• Athletics starter Eddie Plank hurled a four-hitter to beat the Tigers, 6-1, at Columbia Park
• First the first time, the A’s played on a grass outfield in their home park
• Prior to this, the outfield had just been raked dirt as rainy spring weather had prevented the laying of sod before the season started
| June 8, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers (22-15) at Philadelphia Athletics (16-19) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| PHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | x | - | 6 | 7 | 1 | |
| Ballpark | Columbia Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10500 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | George Stallings (DET), Connie Mack (PHL) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | Joe Yeager (DET), Eddie Plank (PHL) | |||||||||||||