1901
The American League race was so tight that the 140 game regular season wasn't enough to determine the winner as the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox finished the season tied at 77-63, forcing a one game playoff that was won by the Tigers.
The Tigers pitchers were led by Rookie of the Year winner Ed Siever, who racked up 19 wins to go with a 3.02 ERA in 271 innings. Offensively it was left fielder Doc Nance whose 83 rbis led the Tigers and kept the offense humming throughout the season
The National League didn't have the intrigue of a single game playoff as the Phillies outran their Pennsylvania rival Pirates by a six game margin and a major league best 91-49 record.
Again, like the Tigers, the Phillies were led by a rookie hurler as Doc White notched 24 wins to pace the Philadelphia pitching staff. All told however, the Phils notched 3 20+ game winners in White, Red Donohue (20), and Bill Duggleby (20). On the offense, right fielder Elmer Fick had a team leading 8 HR's and 65 rbi to pace the attack.
World Series - Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1
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Accomplishments
6 hits - Klondike Douglas - 9/7: St. Louis vs San Francisco
Cycle - Wid Conroy - 5/18: Baltimore vs Chicago
20 wins - Roger Denzer - Washington/New York: 20-10
- Red Donahue - Philadelphia: 20-14
- Bill Duggleby - Philadelphia: 20-10
- Harry Howell - Baltimore: 20-14
- Bill Phillips - Cincinnati: 21-10
- Jesse Tannehill - Pittsburgh: 22-12
- Rube Waddell - Pittsburgh: 27-8
- Doc White - Philadelphia: 24-11
- Stan Yerkes - Baltimore: 20-14
Milestones
04/19 - Joe Kelley - 1000 runs scored
05/04 - George S Davis - 1000 rbi
06/06 - George Van Haltren - 2000 hits
08/14 - Billy Hamilton - 1500 runs scored
08/24 - Patsy Donovan - 1000 runs scored
09/17 - Cy Young - 300 wins
30+ game hitting streaks
thru 07/22 - Sam Dungan : 31 games
thru 09/08 - John Anderson : 36 games
Award Winners
AL ROY - Ed Siever
AL POY - Harry Howell
AL BOY - Nap Lajoie
NL ROY - Doc White
NL POY - Rube Waddell
NL BOY - Sam Crawford