1901 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1901 Milwaukee Brewers were an American professional baseball team. This was the final season of the Milwaukee Brewers team that operated from 1894 to 1901, one of multiple teams in Milwaukee's professional baseball history to use the Brewers nickname, and the only season the team competed at the major-league level.
The Brewers finished eighth in the inaugural season of the American League with a record of 48 wins and 89 losses, games behind the Chicago White Stockings. After the season, the major-league franchise relocated and became the St. Louis Browns, where they remained through the 1953 season, after which the franchise again relocated and became the Baltimore Orioles. A franchise in the minor-league American Association played in Milwaukee from 1902 through 1952 using the Milwaukee Brewers name.

Offseason

March 23, 1901: Tom Leahy was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

Regular season

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Regular season highlights

4/25/01: In the first game of the season in Detroit, the Brewers held a 13–4 lead going into the ninth inning. The Detroit Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the inning to win, a record which still stands as the greatest ninth inning comeback in major league baseball history.

Notable transactions

June 1901: Tom Leahy was released by the Brewers.

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	Billy Maloney	86	290	85	.293	0	22
1B		138	576	190	.330	8	99
2B	Billy Gilbert	127	492	133	.270	0	43
SS	Wid Conroy	131	503	129	.256	5	64
3B	Jimmy Burke	64	233	48	.206	0	26
OF		79	285	86	.302	2	45
OF	Bill Hallman	139	549	135	.246	2	47
OF	George Hogreiver	54	221	52	.235	0	16

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
Bill Friel	106	376	100	.266	4	35
Irv Waldron	62	266	79	.297	0	29
Jiggs Donahue	37	107	34	.318	0	16
Joe Connor	38	102	28	.275	1	9
	33	99	24	.242	0	10
Ed Bruyette	26	82	15	.183	0	4
Davy Jones	14	52	9	.173	3	5
George Bone	12	43	13	.302	0	6
Phil Geier	11	39	7	.179	0	1
George McBride	3	12	2	.167	0	0
John Butler	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Lou Gertenrich	2	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
	37	301.1	16	20	4.21	50
	37	257.1	8	20	3.46	122
	34	217.1	9	15	4.27	67
	29	210.0	7	17	3.51	62
	26	182.1	7	14	4.59	50

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
	10	49.2	1	3	5.62	25