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:
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.^[1]

Roster

1911 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Mack Allison Bill Bailey Curly Brown Elmer Brown George Curry Lefty George Howie Gregory Earl Hamilton Bill Harper Ed Hawk Joe Lake Roy Mitchell Walter Moser Red Nelson Barney Pelty Jeff Pfeffer Jack Powell Joe Willis		Catchers Nig Clarke Paul Krichell Clyde Southwick Jim Stephens Infielders Jimmy Austin John Black Al Clancy Dode Criss Jim Duggan Ernie Gust Ed Hallinan Joe Kutina Frank LaPorte Allie Moulton Hap Myers Pat Newnam Dave Rowan Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Pete Compton Danny Hoffman Willie Hogan Paul Meloan Jim Murray Al Schweitzer Burt Shotton Gus Williams Other batters Joe Crisp Frank Truesdale		Manager Bobby Wallace

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	Clarke, NigNig Clarke	82	256	55	.215	0	18
1B	Black, JohnJohn Black	54	186	28	.151	0	7
SS	Wallace, BobbyBobby 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
Murray, JimJim Murray	31	102	19	.186	3	11
Kutina, JoeJoe Kutina	26	101	26	.257	3	15
Williams, GusGus Williams	7	26	7	.269	0	4
Duggan, JimJim 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
Powell, JackJack Powell	31	207.2	8	19	3.29	52
Nelson, RedRed Nelson	16	81	3	9	5.22	24
Allison, MackMack Allison	3	26.1	2	1	2.05	2
Curry, GeorgeGeorge Curry	3	15.2	0	3	7.47	2
Willis, JoeJoe 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
George, LeftyLefty George	27	116.1	4	9	4.18	23
Bailey, BillBill Bailey	7	31.2	0	3	4.55	8
Brown, CurlyCurly Brown	3	23	1	2	2.74	8
Brown, ElmerElmer 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
Harper, BillBill Harper	2	0	0	0	6.75	6

Notes

1. Joe Willis page at Baseball Reference

References

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