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1911 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 78–75 (.510) | |
League place | 4th (24 GB) | |
Owners | John I. Taylor | |
Managers | Patsy Donovan | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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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.
Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Redondo Beach, California.
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.
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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
The team played no games that ended in a tie, for the first time in franchise history.
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
Larry Gardner | 2B |
Harry Hooper | RF |
Tris Speaker | CF |
Duffy Lewis | LF |
Heinie Wagner | SS |
Rip Williams | 1B |
Clyde Engle | 3B |
Red Kleinow | C |
Smoky Joe Wood | P |
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 |
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C | Bill Carrigan | 72 | 232 | 67 | .289 | 1 | 30 |
1B | Clyde Engle | 146 | 514 | 139 | .270 | 2 | 48 |
2B | Heinie Wagner | 80 | 261 | 67 | .257 | 1 | 38 |
SS | Steve Yerkes | 142 | 502 | 140 | .279 | 1 | 57 |
3B | Larry Gardner | 138 | 492 | 140 | .285 | 4 | 44 |
OF | Tris Speaker | 141 | 500 | 167 | .334 | 8 | 70 |
OF | Duffy Lewis | 130 | 469 | 144 | .307 | 7 | 86 |
OF | Harry Hooper | 130 | 524 | 163 | .311 | 4 | 45 |
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 |
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Rip Williams | 95 | 284 | 68 | .239 | 0 | 31 |
Les Nunamaker | 62 | 183 | 47 | .257 | 0 | 19 |
Joe Riggert | 50 | 146 | 31 | .212 | 2 | 13 |
Olaf Henriksen | 27 | 93 | 34 | .366 | 0 | 8 |
Billy Purtell | 27 | 82 | 23 | .280 | 0 | 7 |
Jack Lewis | 18 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 6 |
Hugh Bradley | 12 | 41 | 13 | .317 | 1 | 4 |
Hap Myers | 13 | 38 | 14 | .368 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Janvrin | 9 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Walter Lonergan | 10 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Thoney | 26 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Bunny Madden | 4 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Red Kleinow | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
Hy Gunning | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Les Wilson | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Swede Carlstrom | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Tonneman | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Giannini | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Tracy Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Smoky Joe Wood | 44 | 275+2⁄3 | 23 | 17 | 2.02 | 231 |
Eddie Cicotte | 35 | 220 | 11 | 15 | 2.82 | 106 |
Ray Collins | 31 | 194+2⁄3 | 11 | 12 | 2.40 | 86 |
Larry Pape | 27 | 176+1⁄3 | 10 | 8 | 2.45 | 49 |
Ed Karger | 25 | 131 | 5 | 8 | 3.37 | 57 |
Buck O'Brien | 6 | 47+2⁄3 | 5 | 1 | 0.38 | 31 |
Casey Hageman | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2.12 | 8 |
Blaine Thomas | 2 | 4+2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Frank Smith | 1 | 2+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
Charlie Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charley Hall | 32 | 146+1⁄3 | 8 | 7 | 3.75 | 83 |
Jack Killilay | 14 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 3.54 | 28 |
Judge Nagle | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3.33 | 12 |
Walter Moser | 6 | 24+2⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 4.01 | 11 |
Jack Bushelman | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 5 |
Marty McHale | 4 | 9+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 3 |