1911 Chicago Cubs season

Major League Baseball team season

1911 Chicago Cubs

League| National League
Ballpark| West Side Park
City| Chicago, Illinois
Owners| Charles Murphy
Managers| Frank Chance
| <- 1910 | Seasons | 1912 ->

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John J. Evers, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait

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

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### Season standings

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National League 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

### Record vs. opponents

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1911 National League record

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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 | —

### Notable transactions

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* August 18, 1911: Jack Rowan was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Cliff Curtis.[1]

### Roster

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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

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Jimmy Archer | 116 | 387 | 98 | .253 | 4 | 41
1B | Vic Saier | 86 | 259 | 67 | .259 | 1 | 37
2B | Heinie Zimmerman | 143 | 535 | 164 | .307 | 9 | 85
SS | Joe Tinker | 144 | 536 | 149 | .278 | 4 | 69
3B | Jim Doyle | 130 | 472 | 133 | .282 | 5 | 62
OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 156 | 539 | 149 | .276 | 4 | 50
OF | Frank Schulte | 154 | 577 | 173 | .300 | 21 | 107
OF | Solly Hofman | 143 | 512 | 129 | .252 | 2 | 70

#### Other batters

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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

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Johnny Evers | 46 | 155 | 35 | .226 | 0 | 7
Dave Shean | 54 | 145 | 28 | .193 | 0 | 15
Wilbur Good | 58 | 145 | 39 | .269 | 2 | 21
Frank Chance | 31 | 88 | 21 | .239 | 1 | 17
Al Kaiser | 26 | 84 | 21 | .250 | 0 | 7
Johnny Kling | 27 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 1 | 5
Peaches Graham | 36 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 0 | 8
Tom Needham | 27 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 5
Kitty Bransfield | 3 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 0
Bill Collins | 7 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Mordecai Brown | 53 | 270.0 | 21 | 11 | 2.80 | 129
Lew Richie | 36 | 253.0 | 15 | 11 | 2.31 | 78
Ed Reulbach | 33 | 221.2 | 16 | 9 | 2.96 | 79
King Cole | 32 | 221.1 | 18 | 7 | 3.13 | 101
Harry McIntire | 25 | 149.0 | 11 | 7 | 4.11 | 56
Charlie Smith | 7 | 38.0 | 3 | 2 | 1.42 | 11
Jack Pfiester | 6 | 33.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.01 | 15
Cy Slapnicka | 3 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 10
Hank Griffin | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Fred Toney | 18 | 67.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.42 | 27
Reggie Richter | 22 | 54.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.13 | 34
Orlie Weaver | 6 | 43.2 | 2 | 2 | 2.06 | 20
Bill Foxen | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.08 | 6
Larry Cheney | 3 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 11
Cliff Curtis | 4 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 4

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Ernie Ovitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0
Jack Rowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0

## References

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1. ^ Jack Rowan page at Baseball-Reference

## External links

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* 1911 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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1911 MLB season by team

American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

* Addie Joss Benefit Game
* 1911 World Series

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Chicago Cubs

* Established in 1874
* Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
* Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Awards
* Records
* No-hitters
* Players
* Managers
* Owners and executives
* Broadcasters
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* First-round draft picks

Ballparks|

* 23rd Street Grounds
* Lakefront Park
* West Side Park I
* South Side Park
* West Side Park II
* Wrigley Field
* History
* List of events
* Renovations
* Wrigley Rooftops

Culture|

* Tinker to Evers to Chance
* Bleacher Bums
* The Dugout
* Wayne Messmer
* Ronnie Woo Woo
* Jerry Pritikin
* Yosh Kawano
* Life's Greatest Game
* Alibi Ike
* Mike Royko
* Holy Cow!
* Grant DePorter
* Wrigley Company
* Wrigley Field ivy
* Hey Hey Holy Mackerel
* Bill Holden
* The Heckler
* The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?
* We Believe: Chicago and Its Cubs
* Arne Harris
* "Go, Cubs, Go"
* "Sweet Home Chicago"
* "All the Way"
* "Jump"
* Cubs Win Flag
* Eamus Catuli
* Addison Red Line Station
* Sheridan Red Line Station
* Clark Street
* Addison Street
* The Winning Team
* Elmer, the Great
* Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* Rookie of the Year
* This Old Cub
* The Natural
* Taking Care of Business
* A League of Their Own
* The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness
* Pat Pieper
* The Cubby Bear
* Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse
* Bohemian National Cemetery Columbarium
* Clark
* Back to the Future Part II

Lore|

* Curse of the Billy Goat
* Ex-Cubs Factor
* Babe Ruth's called shot
* Steve Bartman incident
* Homer in the Gloamin'
* 1998 home run chase
* Brock for Broglio
* Merkle's Boner
* College of Coaches
* Ken Hubbs
* Billy Jurges incident
* June 23, 1984 game
* 1998 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
* 2015 NL Wild Card Game
* 2015 NL Division Series
* 2016 NL Championship Series
* 2016 World Series
* 2018 NL Central tie-breaker game
* 2019 MLB Little League Classic
* MLB at Field of Dreams
* 2023 MLB London Series

Rivalries|

* Chicago White Sox
* Milwaukee Brewers
* St. Louis Cardinals

Key personnel|

* Owner: Joe Ricketts family
* Chairman: Tom Ricketts
* President of Baseball Operations: Jed Hoyer
* General Manager: Carter Hawkins
* Manager: Craig Counsell

World Series
championships (3)|

* 1907
* 1908
* 2016

National League
championships (17)|

* 1876
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1885
* 1886
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1910
* 1918
* 1929
* 1932
* 1935
* 1938
* 1945
* 2016

Division
championships|

| East (2)|

* 1984
* 1989

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Central (6)|

* 2003
* 2007
* 2008
* 2016
* 2017
* 2020

Wild Card (3)|

* 1998
* 2015
* 2018

Minor league
affiliates|

* Iowa Cubs (Triple-A)
* Knoxville Smokies (Double-A)
* South Bend Cubs (High-A)
* Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Single-A)
* ACL Cubs (Rookie)
* DSL Cubs Blue (Rookie)
* DSL Cubs Red (Rookie)

Broadcasting|

| Television|

* Marquee Sports Network

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Radio|

* Radio network
* WSCR

Broadcasters|

| Television|

* Jon Sciambi
* Jim Deshaies
* Joe Girardi
* Beth Mowins

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Radio|

* Pat Hughes
* Ron Coomer
* Zach Zaidman

Seasons (151)

1870s|

* 1870 ·  1871
* 1872 · 1873 ·  1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879

1880s|

* 1880
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* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889

1890s|

* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

1900s|

* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
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* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
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* 1932
* 1933
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* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

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1950s|

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1960s|

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1970s|

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1980s|

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1990s|

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2020s|

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