.964 | 1.719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Leever | P | 21 | 0 | 176.0 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 2.915 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Poole | P | 12 | 0 | 80.0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 3.150 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Doheny | P | 11 | 0 | 77.0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.870 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lewis Wiltse | P | 7 | 0 | 44.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Merritt | P | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Waddell | P | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | SS | 61 | 0 | 582.0 | 177 | 224 | 36 | 31 | .918 | 6.201 | 6.574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | SS | 64 | 0 | 534.0 | 112 | 215 | 30 | 23 | .916 | 5.511 | 5.109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Carr | SS | 9 | 0 | 60.0 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .886 | 4.650 | 3.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | SS | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Truck Eagan | SS | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.909 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Clarke | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1303 | 0 | 11200.0 | 3728 | 1748 | 285 | 231 | .951 | 4.400 | 4.203 | 23 | 0 | 133 | 124 | 48.2 |
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