1911 Philadelphia Athletics season

1911  Philadelphia Athletics
World Series Champions American League Champions
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.

History

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.

Season standings

v t e 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

Record vs. opponents

1911 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	11–11	10–12	12–10	9–13	12–9	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–15–2	8–14	13–9	9–11–1	17–5	13–9
Cleveland	11–11	15–6–2	—	6–16	14–8–1	5–17	15–7	14–8
Detroit	12–10	14–8	16–6	—	7–15	12–10	14–8	14–8
New York	10–12	9–13	8–14–1	15–7	—	6–15	16–5	12–10
Philadelphia	13–9	11–9–1	17–5	10–12	15–6	—	20–2	15–7
St. Louis	9–12	5–17	7–15	8–14	5–16	2–20	—	9–13
Washington	9–13	9–13	8–14	8–14	10–12	7–15	13–9	—

Roster

1911 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Howard Armstrong Chief Bender Boardwalk Brown Allan Collamore Jack Coombs Dave Danforth Harry Krause Elmer Leonard Lep Long Doc Martin Cy Morgan Eddie Plank Lefty Russell		Catchers Jack Lapp Paddy Livingston Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Harry Davis Claud Derrick Earle Mack Stuffy McInnis		Outfielders Chester Emerson Topsy Hartsel Willie Hogan Bris Lord Danny Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk		Manager Connie Mack

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ira Thomas	103	297	81	.273	0	39
1B	Stuffy McInnis	126	468	150	.321	3	77
2B	Eddie Collins	132	493	180	.365	3	73
3B	Frank Baker	148	592	198	.334	11	115
SS	Jack Barry	127	442	117	.265	1	63
OF	Bris Lord	134	574	178	.310	3	55
OF	Rube Oldring	121	495	147	.297	3	59
OF	Danny Murphy	141	508	167	.329	6	66

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Amos Strunk	74	215	55	.256	1	21
Harry Davis	57	183	36	.197	1	22
Jack Lapp	68	167	59	.353	1	26
Claud Derrick	36	100	23	.230	0	5
Paddy Livingston	27	71	17	.239	0	8
Topsy Hartsel	25	38	9	.237	0	1
Willie Hogan	7	19	2	.105	0	2
Chester Emerson	7	18	4	.222	0	0
Earle Mack	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Coombs	47	336.2	28	12	3.53	185
Eddie Plank	40	256.2	23	8	2.10	149
Cy Morgan	38	249.2	15	7	2.70	136
Chief Bender	31	216.1	17	5	2.16	114
Harry Krause	27	169.0	11	8	3.04	85

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Doc Martin	11	38.0	1	1	4.50	21
Dave Danforth	14	33.2	4	1	3.74	21
Lefty Russell	7	31.2	0	3	7.67	7
Elmer Leonard	5	19.0	2	2	2.84	10
Boardwalk Brown	2	12.0	0	1	4.50	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Danforth	14	4	1	1	3.74	21
Allan Collamore	2	0	1	0	36.00	1
Howard Armstrong	1	0	1	0	0.00	0

1911 World Series

Main article: 1911 World Series

Philadelphia Athletics on field at the Polo Grounds, 1911 World Series

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

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

References

1. The Baseball Guru OMI: $100,000 Infield by Herb Rogoff

External links

• 1911 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1911 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com