Week 25 Results

Monday, September 30, 1901

As seen on the telegraph: Cincinnati announced that pitcher Crese Heismann would return to the mound following his HBP injury of 09/26/1901.

Boston (NL) announced that catcher Pat Moran would return to play following his hand injury of 09/24/1901.

Pittsburgh announced that catcher George Yeager would return to play following his leg injury of 09/15/1901.

Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 3

The Beaneaters got up 4-0 after the second and Vic Willis shutdown the Pirates the rest of the way. Pittsburgh did manage to get the score back to within 4-3, but Willis was too much today.

St. Louis (H) 14 New York 0

The Cardinals got the scoring started with six in the third and then topped that off with a five-run sixth, putting the game out of reach. Mike O'Neill (2-1, .062) got the easy shutout victory. Jesse Burkett went 1-for-5 on the day and is now hitting .395.

Philadelphia (NL) 5 Cincinnati (H) 2 (GM 1)

The Phillies have a 13-1 record versus the Reds so far this year and now have three consecutive doubleheaders in Cincinnati, plus the Reds were missing Sam Crawford, their best player. The Reds led 2-1 after the fourth but couldn’t hold back the Phillies offense. Al Orth (20-11, 2.31) got his twentieth win and Elmer Flick hit homerun #14 for Philadelphia, putting him one ahead of Crawford for the league lead.

Philadelphia (NL) 9 Cincinnati (H) 5 (GM 2)

The Reds scored three in the third to take a 3-2 lead and then they scored two in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead, but once again they couldn’t hold back the Phillies offense. Bill Duggleby (15-13, 2.57) got the win in relief after start Doc White got tossed for three HBP's. Elmer Flick keyed the offense with a 5-for-5 day (.354) with three runs scored and three runs driven in.

Tuesday, October 1, 1901

As seen on the telegraph: New York announced the release of infielder Jim Miller. Reportedly Miller had left the team in St. Louis following a disagreement with some of his teammates. New York also announced the acquisition of pitcher Harry Felix from Montreal (Eastern League)

Pittsburgh (H) 5 Boston (NL) 0 (No-Hitter!)

Deacon Phillippe (21-12, 2.64) threw the fourth no-hitter of the season and got it at a good time as he was able to reduce the Pirates magic number to three. Pittsburgh scored four times in the fourth behind four consecutive doubles.

Philadelphia (NL) 8 Cincinnati (H) 4 (GM 1)

Ed Delahanty

After yesterday's unexpected relief stint Bill Duggleby (16-13, 2.55) came back today and handcuffed the Reds for the Game One win. Elmer Flick drove in two runs, giving him 115 for the season, right behind Ed Delahanty who drove in one to put him at 120 RBI's for the season.

Cincinnati (H) 4 Philadelphia (NL) 2 (GM 2)

The Reds finally got a second win against the Phillies as left fielder Dick Harley hit a three-run homerun as part of a four-run fourth and Len Swormstedt (1-1, 3.18) held the powerful Philadelphia offense in check. Elmer Flick did hit homerun #16 for the Phillies. 

Wednesday, October 2, 1901

Boston (NL) 11 Pittsburgh (H) 4

The Pittsburgh magic number remains at three as the Pirates lost 2-of-3 to Boston at home. The Beaneaters scored five times in the fifth inning to blow the game open and make it a cakewalk for Kid Nichols (21-13, 2.45). Right fielder Pat Carney went 3-for-6 with four RBI's and center fielder Billy Lush went 3-for-5 with a run scored, three RBI's, and a double to lead the offense.

Cincinnati (H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) 2 (10) (GM 1)

With the score tied 2-2 both teams had chances in the ninth but the game soon moved into extra innings when Reds shortstop Tommy Corcoran started off the bottom of the tenth by reaching on an error, stole second, and then scored the game-winner on George Magoon's single to right. Noodles Hahn (24-17, 2.39) got the win over Red Donahue (19-15, 2.32).

Jake Beckley

Cincinnati (H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) 2 (GM 2)

The Reds scored single runs in each of the first three innings and Bill Phillips (12-22, 4.66) made that lead stand up for the win and the doubleheader sweep. Cincinnati First baseman Jake Beckley went 3-for-4 with a run, an RBI, and a double, all crucial to the Reds offense today.

  

Thursday, October 3, 1901

  

Friday, October 4, 1901

  

Saturday, October 5, 1901

As seen on the telegraph: Chicago (NL) announced the acquisition of infielder Germany Schaefer from St. Paul (Western Association).

Brooklyn announced the acquisition of pitcher Gene Wright from Dayton (Western Association).

10/05/1901

Note: Pittsburgh's magic number is three, but they have a 2.5 game lead over Brooklyn and both teams have two games left to play. Therefore, if Brooklyn wins both and Pittsburgh loses both, Pittsburgh will still end the season with a better record.

Boston (NL) 12 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 1

The Beaneaters opened a big lead with a five-run fifth and then added a four-run eighth late to put this game out of reach. Vic Willis (23-13, 1.51) got the win and the big bat was supplied by second baseman Gene DeMontreville who went 4-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Note: These two teams do not play tomorrow so this marks the end of their 1901 season.

Brooklyn (H) 2 New York 0 (GM 1)

The Superbas scored twice in the third inning and Bill Donovan (24-13, 2.81) did the rest. Dummy Taylor (17-24, 3.39) took the hard-luck loss.

Brooklyn (H) 3 New York 2 (10) (GM 2)

Brooklyn scored twice in the fourth, New York scored to in the sixth to tie the score at 2-2, and soon it was off to extra innings. In the bottom of the tenth Superbas right fielder Willie Keeler led off the inning with a single and was then promptly doubled home by left fielder Jimmy Sheckard. Gene Wright (1-0, 0.90) got the win in his major league debut over Christy Mathewson (22-15, 2.05).

Note: These two teams do not play tomorrow so this marks the end of their 1901 season.

Pittsburgh 17 Chicago (NL) (H) 1

Pittsburgh right fielder Lefty Davis set the tone for this game when he hit the first pitch he saw out of the park and after that, it was all Pirates. A six-run second followed by a six-run fifth were all fueled by twenty-five hits on the day as every starter in the Pittsburgh lineup had at least one hit. Ginger Beaumont, Honus Wagner, and Claude Ritchey all went 4-for-6 on the day and Ed Poole (7-3, 2.72) got the win and chipped in with a 3-for-5 day.

  

Sunday, October 6, 1901

Rube Waddell

Pittsburgh 9 Chicago (NL) (H) 7 (10)

For the second consecutive day Lefty Davis hit the first pitch he saw out of the park and the Pirates soon rolled to a 7-2 lead, but the Orphans fought back with a four-run seventh and then tied the score with one in the eighth. In the top of the tenth Davis came through again with a single that scored catcher Jack O'Connor and then Davis later scored on an error.

St. Louis 10 Cincinnati (H) 4 (GM 1)

The Cardinals score four times in the top of the first and soon built an 8-0 lead. Mike O'Neill (3-1, 0.75) got the Game One win but Jesse Burkett went 0-for-4 (.392) pretty much ending his hopes of hitting .400 with only one game to go.

Cincinnati (H) 9 St. Louis 5 (GM 2)

The Reds scored three times in the first and then three more times in the third and ran away with it from there. Center fielder John Dobbs went 2-for-3 with two walks and scored three runs and drove in two others to support Archie Stimmel (3-13, 5.67) for the Game Two win. Jesse Burkett went 2-for-3 with a final batting average of .394.