1901 Cincinnati Reds season

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1901 Cincinnati Reds
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Owner(s) John T. Brush
Manager(s) Bid McPhee
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The 1901 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in last place in the eight-team National League with a record of 52 wins and 87 losses, 38 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

The Cincinnati Reds continued to rebuild by adding younger players to their roster in 1901. They finished the 1900 season with a 62–77 record, finishing in seventh place in the National League.

The team dismissed manager Bob Allen after only one season, and replaced him with Reds legend Bid McPhee. McPhee had played second base for Cincinnati from 1882–1899. The Reds acquired a new shortstop, as George Magoon joined the club. He last played in the majors in 1899, splitting time between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Orphans. Dick Harley, who played in only five games with the Reds in 1900, would get a starting job in left field. Harley's last full season was in 1899 with the Cleveland Spiders, when he hit .250 with a homer and 50 RBI.

Sam Crawford was a bright spot for the team, as he batted .330 with a league high sixteen home runs, while driving in 104 runners to lead the team offensively. Jake Beckley was solid once again, hitting .307 with three home runs and 79 RBI.

On the mound, Noodles Hahn had a very solid season, going 22–19 with a 2.71 ERA. Hahn led the league with 41 complete games, 375.1 innings pitched, and striking out 239 batters. Bill Phillips, with a 14–18 record and a 4.64 ERA, was the only other Cincinnati pitcher to have ten or more victories.

Season summary

Cincinnati got the season off on a good note, as they won four of their first five games to take a very early first place lead in the National League. The Reds would continue to hold on to first place through twenty-three games in, as they had a 15–8 record, a one-game lead over the New York Giants. Even though Cincinnati went 5–6 in their next eleven games, they held on to a first place tie with the Giants before losing ten games in a row to fall to seventh place with a 20–24 record. Some of their losses were lopsided, as the Reds lost 25–13 to the Giants to begin their losing streak, and in their tenth loss, they were on the wrong side of a 21–3 pasting by the Brooklyn Superbas.

After snapping their ten-game losing streak with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Reds lost four more in a row, including losses of 8–0 and 19–1 to the Phillies. Cincinnati continued to struggle for the rest of the season, falling into the cellar, and finished the year with a 52–87 record, 38 games behind the pennant-winning Pittsburgh Pirates. This marked the first time in team history that the Reds finished the season in last place.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburg Pirates 90 49 0.647 45–24 45–25
Philadelphia Phillies 83 57 0.593 46–23 37–34
Brooklyn Superbas 79 57 0.581 43–25 36–32
St. Louis Cardinals 76 64 0.543 14½ 40–31 36–33
Boston Beaneaters 69 69 0.500 20½ 41–29 28–40
Chicago Orphans 53 86 0.381 37 30–39 23–47
New York Giants 52 85 0.380 37 30–38 22–47
Cincinnati Reds 52 87 0.374 38 27–43 25–44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League Records

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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
Pittsburg 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

1901 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
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Infielders

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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 Bill Bergen 87 308 55 .179 1 17
1B Jake Beckley 140 580 178 .307 3 79
SS George Magoon 127 460 116 .252 1 53
OF Dick Harley 133 535 146 .273 4 27

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
Tommy Corcoran 31 115 24 .209 0 15
Pete O'Brien 16 54 11 .204 1 3
Jerry Hurley 9 21 1 .048 0 0
Chink Heileman 5 15 2 .133 0 1

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
Noodles Hahn 42 375.1 22 19 2.71 239
Bill Phillips 37 281.1 14 18 4.64 109
Doc Newton 20 168.1 4 13 4.12 65
Whitey Guese 6 44.1 1 4 6.09 11
Charlie Case 3 27 1 2 4.67 5

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
Jack Sutthoff 10 70.1 1 6 5.50 12
Barney McFadden 8 46 3 4 6.07 11
Dick Scott 3 21 0 2 5.14 7
Crese Heismann 3 13.2 0 1 5.93 6

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