1911 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1911 throughout the world.

Champions

World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-2)

Awards and honors

Chalmers Award
- Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers, OF
- Wildfire Schulte, Chicago Cubs, OF

MLB statistical leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.420	Honus Wagner PIT	.334
HR	Frank Baker PHA	11	Frank Schulte CHC	21
RBIs	Ty Cobb DET	127	Frank Schulte CHC	107
Wins	Jack Coombs PHA	28	Grover Cleveland Alexander PHP	28
ERA	Vean Gregg CLE	1.80	Christy Mathewson NYG	1.99
Ks	Ed Walsh CHW	255	Rube Marquard NYG	237

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

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 final standings

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
Pittsburg 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

Events

May 13
- Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers hits the first grand slam of his career. After six innings, Detroit leads the Boston Red Sox, 10–1. Boston comes back to win the game 13–11 in 10 innings.
- The New York Giants score a Major League record 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals retire the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle drives in six of the Giants' 13 runs in the first en route to a 19–5 victory. When Giants manager John McGraw decides to save starting pitcher Christy Mathewson for another day, Rube Marquard enters the game in the second inning and sets a record for relievers (since broken) with 14 strikeouts in his eight-inning relief appearance.
May 14 – In their first Sunday home game, the Cleveland Naps defeat the New York Highlanders, 16-3, before a crowd of nearly 16,000 spectactors. Cleveland's George Stovall leads the offense with 4 hits.
June 18 – The Detroit Tigers staged the biggest comeback in Major League history after overcoming a 13-1 deficit (after 5½ innings) to defeat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 16–15.
July 19 – former circus acrobat Walter Carlisle completed an unassisted triple play for the Vernon Tigers of the Pacific Coast League. With the score tied at 3–3 in the sixth inning, and men on first and second base, Carlisle made a spectacular diving catch of a short fly by batter Roy Akin; stepped on second to retire Charlie Moore, and tagged George Metzger coming from first. The Tigers won the game, 5–4. With his heroic feat, the speedy English-born Carlisle entered the records books as the only outfielder ever to make an unassisted triple play in organized baseball.
June 28 – The new Polo Grounds, a horseshoe-shaped structure, opens.
July 24 – An American League all-star team – including Walter Johnson, Hal Chase, and Smokey Joe Wood – plays the Cleveland Naps to raise money for the widow of Addie Joss. The All-Stars win, 5-3.
July 29 – In the first game of a doubleheader, Smoky Joe Wood pitches a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in a 5-0 Boston Red Sox victory.
August 27 – Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitches a 5–0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.
September 12 – In the nightcap of a game billed as a pitchers' duel, Boston Rustlers' Cy Young and the New York Giants' Christy Mathewson face each other before 10,000 fans, Boston's largest crowd of the year. Young gives up three home runs and nine runs in less than three innings. After the Giants build a 9–0 lead, Giants' manager John McGraw lifts Mathewson, who pitched just two innings, preferring to save his ace for the pennant race against the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies. This is the only time the two future Hall of Fame pitchers ever face each other.
September 22 – Cy Young of the Boston Rustlers pitches a shutout for the 511th and final victory of his career, in a 1–0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 22 – The World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender beat Christy Mathewson, 4–2, to give the Athletics a 3-1 lead.
October 26 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 13–2, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their second consecutive World Championship title. Philadelphia wins the series, four games to two. The six consecutive days of rain between Games 3 and 4 caused the longest delay between World Series games until the Loma Prieta earthquake interrupted the 1989 Series, which incidentally featured the same two franchises, albeit on the west coast.
December 1 – Future Hall of Fame member Walter Alston is born in Venice, Ohio. Although Alston will come to bat only once during a brief major league career, he will have far greater longevity as the manager of the Dodgers from 1954 to 1976.

Births

January–February

January 1 – Hank Greenberg
January 4 – Izzy León
January 5 – Ted Petoskey
January 9 – Jim Tyack
January 11 – Roy Hughes
January 14 – Hank Gornicki
January 16 – Hank McDonald
January 17 – Hank Leiber
January 18 – Pinky May
January 30 – Bob Katz
January 30 – Link Wasem
February 8 – Don Heffner
February 11 – Rae Blaemire
February 11 – Yank Terry
February 13 – Herb Hash
February 14 – Bill Marshall
February 22 – Bill Baker

March–April

March 5 – Earl Browne
March 18 – Al Benton
March 20 – Charlie Moss
March 23- Sig Broskie
March 24 – Jim Bucher
March 27 – Walter Stephenson
March 28 – Clarence Pickrel
April 1 – Bob Brown
April 2 – Cotton Pippen
April 10 – Roger Wolff
April 13 – Woody Upchurch
April 22 – Jake Daniel
April 25 – Bobby Estalella

May–June

May 7 – Steve Wylie
May 10 – Roland Gladu
May 12 – Archie McKain
May 15 – Howie Storie
May 18 – Al Niemiec
May 19 – Nub Kleinke
May 20 – Bert Delmas
May 21 – Irv Stein
June 1 – Lou Tost
June 7 – Ralph Buxton
June 8 – Van Mungo
June 9 – Frank McCormick
June 17 – Byron Humphrey
June 25 – Tony Parisse
June 28 – Jim Hitchcock

July–August

July 7 – Red Nonnenkamp
July 11 – Vito Tamulis
July 14 – Julio Bonetti
July 22 – Lindsay Brown
July 28 – Joe Martin
July 29 – Roy Henshaw
August 3 – Art Evans
August 4 – Tuck Stainback
August 9 – Justin Stein
August 10 – Taffy Wright
August 11 – Connie Marrero
August 15 – Mort Flohr
August 16 – Herman Besse
August 21 – Tom Cafego
August 22 – Herman Fink
August 23 – Nels Potter
August 25 – Fred Frink

