1901 St. Louis Cardinals season

1901 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
League Park (Since 1893) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1901 Information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Donovan
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The 1901 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 20th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 10th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-64 during the season and finished 4th in the National League. It was the first time the Cardinals had finished in the top half of the standings since joining the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	49	0.647	—	45–24	45–25
Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	0.593	7½	46–23	37–34
Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	0.581	9½	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

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	Ryan, JackJack Ryan	83	300	59	.197	0	31
1B	McGann, DanDan McGann	103	423	115	.272	6	56
3B	Krueger, OttoOtto Krueger	142	520	143	.275	2	79
SS	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	134	550	178	.324	2	91
OF	Donovan, PatsyPatsy Donovan	130	531	161	.303	1	73

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
Richardson, BillBill Richardson	15	52	11	.212	2	7
Wicker, BobBob Wicker	3	3	1	.333	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
Powell, JakeJake Powell	45	338.1	19	19	3.54	133
Harper, JackJack Harper	39	308.2	23	13	3.62	128
Murphy, EdEd Murphy	23	165	10	9	4.20	42
Jones, CowboyCowboy Jones	10	76.1	2	6	4.48	25
O'Neill, MikeMike O'Neill	5	41	2	2	1.32	16
Yerkes, StanStan Yerkes	4	34	3	1	3.18	15
Breitenstein, TedTed Breitenstein	3	15	0	3	6.60	3
Magee, BillBill Magee	1	8	0	0	4.50	3

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
Sudhoff, WillieWillie Sudhoff	38	276.1	17	11	3.52	78

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fisher, ChaunceyChauncey Fisher	1	0	0	0	15.00	0
Wicker, BobBob Wicker	1	0	0	0	0.00	2
Burns, FarmerFarmer Burns	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

External links

• 1901 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1901 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com