1911 Major League Baseball season

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.

Standings

American League 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 National League v t e 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

Red Sox White Sox Naps Tigers Athletics Browns Highlanders Senators Locations of AL teams for the 1911 Major League Baseball season American League Rustlers Trolley Dodgers Cubs Reds Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals Locations of NL teams for the 1911 Major League Baseball season National League

Postseason

Bracket

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award
  • Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
  • Frank Schulte, Chicago Cubs, OF

Home field attendance

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.^[17]
• July 12 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers steals second, third and home on consecutive pitches by Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Krause.^[18]
• 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.^[19]

References

External links

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