| 1911 MLB season | |
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| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
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| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Ty Cobb (DET) NL: Frank Schulte (CHC) |
| AL champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
| AL runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
| NL champions | New York Giants |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Runners-up | New York Giants |
| MLB seasons | |
Locations of teams for the 1911 American League season
American League
Locations of teams for the 1911 National League season
National League
The 1911 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1911. The regular season ended on October 12, with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the eighth modern World Series on October 14 and ended with Game 6 on October 26. The Athletics defeated the Giants, four games to two.
This was the first of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each league.
This is the most recent major league season from which no stadiums remain in use. The Boston Red Sox have used Fenway Park as their home field since the 1912 season. The Boston Doves and Brooklyn Superbas renamed as the Boston Rustlers and Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, respectively.
The 1911 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.
Opening Day took place on April 12 with all but the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers playing. The American League would see its final day of the regular season on October 8, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 12. The World Series took place between October 14 and October 26.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 101 | 50 | .669 | — | 54–20 | 47–30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 13½ | 51–25 | 38–40 |
| Cleveland Naps | 80 | 73 | .523 | 22 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 75 | .510 | 24 | 39–37 | 39–38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 74 | .510 | 24 | 40–37 | 37–37 |
| New York Highlanders | 76 | 76 | .500 | 25½ | 36–40 | 40–36 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 38½ | 39–38 | 25–52 |
| St. Louis Browns | 45 | 107 | .296 | 56½ | 25–53 | 20–54 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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| AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | ||
| NL | New York Giants | 2 | ||
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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| Boston Rustlers | Fred Lake | Fred Tenney |
| St. Louis Browns | Jack O'Connor | Bobby Wallace |
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
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| Cleveland Naps | Deacon McGuire | George Stovall |
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| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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| New York Giants[1] | 99 | 8.8% | 675,000 | 31.9% | 9,000 |
| Philadelphia Athletics[2] | 101 | -1.0% | 605,749 | 2.9% | 8,077 |
| Chicago White Sox[3] | 77 | 13.2% | 583,208 | 5.6% | 7,477 |
| Chicago Cubs[4] | 92 | -11.5% | 576,000 | 9.5% | 6,857 |
| Boston Red Sox[5] | 78 | -3.7% | 503,961 | -13.8% | 6,631 |
| Detroit Tigers[6] | 89 | 3.5% | 484,988 | 23.9% | 6,381 |
| St. Louis Cardinals[7] | 75 | 19.0% | 447,768 | 25.9% | 5,668 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[8] | 85 | -1.2% | 432,000 | -1.1% | 5,538 |
| Philadelphia Phillies[9] | 79 | 1.3% | 416,000 | 40.3% | 5,474 |
| Cleveland Naps[10] | 80 | 12.7% | 406,296 | 38.5% | 5,277 |
| New York Highlanders[11] | 76 | -13.6% | 302,444 | -15.0% | 3,928 |
| Cincinnati Reds[12] | 70 | -6.7% | 300,000 | -21.2% | 3,659 |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers[13] | 64 | 0.0% | 269,000 | -3.7% | 3,635 |
| Washington Senators[14] | 64 | -3.0% | 244,884 | -3.8% | 3,180 |
| St. Louis Browns[15] | 45 | -4.3% | 207,984 | -16.8% | 2,666 |
| Boston Rustlers[16] | 44 | -17.0% | 116,000 | -22.2% | 1,547 |
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