1911 Major League Baseball season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{MLBseason|year=1911}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1911 MLB season
| league = American League (AL)
National League (NL)
| sport = Baseball
| duration = Regular season:{{Bulleted list
| {{nowrap|April 12 – October 8, 1911 (AL)}}
| {{nowrap|April 12 – October 12, 1911 (NL)}}}}World Series:{{Bulleted list
| {{nowrap|October 17–26, 1911}}}}
| no_of_games = 154
| no_of_teams = 16 (8 per league)
| season = Regular season
| MVP = AL: Ty Cobb (DET)
NL: Frank Schulte (CHC)
| MVP_link = Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award
| conf1 = AL
| conf1_champ = Philadelphia Athletics
| conf1_runner-up = Detroit Tigers
| conf2 = NL
| conf2_champ = New York Giants
| conf2_runner-up = Chicago Cubs
| finals = World Series
| finals_link = 1911 World Series
| finals_champ = Philadelphia Athletics
| finals_runner-up = New York Giants
| seasonslist = List of Major League Baseball seasons
| seasonslistnames = MLB
| prevseason_link = 1910 Major League Baseball season
| prevseason_year = 1910
| nextseason_link = 1912 Major League Baseball season
| nextseason_year = 1912
}}
{{MLB Team Maps (1911)}}
The 1911 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1911. The regular season ended on October 12, with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the eighth modern World Series on October 14 and ended with Game 6 on October 26. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Athletics defeated the Giants, four games to two, capturing their second championship in franchise history, and the second team to win back-to-back World Series.
This was the first of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.
This is the most recent major league season from which no stadiums remain in use. The Boston Red Sox have used Fenway Park as their home field since the 1912 season. The Boston Doves and Brooklyn Superbas renamed as the Boston Rustlers and Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, respectively.
Schedule
{{See also|Major League Baseball schedule}}
The 1911 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the {{mlby|1904}} season. This format would last until {{mlby|1919}}.
Opening Day took place on April 12 with all but the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers playing. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 8, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 12. The World Series took place between October 14 and October 26.
Teams
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" |League ! scope="col" |Team ! scope="col" |City ! scope="col" |Stadium ! scope="col" |Capacity ! scope="col" |Manager{{Cite web |title=1911 Major League Managers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1911-managers.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} |
| rowspan="9" style="{{Baseball primary style|American League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|American League|American League}}
! scope="row" |Boston Red Sox |11,500 |{{sortname|Patsy|Donovan}} |
|---|
| scope="row" |Chicago White Sox
|28,000 |{{sortname|Hugh|Duffy}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Cleveland Naps
| rowspan="2" |Cleveland, Ohio | rowspan="2" |League Park | rowspan="2" |21,414 |{{sortname|Deacon|McGuire}} |
| {{sortname|George|Stovall}} |
| scope="row" |Detroit Tigers
|14,000 |{{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} |
| scope="row" |New York Highlanders
|16,000 |{{sortname|Hal|Chase}} |
| scope="row" |Philadelphia Athletics
|23,000 |{{sortname|Connie|Mack}} |
| scope="row" |St. Louis Browns
|18,000 |{{sortname|Bobby|Wallace|dab=baseball}} |
| scope="row" |Washington Senators
|27,000 |{{sortname|Jimmy|McAleer}} |
| rowspan="8" style="{{Baseball primary style|National League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|National League|National League (baseball)|National League}}
! scope="row" |Boston Rustlers |9,800 |{{sortname|Fred|Tenney}} |
| scope="row" |Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
|14,000 |{{sortname|Bill|Dahlen}} |
| scope="row" |Chicago Cubs
|16,000 |{{sortname|Frank|Chance}} |
| scope="row" |Cincinnati Reds
|12,000 |{{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} |
| scope="row" |New York Giants
|34,000 |{{sortname|John|McGraw}} |
| scope="row" |Philadelphia Phillies
|18,000 |{{sortname|Red|Dooin}} |
| scope="row" |Pittsburgh Pirates
|23,000 |{{sortname|Fred|Clarke}} |
| scope="row" |St. Louis Cardinals
|21,000 |{{sortname|Roger|Bresnahan}} |
Standings
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=American League=
{{1911 American League standings|highlight=Philadelphia Athletics}}
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=National League=
{{1911 National League standings|highlight=New York Giants}}
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Postseason
File:Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series (2350702966).jpg
The postseason began on October 17 and ended on October 26 with the Philadelphia Athletics defeating the New York Giants in the 1911 World Series in six games.
