Jumpers

Players Who Jumped To The American League Before The 1901 Season

Jumpers

I’ve always wanted to look into the players who jumped from the National League to the American League before the 1901 season.

Sure, we know about McGraw and Lajoie. But what about the rest of them? And how many were there?

This is my attempt to collect all of these player names in one place. In the interest of space, this post will be simple and short — just a list of names and links. We’ll go over these individual players later. This includes only players jumping to the American League before the 1901 season; we’ll cover the guys who jumped during the season later.

And, yes, I know that some of these guys were probably not under contract with their 1900 National League team before signing their 1901 contract. Think of this as more of a placeholder for further research. For example, in order to figure out just which 2 games Roger Bresnahan appeared in for the 1900 Chicago Orphans, it’s going to take me more digging than I can afford for this post.

• John Anderson — Brooklyn Superbas to Milwaukee Brewers — Article here. Anderson is not a jumper, since he went to Milwaukee in 1900. Recruited by Connie Mack.

• Jimmy Barrett — Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers

• Bill Bernhard — Philadelphia Phillies to Philadelphia Athletics

• Bill Bradley — Chicago Orphans to Cleveland Blues

• Roger Bresnahan — Chicago Orphans to Baltimore Orioles

• Fritz Buelow — St. Louis Cardinals to Detroit Tigers

• Jimmy Callahan — Chicago Orphans to Chicago White Sox

• Bill Carrick — New York Giants to Washington Senators

• James Casey — Brooklyn Superbas to Detroit Tigers

• William Clarke — Boston Nationals to Washington Senators

• Jimmy Collins — Boston Nationals to Boston Americans

• Joe Connor — Boston Nationals to Milwaukee Brewers

• Lou Criger — St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Americans

• Lave Cross — Brooklyn Superbas to Philadelphia Athletics

• George Cuppy — Boston Nationals to Boston Americans

• Mike Donlin — St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles

• Hugh Duffy — Boston Nationals to Milwaukee Brewers

• Bill Everitt — Chicago Orphans to Washington Senators

• Hobe Ferris — Cincinnati Reds to Boston Americans

• Chick Fraser — Philadelphia Phillies to Philadelphia Athletics

• Buck Freeman — Boston Nationals to Boston Americans

• Dave Fultz — Brooklyn Superbas to Philadelphia Athletics

• Ned Garvin — New York Giants to Milwaukee Brewers

• Phil Geier — Cincinnai Reds to Philadelphia Athletics

• Kid Gleason — New York Giants to Detroit Tigers

• Mike Grady — New York Giants to Washington Senators

• Clark Griffith — Chicago Orphans to Chicago White Sox

• Zaza Harvey — Chicago Orphans to Chicago White Sox

• Pink Hawley — New York Giants to Milwaukee Brewers

• Charlie Hemphill — St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Americans

• Harry Howell — Brooklyn Superbas to Baltimore Orioles

• Bert Husting — Pittsburgh Pirates to Milwaukee Brewers

• Fielder Jones — Brooklyn Superbas to Chicago White Sox

• Bill Keister — St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles

• Napoleon Lajoie — Philadelphia Phillies to Philadelphia Athletics

• Jack McCarthy — Chicago Orphans to Cleveland Blues

• Joe McGinnity — Brooklyn Superbas to Baltimore Orioles

• John McGraw — St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles

• Win Mercer — New York Giants to Washington Senators

• Sam Mertes — Chicago Orphans to Chicago White Sox

• Wiley Piatt — Philadelphia Phillies to Philadelphia Athletics

• Joe Quinn — Cincinnati Reds to Washington Senators

• Heinie Reitz — Pittsburgh Pirates to Milwaukee Brewers

• Wilbert Robinson — St. Louis Cardinals to Baltimore Orioles

• Ed Scott — Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Blues

• Cy Seymour — New York Giants to Baltimore Orioles

• Harry Smith — Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Athletics

• Chick Stahl — Boston Nationals to Boston Americans

• Billy Sullivan — Boston Nationals to Boston Americans

• Gus Weyhing — Brooklyn Superbas to Cleveland Blues

• Jimmy Williams — Pittsburgh Pirates to Baltimore Orioles

• Bob Wood — Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Blues

• Joe Yeager — Brooklyn Superbas to Detroit Tigers

• Cy Young — St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Americans

Like I said, we’ll cover these guys in more detail in the future. I’m not certain if this list of 53 names is actually all-inclusive; in fact, the reason why I wanted to do this was because I couldn’t find a good list anywhere else. If I find anybody else, I’ll let you know.

Edit: I will edit this post as time goes on, and as I discover more potential “jumpers” to add to the list.