1911 Major League Baseball season

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1911 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 12 – October 8, 1911 (AL)
  • April 12 – October 12, 1911 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 17–26, 1911
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (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
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1911 American League season
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Locations of teams for the 1911 National League season
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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.

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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

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

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
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

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10150.669—54‍–‍2047‍–‍30
Detroit Tigers 8965.57813½51‍–‍2538‍–‍40
Cleveland Naps 8073.5232246‍–‍3034‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 7875.5102439‍–‍3739‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 7774.5102440‍–‍3737‍–‍37
New York Highlanders 7676.50025½36‍–‍4040‍–‍36
Washington Senators 6490.41638½39‍–‍3825‍–‍52
St. Louis Browns 45107.29656½25‍–‍5320‍–‍54

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9954.647—49‍–‍2550‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 9262.5977½49‍–‍3243‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 8569.55214½48‍–‍2937‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 7973.52019½42‍–‍3437‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 7574.5032236‍–‍3839‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 7083.4582938‍–‍4232‍–‍41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 6486.42733½31‍–‍4233‍–‍44
Boston Rustlers 44107.2915419‍–‍5425‍–‍53

Postseason

Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series (2350702966).jpg
Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series

Bracket

World Series
        
AL Philadelphia Athletics 1 331143 13
NL New York Giants 21 2 2 410*2

*Denotes walk-off

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Rustlers Fred Lake Fred Tenney
St. Louis Browns Jack O'Connor Bobby Wallace

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Cleveland Naps Deacon McGuire George Stovall

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
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
StatPlayerTotal
W Jack Coombs (PHA)28
L Jack Powell (SLB)20
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

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
New York Giants [1] 998.8%675,00031.9%9,000
Philadelphia Athletics [2] 101-1.0%605,7492.9%8,077
Chicago White Sox [3] 7713.2%583,2085.6%7,477
Chicago Cubs [4] 92-11.5%576,0009.5%6,857
Boston Red Sox [5] 78-3.7%503,961-13.8%6,631
Detroit Tigers [6] 893.5%484,98823.9%6,381
St. Louis Cardinals [7] 7519.0%447,76825.9%5,668
Pittsburgh Pirates [8] 85-1.2%432,000-1.1%5,538
Philadelphia Phillies [9] 791.3%416,00040.3%5,474
Cleveland Naps [10] 8012.7%406,29638.5%5,277
New York Highlanders [11] 76-13.6%302,444-15.0%3,928
Cincinnati Reds [12] 70-6.7%300,000-21.2%3,659
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers [13] 640.0%269,000-3.7%3,635
Washington Senators [14] 64-3.0%244,884-3.8%3,180
St. Louis Browns [15] 45-4.3%207,984-16.8%2,666
Boston Rustlers [16] 44-17.0%116,000-22.2%1,547

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