1911 Major League Baseball season

1911 MLB season
1911 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 26, 1911
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Ty Cobb (DET); NL: Frank Schulte (CHC)
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	Detroit Tigers
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions	Philadelphia Athletics
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
	← 1910 1912 →

Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series

The 1911 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 26, 1911. The New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Athletics then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to two.

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.

Awards and honors[]

Chalmers Award
- Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
- Wildfire Schulte, Chicago Cubs, OF

Statistical leaders[]

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.420	Honus Wagner PIT	.334
HR	Home Run Baker PHA	11	Frank Schulte CHC	21
RBI	Ty Cobb DET	127	Chief Wilson PIT Frank Schulte CHC	107
Wins	Jack Coombs PHA	28	Pete Alexander PHP	28
ERA	Vean Gregg CLE	1.80	Christy Mathewson NYG	1.99
SO	Ed Walsh CHW	255	Rube Marquard NYG	237
SV	Eddie Plank PHA Charley Hall BRS Ed Walsh CHW	4	Mordecai Brown CHC	13
SB	Ty Cobb DET	83	Bob Bescher CIN	81

Standings[]

American League[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	101	50	0.669	—	54–20	47–30
Detroit Tigers	89	65	0.578	13½	51–25	38–40
Cleveland Naps	80	73	0.523	22	46–30	34–43
Boston Red Sox	78	75	0.510	24	39–37	39–38
Chicago White Sox	77	74	0.510	24	40–37	37–37
New York Highlanders	76	76	0.500	25½	36–40	40–36
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	38½	39–38	25–52
St. Louis Browns	45	107	0.296	56½	25–53	20–54

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	99	54	0.647	—	49–25	50–29
Chicago Cubs	92	62	0.597	7½	49–32	43–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	0.552	14½	48–29	37–40
Philadelphia Phillies	79	73	0.520	19½	42–34	37–39
St. Louis Cardinals	75	74	0.503	22	36–38	39–36
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	29	38–42	32–41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	64	86	0.427	33½	31–42	33–44
Boston Rustlers	44	107	0.291	54	19–54	25–53

Postseason[]

Bracket[]

World Series

AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4
NL	New York Giants	2

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.^[1]
July 12 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers steals second, third and home on consecutive pitches by Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Krause.^[2]
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.^[3]

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Patsy Donovan
Chicago White Sox	Hugh Duffy
Cleveland Naps	Deacon McGuire and George Stovall
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Highlanders	Hal Chase
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Bobby Wallace
Washington Senators	Jimmy McAleer

National League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Rustlers	Fred Tenney
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	Bill Dahlen
Chicago Cubs	Frank Chance
Cincinnati Reds	Clark Griffith
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Roger Bresnahan

References[]

^ "The Surprise Home Run That Stunned the Red Sox". www.rsnstats.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
^ "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
^ "July 24, 1911: 'Galaxy of Stars' takes the field in Cleveland in honor of Addie Joss – Society for American Baseball Research".

External links[]

1911 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Fetched January 14, 2018
1911 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

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[1] "The Surprise Home Run That Stunned the Red Sox". www.rsnstats.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

[2] "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

[3] "July 24, 1911: 'Galaxy of Stars' takes the field in Cleveland in honor of Addie Joss – Society for American Baseball Research".

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v t 1911 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
Addie Joss Benefit Game 1911 World Series