1911 Philadelphia Athletics season

1911 Philadelphia Athletics
1911 World Series Champions 1911 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
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 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
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

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