1911 Season

The 1911 season in brief

The Chicago American Giants set the pace in 1911 with a 28-12 record. The weakest record belonged to the Kansas City Royal Giants, 3-9. Race by race in 1911, EAS group honors went to the Cuban Stars of Havana, whose 18-11 beat the New York Lincoln Giants's 9-6, the St. Louis Giants (26-17) chased the Chicago American Giants (28-12) to the end in the WES group, the National League was not close, the New York Giants finishing 99-54 to the Chicago Cubs's 92-62, and the Philadelphia Athletics owned the American League with a 101-50 mark, the Detroit Tigers next at 89-65. The New York Giants reached the 1911 World Series and lost it to the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 2. Frank Schulte led the majors with 21 home runs, ahead of Fred Luderus with 16. The qualified batting-average board starts with Ty Cobb at .420, with Shoeless Joe Jackson next at .408. Qualification for that 1911 board is 474 plate appearances at 153 team games. Ty Cobb topped several batting tiles at once: batting average, OPS, RBI, hits, runs, and stolen bases. Among qualified pitchers, Vean Gregg had the lowest ERA, 1.80; Walter Johnson followed at 1.90. Elsewhere on the pitching side, the 1911 leaders were Pete Alexander in wins (28), Ed Walsh in strikeouts (255), and Mordecai Brown in saves (13). Every 1911 hitter and pitcher past the display floor is on the 1911 leaders page.