• Under threatening skies, the rain held off long enough for the Athletics to beat Georgetown University, 13-6, in an exhibition contest at Columbia Park
• Wiley Piatt started the game, giving up four runs on three hits, before stepping aside for Bill Bernhard who finished the contest
• Jack Hayden, Nap Lajoie, and Lave Cross each had three hits to pace the A's
• With Pat Crisham out indefinitely because of illness and Socks Seybold playing out of position at first base, the team signed former Washington Senators first baseman Charlie Carr
• Carr batted .192 in 73 at bats with the 1898 Senators, but was more productive last year with Toronto in the Eastern League, batting .327 in 490 at bats
| April 16, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Exhibition Game | ||||||||||||||
| Georgetown at Philadelphia Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | |
| PHL | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | x | - | 13 | 14 | 2 | |
| Ballpark | Columbia Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 700 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | unknown (Georgetown), Connie Mack (PHL) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | McKay (Georgetown), Wiley Piatt (PHL) | |||||||||||||