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1911 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1911
league	American League
ballpark	Huntington Avenue Grounds
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	78–75 (.510)
league_place	4th
owners	John I. Taylor
managers	Patsy Donovan
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

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

Source:

Roster

1911 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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	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

(February 9, 1911). "Red Sox Spring Trip in Detail". [[The Boston Globe]].
"The 1911 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log".
(July 25, 1911). "M'Aleer's All-Stars Defeated Naps". [[The Buffalo News]].
"Red Kleinow".
(April 12, 1911). "Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 5".

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