April 26, 1901
The Washington Senators played their first game of the newly formed American League. The Senators visited the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park in Philadelphia. Before the game the over flowing crowd of 10,547 people were entertained by the First Regiment Band. After the band played Philadelphia’s Mayor Samuel Ashbridge threw
Bill Carrick
out the first pitch.
After all of the pre-game hoopla the Washington Senators behind the fine pitching of Bill Carrick went on to beat Chick Fraser and the Philadelphia Athletics by the score of 5-1.
Friday, April 26, 1901
Attendance: 10,547
Venue: Columbia Park
Game Duration: 1:55
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| WP: Bill Carrick (1-0) • LP: Chick Fraser (0-1) | |||||||||||||
