1911 Boston Red Sox season

The 1911 Boston Red Sox season was the 11th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, 24 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1911 World Series. This was the final season that the Red Sox played their home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds, before moving to Fenway Park.

1911 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–75 (.510)
League place4th (24 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)John I. Taylor
Manager(s)Patsy Donovan
StatsESPN.com
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Opening Day pitcher Smoky Joe Wood

Regular season
The "Golden Outfield" of (from left) Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, and Harry Hooper.

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Redondo Beach, California.[1]

  • April 12: The regular season opens with an 8–5 loss to the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.[2]
  • April 21: The team wins its home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics, 13–4.[2]
  • August 5: The team releases Red Kleinow.[3]
  • September 9: The team's longest losing streak of the season, seven games, ends with a road win over Philadelphia.[2]
  • October 7: The regular season ends with an 8–1 home win over Washington; it is the team's sixth consecutive victory, their longest winning streak of the season.[2]

The team's longest games of the season were 12 innings; a May 19 road win at Chicago, and an August 3 home win against Detroit.[2]

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by center fielder Tris Speaker, who had eight home runs, 70 RBIs, and a .334 batting average. Boston's two regular corner outfielders, Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper, hit .307 and .311, respectively. Collectively, they were known as the Golden Outfield. The pitching staff was led by Smoky Joe Wood with a 23–17 record, 2.02 ERA, and 231 strikeouts.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10150 0.669 — 54–20 47–30
Detroit Tigers 8965 0.578 13½ 51–25 38–40
Cleveland Naps 8073 0.523 22 46–30 34–43
Boston Red Sox 7875 0.510 24 39–37 39–38
Chicago White Sox 7774 0.510 24 40–37 37–37
New York Highlanders 7676 0.500 25½ 36–40 40–36
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 38½ 39–38 25–52
St. Louis Browns 45107 0.296 56½ 25–53 20–54

The team played no games that ended in a tie, for the first time in franchise history.

Record vs. opponents
1911 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–1111–1110–1212–109–1312–913–9
Chicago 11–11—6–15–28–1413–99–11–117–513–9
Cleveland 11–1115–6–2—6–1614–8–15–1715–714–8
Detroit 12–1014–816–6—7–1512–1014–814–8
New York 10–129–138–14–115–7—6–1516–512–10
Philadelphia 13–911–9–117–510–1215–6—20–215–7
St. Louis 9–125–177–158–145–162–20—9–13
Washington 9–139–138–148–1410–127–1513–9—

Opening Day lineup
Larry Gardner2B
Harry HooperRF
Tris SpeakerCF
Duffy LewisLF
Heinie WagnerSS
Rip Williams1B
Clyde Engle3B
Red KleinowC
Smoky Joe WoodP

Source: [4]

Roster
1911 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Starters by position
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBill Carrigan7223267.289130
1BClyde Engle146514139.270248
2BHeinie Wagner8026167.257138
SSSteve Yerkes142502140.279157
3BLarry Gardner138492140.285444
OFTris Speaker141500167.334870
OFDuffy Lewis130469144.307786
OFHarry Hooper130524163.311445

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rip Williams9528468.239031
Les Nunamaker6218347.257019
Joe Riggert5014631.212213
Olaf Henriksen279334.36608
Billy Purtell278223.28007
Jack Lewis185916.27106
Hugh Bradley124113.31714
Hap Myers133814.36800
Hal Janvrin9274.14801
Walter Lonergan10267.26901
Jack Thoney26205.25002
Bunny Madden4153.20002
Red Kleinow8143.21400
Hy Gunning491.11102
Les Wilson570.00000
Swede Carlstrom261.16700
Tony Tonneman251.20003
Joe Giannini121.50000
Tracy Baker100---00

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Smoky Joe Wood44​275 2⁄323172.02231
Eddie Cicotte3522011152.82106
Ray Collins31​194 2⁄311122.4086
Larry Pape27​176 1⁄31082.4549
Ed Karger25131583.3757
Buck O'Brien6​47 2⁄3510.3831
Casey Hageman217022.128
Blaine Thomas2​4 2⁄3000.000
Frank Smith1​2 1⁄30015.431
Charlie Smith12009.000

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charley Hall32​146 1⁄3873.7583
Jack Killilay1461423.5428
Judge Nagle527113.3312
Walter Moser6​24 2⁄3014.0111
Jack Bushelman312013.005
Marty McHale4​9 1⁄3009.643

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Not applicable.

References
  1. "Red Sox Spring Trip in Detail". The Boston Globe. February 9, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. "The 1911 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  3. "Red Kleinow". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  4. "Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 5". Retrosheet. April 12, 1911. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

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