1911 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1911 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses.

1911 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887) Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Fogel
Manager(s)	Red Dooin
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Offseason

City Series

Phillies Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander made his Philadelphia debut during the pre-season City Series against the Philadelphia Athletics. Alexander pitched five innings of no-hit no-run baseball against the A's. He would make his official major league debut on April 15, 1911.[1]

Notable transactions

• November 12, 1910: Johnny Bates, Eddie Grant, George McQuillan and Lew Moren were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Rowan, Fred Beebe, Hans Lobert and Dode Paskert.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	99	54	0.647	—	49–25	50–29
Chicago Cubs	92	62	0.597	7½	49–32	43–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	0.552	14½	48–29	37–40
Philadelphia Phillies	79	73	0.520	19½	42–34	37–39
St. Louis Cardinals	75	74	0.503	22	36–38	39–36
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	29	38–42	32–41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	64	86	0.427	33½	31–42	33–44
Boston Rustlers	44	107	0.291	54	19–54	25–53

Record vs. opponents

1911 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10–1	5–17	4–17–1	7–15	6–16	3–19	7–13–3
Brooklyn	10–12–1	—	13–9	11–11	5–16–1	8–13–1	14–8	9–11–1
Chicago	17–5	9–13	—	14–8–1	11–11	15–7	10–12	16–6–2
Cincinnati	17–4–1	11–11	8–14–1	—	8–14	10–12	10–12–1	6–16–3
New York	15–7	16–5–1	11–11	14–8	—	12–10	16–6	15–7
Philadelphia	16–6	13–8–1	7–15	12–10	10–12	—	13–9	8–13
Pittsburgh	19–3	14–8	12–10	12–10–1	6–16	9–13	—	13–9
St. Louis	13–7–3	11–9–1	6–16–2	16–6–3	7–15	13–8	9–13	—

Notable transactions

• August 18, 1911: Jack Rowan was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Cliff Curtis.[2]
• September 11, 1911: Red Kleinow was released by the Phillies.[3]

Roster

1911 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Fred Beebe Ad Brennan Bill Burns George Chalmers Cliff Curtis Bob Ewing Bert Hall Bert Humphries Earl Moore Troy Puckett Jack Rowan Toots Schultz Jake Smith Eddie Stack Buck Stanley		Catchers Dick Cotter Red Dooin Bill Killefer Red Kleinow Bunny Madden Pat Moran John Quinn Tubby Spencer Infielders Kitty Bransfield Mickey Doolan Otto Knabe Hans Lobert Fred Luderus		Outfielders Fred Beck Clarence Lehr Sherry Magee Paddy Mayes Dode Paskert Roy Thomas John Titus Jimmy Walsh Harry Welchonce Other batters Hughie Miller		Manager Red Dooin

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
C	Red Dooin	74	247	81	.328	1	16
3B	Hans Lobert	147	541	154	.285	9	72
OF	Dode Paskert	153	560	153	.273	4	47

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
Red Kleinow	4	8	1	.125	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
Pete Alexander	48	367	28	13	2.57	227
Bill Burns	21	121	6	10	3.42	47
Fred Beebe	9	48.1	3	3	4.47	20

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
Jack Rowan	12	45.2	2	4	4.73	17
Cliff Curtis	8	45	2	1	2.60	13
Ad Brennan	5	22.2	2	1	3.57	12

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
Jake Smith	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

1. Thomas P. Simon, ed. (2004). Deadball stars of the National League. Brassey's. p. 209. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
2. Jack Rowan page at Baseball-Reference
3. Red Kleinow page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1911 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference