1911 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1911 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[a]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke

The 1911 Pittsburgh[b] Pirates season was the 30th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 25th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 85–69.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 99 54 .647 — 49‍–‍25 50‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 92 62 .597 7½ 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 69 .552 14½ 48‍–‍29 37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 79 73 .520 19½ 42‍–‍34 37‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 75 74 .503 22 36‍–‍38 39‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 70 83 .458 29 38‍–‍42 32‍–‍41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 64 86 .427 33½ 31‍–‍42 33‍–‍44
Boston Rustlers 44 107 .291 54 19‍–‍54 25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO 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 —

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1911 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 George Gibson 100 311 65 .209 0 19
1B Newt Hunter 65 209 53 .254 2 24
2B Dots Miller 137 470 126 .268 6 78
SS Honus Wagner 130 473 158 .334 9 89
3B Bobby Byrne 153 598 155 .259 2 52
OF Fred Clarke 110 392 127 .324 5 49
OF Chief Wilson 148 544 163 .300 12 107
OF Max Carey 129 427 110 .258 5 43

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
Tommy Leach 108 386 92 .238 3 43
Bill McKechnie 104 321 73 .227 2 37
Mike Simon 71 215 49 .228 0 22
Alex McCarthy 50 150 36 .240 2 31
Vin Campbell 42 93 29 .312 0 10
John Flynn 33 59 12 .203 0 3
Billy Kelly 6 8 1 .125 0 0
Bill Keen 6 7 0 .000 0 0
Mickey Keliher 3 7 0 .000 0 0
Jerry Dorsey 2 6 0 .000 0 0
John Shovlin 2 1 0 .000 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
Lefty Leifield 42 318.0 16 16 2.63 111
Babe Adams 40 293.1 22 12 2.33 133
Howie Camnitz 40 267.2 20 15 3.13 139
Marty O'Toole 5 38.0 3 2 2.37 34

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
Elmer Steele 31 166.0 9 9 2.60 52
Claude Hendrix 22 118.2 4 6 2.73 57
Jack Ferry 26 85.2 6 4 3.15 32
Harry Gardner 13 42.0 1 1 4.50 24
Judge Nagle 8 27.1 4 2 3.62 11
Kirby White 2 3.0 0 1 9.00 1

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
Hank Robinson 5 0 1 0 2.77 8
Deacon Phillippe 3 0 0 0 7.50 3
Ensign Cottrell 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Sherry Smith 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

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