• The Athletics beat Wissahickon, 16-4, in an exhibition contest at Columbia Park
• Roxborough right-hander Pete Loos started the game for the A's on a tryout basis and went all the way, giving up four unearned runs on eight hits and no walks, while striking out three
• Charlie Carr made his debut at first base and looked good, making some nice plays in the field and rapping out two hits at the plate
• To make room for Carr, Socks Seybold moved to left field, pushing Phil Geier to center and Fred Ketchum to the bench
• Nap Lajoie had four hits, including a double and a triple
• Pitcher Billy Milligan reported to the team, a few days later than expected
| April 17, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Exhibition Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wissahickon at Philadelphia Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| Wiss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| PHL | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | - | 16 | 13 | 7 | |
| Ballpark | Columbia Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | unknown | |||||||||||||
| Managers | unknown (Wiss), Connie Mack (PHL) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | Cunningham (Wiss), Pete Loos (PHL) | |||||||||||||