1911 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1911  Philadelphia Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
1911 Philadelphia Athletics team photo.jpeg
League American League
Ballpark Shibe Park
City Philadelphia
Owners Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers Connie Mack
  1910
1912  

The 1911 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The A's finished first in the American League with a record of 101 wins and 50 losses, then went on to defeat the New York Giants in the 1911 World Series, four games to two, for their second straight World Championship.

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Starting in 1911, the team was known for its "$100,000 infield", consisting of John "Stuffy" McInnis (first base), Eddie Collins (second base), Jack Barry (shortstop), and Frank "Home Run" Baker (third base) as well as pitchers Eddie Plank and Charles "Chief" Bender. [1]

Regular season

L to R: outfielders Bris Lord, Rube Oldring, Danny Murphy in 1911. Philadelphia Athletics 1911 World Series.jpg
L to R: outfielders Bris Lord, Rube Oldring, Danny Murphy in 1911.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 101500.66954–2047–30
Detroit Tigers 89650.57813½51–2538–40
Cleveland Naps 80730.5232246–3034–43
Boston Red Sox 78750.5102439–3739–38
Chicago White Sox 77740.5102440–3737–37
New York Highlanders 76760.50025½36–4040–36
Washington Senators 64900.41638½39–3825–52
St. Louis Browns 451070.29656½25–5320–54

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–1111–1110–1212–109–1312–913–9
Chicago 11–116–15–28–1413–99–11–117–513–9
Cleveland 11–1115–6–26–1614–8–15–1715–714–8
Detroit 12–1014–816–67–1512–1014–814–8
New York 10–129–138–14–115–76–1516–512–10
Philadelphia 13–911–9–117–510–1215–620–215–7
St. Louis 9–125–177–158–145–162–209–13
Washington 9–139–138–148–1410–127–1513–9

Roster

1911 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ira Thomas 10329781.273039
1B Stuffy McInnis 126468150.321377
2B Eddie Collins 132493180.365373
3B Frank Baker 148592198.33411115
SS Jack Barry 127442117.265163
OF Bris Lord 134574178.310355
OF Rube Oldring 121495147.297359
OF Danny Murphy 141508167.329666

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Amos Strunk 7421555.256121
Harry Davis 5718336.197122
Jack Lapp 6816759.353126
Claud Derrick 3610023.23005
Paddy Livingston 277117.23908
Topsy Hartsel 25389.23701
Willie Hogan 7192.10502
Chester Emerson 7184.22200
Earle Mack 240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Coombs 47336.228123.53185
Eddie Plank 40256.22382.10149
Cy Morgan 38249.21572.70136
Chief Bender 31216.11752.16114
Harry Krause 27169.01183.0485

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Doc Martin 1138.0114.5021
Dave Danforth 1433.2413.7421
Lefty Russell 731.2037.677
Elmer Leonard 519.0222.8410
Boardwalk Brown 212.0014.506

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Danforth 144113.7421
Allan Collamore 201036.001
Howard Armstrong 10100.000

1911 World Series

Philadelphia Athletics on field at the Polo Grounds, 1911 World Series Philadelphia Athletics on field at Shibe Park, 1911 World Series.jpg
Philadelphia Athletics on field at the Polo Grounds, 1911 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Athletics – 1, Giants – 2October 14 Polo Grounds 38,281
2Giants – 1, Athletics – 3October 16 Shibe Park 26,286
3Athletics – 3, Giants – 2 (11 innings)October 17 Polo Grounds 37,216
4Giants – 2, Athletics – 4October 24 Shibe Park 24,355
5Athletics – 3, Giants – 4 (10 innings)October 25 Polo Grounds 33,228
6Giants – 2, Athletics – 13October 26 Shibe Park 20,485

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