=Bracket=
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=World Series
| RD1-seed1=AL
| RD1-team1=Philadelphia Athletics
| RD1-score1=4
| RD1-seed2=NL
| RD1-team2=New York Giants
| RD1-score2=2
}}
Managerial changes
=Off-season=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
! Former Manager ! New Manager |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Boston Rustlers |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |St. Louis Browns |
=In-season=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
! Former Manager ! New Manager |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Cleveland Naps |
League leaders
=American League=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| AVG
| .419 |
| OPS
| 1.086 |
| HR
| Home Run Baker (PHA) | 11 |
| RBI
| 127 |
| R
| 148 |
| H
| 248 |
| SB
| 83 |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| W
| Jack Coombs (PHA) | 28 |
| L
| Jack Powell (SLB) | 19 |
| ERA
| Vean Gregg (CLE) | 1.80 |
| K
| 255 |
| IP
| 368.2 |
| SV
| Charley Hall (BRS) | 4 |
| WHIP
| Vean Gregg (CLE) | 1.054 |
{{Flexbox wrap|end}}
=National League=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| AVG
| Honus Wagner (PIT) | .334 |
| OPS
| Honus Wagner (PIT) | .930 |
| HR
| Frank Schulte (CHC) | 21 |
| RBI
| Frank Schulte (CHC) | 107 |
| R
| Jimmy Sheckard (CHC) | 121 |
| H
| Doc Miller (BSR) | 192 |
| SB
| Bob Bescher (CIN) | 81 |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| W
| Grover Alexander (PHP) | 28 |
| L
| Earl Moore (PHP) | 19 |
| ERA
| Christy Mathewson (NYG) | 1.99 |
| K
| Rube Marquard (NYG) | 237 |
| IP
| Grover Alexander (PHP) | 367.0 |
| SV
| Mordecai Brown (CHC) | 13 |
| WHIP
| Babe Adams (PIT) | 1.006 |
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Awards and honors
- Chalmers Award: Frank Schulte (CHC, National); Ty Cobb (DET, American)
Home field attendance
Events
- June 27 – Stuffy McInnis of the Philadelphia Athletics hits a warm-up pitch by Boston Red Sox pitcher Ed Karger for an inside-the-park home run.{{cite web|title=The Surprise Home Run That Stunned the Red Sox|url=http://rsnstats.com/surprise-its-a-home-run/|website=www.rsnstats.com|date=June 27, 2015 |access-date=26 September 2015}}
- July 12 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers steals second, third and home on consecutive pitches by Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Krause.{{cite web|title=THT Live
|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/50th-anniversary-hank-aarons-walk-off-grand-slam/|work=hardballtimes.com|access-date=July 17, 2012}}
- July 24 – In the Addie Joss Benefit Game, a team of American League all-stars defeats the Cleveland Naps, 5-3, and raise $12,914 for Joss's widow.{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-24-1911-galaxy-of-stars-takes-the-field-in-cleveland-in-honor-of-addie-joss/#_edn4|title = July 24, 1911: 'Galaxy of Stars' takes the field in Cleveland in honor of Addie Joss – Society for American Baseball Research}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1911-schedule.shtml 1911 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference] Fetched January 14, 2018
- [http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1911-baseball-history.html 1911 in baseball history] from ThisGreatGame.com
{{1911 MLB season by team}}
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