1911 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1911 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1911 in baseball.

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.

1911 MLB season
League	American League (AL) National League (NL)
Sport	Baseball
Duration	Regular season: April 12 – October 8, 1911 (AL) April 12 – October 12, 1911 (NL) World Series: October 17–26, 1911
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16 (8 per league)
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

Red Sox

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1911 American League season
American League

Rustlers 

Trolley
Dodgers

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1911 National League season
National League

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 1904 season. This format would last until 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

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager[1]
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500	Patsy Donovan
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	White Sox Park	28,000	Hugh Duffy
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414	Deacon McGuire
					George Stovall
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	14,000	Hughie Jennings
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000	Hal Chase
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000	Connie Mack
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000	Bobby Wallace
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000	Jimmy McAleer
National League	Boston Rustlers	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	9,800	Fred Tenney
	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	New York, New York	Washington Park	14,000	Bill Dahlen
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000	Frank Chance
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	12,000	Clark Griffith
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000	John McGraw
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000	Red Dooin
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	23,000	Fred Clarke
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000	Roger Bresnahan

Standings

American League

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	101	50	.669	—	54‍–‍20	47‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers	89	65	.578	13½	51‍–‍25	38‍–‍40
Cleveland Naps	80	73	.523	22	46‍–‍30	34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox	78	75	.510	24	39‍–‍37	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	77	74	.510	24	40‍–‍37	37‍–‍37
New York Highlanders	76	76	.500	25½	36‍–‍40	40‍–‍36
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	38½	39‍–‍38	25‍–‍52
St. Louis Browns	45	107	.296	56½	25‍–‍53	20‍–‍54

National League

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	99	54	.647	—	49‍–‍25	50‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs	92	62	.597	7½	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	.552	14½	48‍–‍29	37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies	79	73	.520	19½	42‍–‍34	37‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals	75	74	.503	22	36‍–‍38	39‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	.458	29	38‍–‍42	32‍–‍41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	64	86	.427	33½	31‍–‍42	33‍–‍44
Boston Rustlers	44	107	.291	54	19‍–‍54	25‍–‍53

Postseason

Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series

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

	World Series
	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	4
	NL	New York Giants	2

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Boston Rustlers	Fred Lake	Fred Tenney
St. Louis Browns	Jack O'Connor	Bobby Wallace

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Cleveland Naps	Deacon McGuire	George Stovall

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders^[2]

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.419
OPS	Ty Cobb (DET)	1.086
HR	Home Run Baker (PHA)	11
RBI	Ty Cobb (DET)	127
R	Ty Cobb (DET)	148
H	Ty Cobb (DET)	248
SB	Ty Cobb (DET)	83

Pitching leaders^[3]

Stat	Player	Total
W	Jack Coombs (PHA)	28
L	Jack Powell (SLB)	19
ERA	Vean Gregg (CLE)	1.80
K	Ed Walsh (CWS)	255
IP	Ed Walsh (CWS)	368.2
SV	Charley Hall (BRS) Eddie Plank (PHA) Ed Walsh (CWS)	4
WHIP	Vean Gregg (CLE)	1.054

National League

Hitting leaders^[4]

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.334
OPS	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.930
HR	Frank Schulte (CHC)	21
RBI	Frank Schulte (CHC) Owen Wilson (PIT)	107
R	Jimmy Sheckard (CHC)	121
H	Doc Miller (BSR)	192
SB	Bob Bescher (CIN)	81

Pitching leaders^[5]

Stat	Player	Total
W	Grover Alexander (PHP)	28
L	Earl Moore (PHP) Bill Steele (SLC)	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

Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award: Frank Schulte (CHC, National); Ty Cobb (DET, American)

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Giants[6]	99	8.8%	675,000	31.9%	9,000
Philadelphia Athletics[7]	101	-1.0%	605,749	2.9%	8,077
Chicago White Sox[8]	77	13.2%	583,208	5.6%	7,477
Chicago Cubs[9]	92	-11.5%	576,000	9.5%	6,857
Boston Red Sox[10]	78	-3.7%	503,961	-13.8%	6,631
Detroit Tigers[11]	89	3.5%	484,988	23.9%	6,381
St. Louis Cardinals[12]	75	19.0%	447,768	25.9%	5,668
Pittsburgh Pirates[13]	85	-1.2%	432,000	-1.1%	5,538
Philadelphia Phillies[14]	79	1.3%	416,000	40.3%	5,474
Cleveland Naps[15]	80	12.7%	406,296	38.5%	5,277
New York Highlanders[16]	76	-13.6%	302,444	-15.0%	3,928
Cincinnati Reds[17]	70	-6.7%	300,000	-21.2%	3,659
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers[18]	64	0.0%	269,000	-3.7%	3,635
Washington Senators[19]	64	-3.0%	244,884	-3.8%	3,180
St. Louis Browns[20]	45	-4.3%	207,984	-16.8%	2,666
Boston Rustlers[21]	44	-17.0%	116,000	-22.2%	1,547

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.^[22]
• July 12 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers steals second, third and home on consecutive pitches by Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Krause.^[23]
• 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.^[24]