1911 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1911 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Fred Clarke
Seasons

The 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 30th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 25th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 85–69.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1911 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
Pittsburgh	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	—

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	George Gibson	100	311	65	.209	0	19
1B	Newt Hunter	65	209	53	.254	2	24
2B	Dots Miller	137	470	126	.268	6	78
SS	Honus Wagner	130	473	158	.334	9	89
3B	Bobby Byrne	153	598	155	.259	2	52
OF	Fred Clarke	110	392	127	.324	5	49
OF	Chief Wilson	148	544	163	.300	12	107
OF	Max Carey	129	427	110	.258	5	43

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
Tommy Leach	108	386	92	.238	3	43
Bill McKechnie	104	321	73	.227	2	37
Mike Simon	71	215	49	.228	0	22
Alex McCarthy	50	150	36	.240	2	31
Vin Campbell	42	93	29	.312	0	10
John Flynn	33	59	12	.203	0	3
Billy Kelly	6	8	1	.125	0	0
Bill Keen	6	7	0	.000	0	0
Mickey Keliher	3	7	0	.000	0	0
Jerry Dorsey	2	6	0	.000	0	0
John Shovlin	2	1	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
Lefty Leifield	42	318.0	16	16	2.63	111
Babe Adams	40	293.1	22	12	2.33	133
Howie Camnitz	40	267.2	20	15	3.13	139
Marty O'Toole	5	38.0	3	2	2.37	34

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
Elmer Steele	31	166.0	9	9	2.60	52
Claude Hendrix	22	118.2	4	6	2.73	57
Jack Ferry	26	85.2	6	4	3.15	32
Harry Gardner	13	42.0	1	1	4.50	24
Judge Nagle	8	27.1	4	2	3.62	11
Kirby White	2	3.0	0	1	9.00	1

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
Hank Robinson	5	0	1	0	2.77	8
Deacon Phillippe	3	0	0	0	7.50	3
Ensign Cottrell	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Sherry Smith	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

References

• 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac