1901 Chicago Orphans season explained

Chicago Orphans
Season:	1901
League:	National League
Ballpark:	West Side Park
City:	Chicago, Illinois
Owners:	Albert Spalding
Managers:	Tom Loftus

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.^[1]

Roster

1901 Chicago Orphans
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		67	237	53	.224	1	21
1B		75	285	66	.232	0	39
2B		63	236	61	.258	0	21
SS		115	427	100	.234	1	32
3B		120	463	108	.233	0	43
OF		140	558	187	.335	7	54
OF		133	537	168	.313	6	61
OF		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
	116	460	123	.267	1	66
	74	256	70	.273	0	21
	60	210	48	.229	0	14
	43	171	45	.263	0	16
	48	152	39	.257	0	13
	17	63	12	.190	0	4
	15	61	9	.148	0	0
	10	37	6	.162	0	3
	6	22	7	.318	0	6
	3	12	4	.333	0	4
	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
	37	308.1	10	23	3.24	225
	33	275.2	13	19	3.36	68
	29	243.2	14	14	2.81	168
	27	220.2	8	17	3.59	68
	21	182.1	8	12	3.80	55
	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

External links

• 1901 Chicago Orphans season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.62, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,