1911 Philadelphia Athletics season

1911 Philadelphia Athletics
1911 World Series Champions
1911 American League Champions
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Owner(s) Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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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.

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) and 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

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 Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL 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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
1B McInnis, StuffyStuffy McInnis 126 468 150 .321 3 77
2B Collins, EddieEddie Collins 132 493 180 .365 3 73
3B Baker, FrankFrank Baker 148 592 198 .334 11 115
SS Barry, JackJack Barry 127 442 117 .265 1 63
OF Lord, BrisBris Lord 134 574 178 .310 3 55
OF Oldring, RubeRube Oldring 121 495 147 .297 3 59
OF Murphy, DannyDanny 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
Emerson, ChesterChester Emerson 7 18 4 .222 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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs 47 336.2 28 12 3.53 185
Plank, EddieEddie Plank 40 256.2 23 8 2.10 149
Bender, ChiefChief Bender 31 216.1 17 5 2.16 114
Krause, HarryHarry Krause 27 169 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
Martin, DocDoc Martin 11 38 1 1 4.50 21
Brown, BoardwalkBoardwalk Brown 2 12 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
Danforth, DaveDave Danforth 14 4 1 1 3.74 21
Collamore, AllanAllan Collamore 2 0 1 0 36.00 1
Armstrong, HowardHoward 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)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Athletics – 1, Giants – 2October 14Polo Grounds38,281
2Giants – 1, Athletics – 3October 16Shibe Park26,286
3Athletics – 3, Giants – 2 (11 innings)October 17Polo Grounds37,216
4Giants – 2, Athletics – 4October 24Shibe Park24,355
5Athletics – 3, Giants – 4 (10 innings)October 25Polo Grounds33,228
6Giants – 2, Athletics – 13October 26Shibe Park20,485

References

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

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