1901 Regular Season Leaders

1901 World Series and Finale

World Series Game One, Tuesday, October 8, 1901 The heat of the long hot Chicago summer had broken just in time for the commencement of the inaugural World Series and it was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at South Side Park in Chicago. The home team, the Chicago White Stockings, had not played an official game in ten days, but were happy for the time off and were happy to have catcher Billy Sullivan back and able to play after his finger injury in the last week of the season plus pitcher Roy Patterson had rejoined the club after he had been allowed to return home before the end of the season. The visitors, the Pittsburgh Pirates, had just completed their regular season two days previous, but were happy for the day off on Monday and were ready to go as well. South Side Park, Chicago IL There was a concern as to whether this event would ever happen as both the leagues were still at war with each other, but both leagues, both teams, and the players all saw an opportunit...

Week 17 Results

Monday, August 5, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Chicago (NL) announced that first baseman Jack Doyle had sprained an ankle and would likely miss the next week. St. Louis announced that center fielder Emmet Heidrick had been induced to return to the team from 07/20/1901. Cleveland announced the acquisition of pitcher Harry McNeal . New York announced the acquisition of pitcher Ike Van Zandt . Pittsburgh announced the acquisition of catcher George Yeager , formerly with Cleveland. Chicago (AL) (H) 8 Cleveland 2 Fielder Jones Cleveland found themselves short of pitchers so they acquired Harry McNeal (0-1, 9.00) in a pinch to make his ML debut against the best team in the AL. The White Stockings scored five runs in the bottom of the first as their way of welcoming the newcomer, but McNeal kept his composure and pitched better from there. Catcher Billy Sullivan hit a two-out two-run triple in the fateful first to put the game out of reach and ...

Week 3 results

Monday, April 29, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Philadelphia (AL) announced they had acquired infielder Harry Lochhead from Detroit and had acquired outfielder Fred Ketchum from Montreal (EL). Chicago (AL) (H) 1 Detroit 0 In Franks Owen's (0-2) previous start he lost when Detroit suffered a no-hit loss. Today the Tigers lost on five hits to Roy Patterson (2-0) and the White Stockings. Second baseman Dave Brain drove home shortstop Frank Shugart in the fifth with the game's only run. Boston (AL) 15 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 11 Buck Freeman Boston left fielder Tommy Dowd wasted no time and hit the first pitch he saw into the bleachers while many fans were still finding their seats. Boston added five runs in the top of the third to take a 6-0 lead, but then Philadelphia scored six runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game at 6-6. The score went back and forth until Boston finally scored four times in the ninth to lock this one away for starte...

Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

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