1911 Chicago Cubs season

1911 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Murphy
Manager(s)	Frank Chance
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The 1911 Chicago Cubs season was the 40th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 36th in the National League and the 19th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished second in the National League with a record of 92–62.

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
Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg	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.^[1]

Roster

1911 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Mordecai Brown Larry Cheney King Cole Cliff Curtis Bill Foxen Hank Griffin Harry McIntire Ernie Ovitz Jack Pfiester Ed Reulbach Lew Richie Reggie Richter Jack Rowan Cy Slapnicka Charlie Smith Fred Toney Orlie Weaver		Catchers Jimmy Archer Peaches Graham Johnny Kling Tom Needham Infielders Kitty Bransfield Frank Chance Jim Doyle Johnny Evers Vic Saier Dave Shean Joe Tinker Heinie Zimmerman		Outfielders Bill Collins Wilbur Good Solly Hofman Al Kaiser Wildfire Schulte Jimmy Sheckard		Manager Frank Chance

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

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
Chance, FrankFrank Chance	31	88	21	.239	1	17
Collins, BillBill Collins	7	3	1	.333	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
Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown	53	270	21	11	2.80	129
Cole, KingKing Cole	32	221.1	18	7	3.13	101

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
Curtis, CliffCliff Curtis	4	7	1	2	3.86	4

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
Rowan, JackJack Rowan	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

1. Jack Rowan page at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1911 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference