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.

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Redondo Beach, California. April 12: The regular season opens with an 8–5 loss to the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. April 21: The team wins its home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics, 13–4. July 24: Pitcher Smoky Joe Wood and outfielder Tris Speaker play in the Addie Joss Benefit Game in Cleveland; Wood is the starting pitcher for the all-star squad while Speaker, batting leadoff, has two hits in two at bats. August 5: The team releases Red Kleinow. September 9: The team's longest losing streak of the season, seven games, ends with a road win over Philadelphia. 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. 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.

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

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

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Larry Gardner 2BHarry Hooper RFTris Speaker CFDuffy Lewis LFHeinie Wagner SSRip Williams 1BClyde Engle 3BRed Kleinow C Smoky Joe Wood P Source:

Roster 1911 Boston Red Sox 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 72 232 67 .289 1 30 1B 146 514 139 .270 2 48 2B 80 261 67 .257 1 38 SS 142 502 140 .279 1 57 3B 138 492 140 .285 4 44 OF 141 500 167 .334 8 70 OF 130 469 144 .307 7 86 OF 130 524 163 .311 4 45

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 95 284 68 .239 0 31 Les Nunamaker 62 183 47 .257 0 19 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 1 0 0 ---- 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 44 23 17 2.02 231 35 220 11 15 2.82 106 31 11 12 2.40 86 27 10 8 2.45 49 25 131 5 8 3.37 57 Buck O'Brien 6 5 1 0.38 31 Casey Hageman 2 17 0 2 2.12 8 Blaine Thomas 2 0 0 0.00 0 Frank Smith 1 0 0 15.43 1 Charlie Smith 1 2 0 0 9.00 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 32 8 7 3.75 83 14 61 4 2 3.54 28 Judge Nagle 5 27 1 1 3.33 12 Walter Moser 6 0 1 4.01 11 Jack Bushelman 3 12 0 1 3.00 5 Marty McHale 4 0 0 9.64 3

References

1911 Boston Red Sox season

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