September–October

September 3 – Lindsay Deal
September 4 – Roy Vaughn
September 5 – Buddy Hassett
September 6 – Harry Danning
September 6 – Vallie Eaves
September 10 – Johnnie Chambers
September 18 – Tommy de la Cruz
September 25 – Bill Atwood
September 27 – Dick Lanahan
September 29 – Dan McGee
October 12 – Red Bullock
October 28 – Lloyd Davenport

November–December

November 1 – Art Parks
November 2 – Red Jones
November 3 – John Keane
November 6 – Frank Gabler
November 7 – Herb Crompton
November 9 – Ed Linke
November 13 – John Mihalic
November 13 – Buck O'Neil
November 24 – Joe Medwick
November 26 – Clay Bryant
November 28 – Bill DeLancey
November 28 – Emory Long
November 29 – Harry Boyles
December 1 – Walter Alston
December 5 – Stu Flythe
December 5 – Don Padgett
December 5 – Dick Stone
December 7 – Denny Galehouse
December 7 – Don Johnson
December 18 – Coaker Triplett
December 21 – Nino Bongiovanni
December 21 – Josh Gibson
December 29 – Bill Knickerbocker

Deaths

January–March

January 18 – Dick Scott, 27, pitcher for the 1901 Cincinnati Reds.
February 5 – Dad Clarkson, 44, pitcher who posted a 39-39 record and a 4.90 ERA for four different teams from 1891 to 1896.
February 18 – Buttons Briggs, 35, pitcher for the Chicago Colts/Orphans/Cubs 1896–1898, and 1904–1905.
March 10 – Guy McFadden, 38, first baseman for the 1895 St. Louis Browns of the National League.
March 12 – Simon Nicholls, 28, shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Naps between the 1906 and 1909 seasons.

April–June

April 5 – Frank Hankinson, 54, third baseman and pitcher who played from 1878 through 1888 with the White Stockings, Blues, Trojans, Gothams. Metropolitan and Cowboys.
April 14 – Addie Joss, 31, pitcher for Cleveland who won 20 games four times (1905–08), led American League in ERA twice with a career 1.89 ERA, including one-hitter in major league debut, one no-hitter and a perfect game.
April 23 – George Craig, 23, pitcher for the 1907 Philadelphia Athletics.
April 25 – Jack Rowe, 54, catcher and shortstop for Buffalo and Detroit who batted .300 four times, led NL in triples in 1881; did not strike out in entire 1882 season, later a minor league manager
May 26 – Billy O'Brien, 51, third baseman for four teams in two different leagues from 1884 to 1890, who topped the Nationel League batters with 19 home runs in 1887.
June 3 – Dad Clarke, 46, who pitched from 1888 to 1898 for the White Stockings/Solons/Giants/Colonels, going 44-51 with a 4.17 ERA.
June 23 – John O'Rourke, 59, center fielder who hit .295 in 290 games with the Boston Red Caps (1879–1880) and New York Metropolitans (1883), leading the National League with a .521 slugging in 1879.

July–September

July 4 – Jimmy Mathison, 32, third baseman for the 1902 Baltimore Orioles.
July 26 – John Radcliff, 65, shortstop for five seasons in the National Association.
August 5 – Bob Caruthers, 47, pitcher who compiled the highest career winning percentage among major leaguers with 250 decisions; led American Association with 40 victories in both 1885 and 1889, pacing St. Louis and Brooklyn to respective pennants; batted .300 twice, later an umpire
August 8 – Joe Walsh, 46, infielder for the 1881 Baltimore Orioles of the American Association.
August 31 – Will White, 56, pitcher who won over 200 games for Cincinnati teams in 10-year career, led league in wins and strikeouts twice each; first major leaguer to wear eyeglasses, and batterymate of brother Deacon from 1877–79

September–December

October 1 – Leo Hafford, 28, pitcher for the 1906 Cincinnati Reds.
October 4 – Emil Geiss, 44, infielder/pitcher for the 1887 Chicago White Stockings.
October 6 – Larry Murphy, 54, Canadian outfielder for the 1891 for the Washington Statesmen.
October 10 – Bill Parks, 62, pitcher and left fielder for three teams from 1875 to 1876. Managed the 1875 Washington Nationals for eight games in 1875.
October 19 – Marshall King, 61, outfielder who played from 1867 to 1872 for the Haymakers, White Stockings and Haymakers.
October 25 – Chris Rickley, 52, shortstop for the 1884 for the Philadelphia Keystones of the Union Association.
November 4 – Warren Burtis, 63, National League umpire in 1876 and 1877.
November 8 – Oscar Bielaski, 64, right fielder for five seasons, from 1872 to 1876, who was on the 1876 National League champion Chicago White Stockings.
November 8 – Frank Gatins, 40, infielder for the Washington Senators (1898) and Brooklyn Superbas (1901).
November 22 – Ed Cermak, 30, outfielder for the 1901 Cleveland Blues of the American League.
November 6 – John Hamill, 40, pitcher for the 1884 Washington Nationals.
December 6 – Ed Glenn, 36, National League shortstop who played between 1898 and 1902 with the Washington Senators, New York Giants and Chicago Orphans.
December 31 – Pete Gilbert, 43, third baseman for the Orioles/Grooms/Colonels American Association teams from 1890 to 1894.

History of baseball

1845 to 1868 1869

1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball

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