====== October 21, 1901 ====== ===== News ===== • The American League released its official batting statistics and awarded the hitting crown to [[Nap Lajoie]] and his .422 batting average, a full 70 points better than his closest competitor, Baltimore's John McGraw at .352 ---- [[october-20-1901|< Oct 20, 1901]] [[1901 calendar|Back to Calendar]] [[october-22-1901|Oct 22, 1901 >]]