1911 St. Louis Browns season

1911 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	45–107 (.296)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	Bobby Wallace
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The 1911 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 45 wins and 107 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1911 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

• June 1911: Joe Willis was purchased from the Browns by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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	Nig Clarke	82	256	55	.215	0	18
1B	John Black	54	186	28	.151	0	7
SS	Bobby Wallace	125	410	95	.232	0	31

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
Jim Murray	31	102	19	.186	3	11
Joe Kutina	26	101	26	.257	3	15
Gus Williams	7	26	7	.269	0	4
Jim Duggan	1	4	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
Jack Powell	31	207.2	8	19	3.29	52
Red Nelson	16	81	3	9	5.22	24
Mack Allison	3	26.1	2	1	2.05	2
George Curry	3	15.2	0	3	7.47	2
Joe Willis	1	7	0	1	5.14	0

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
Lefty George	27	116.1	4	9	4.18	23
Bill Bailey	7	31.2	0	3	4.55	8
Curly Brown	3	23	1	2	2.74	8
Elmer Brown	5	16.2	1	1	6.48	5

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
Bill Harper	2	0	0	0	6.75	6

References

• 1911 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1911 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com