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1911 Boston Rustlers season

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1911 Boston Rustlers
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record44–107 (.291)
League place8th
OwnersWilliam Hepburn Russell
ManagersFred Tenney
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The 1911 Boston Rustlers season was the 41st season of the franchise. With George Dovey having died in 1909, John Dovey sold the Boston Doves team after the 1910 season to John P. Harris.[1] One month after purchasing the team, Harris sold it to William Hepburn Russell, who changed the team name to the Boston Rustlers and brought back former manager Fred Tenney.[2] Tenney's retirement at the end of the season marked the end of an era, as he was the last player to have been a part of the 1890s dynasty teams. In spite of their 44–107 record, four players managed to hit over .300 for the season (Buck Herzog and Mike Donlin hit over .300 in part-time roles) led by Doc Miller, who hit .333.[3] Bill Sweeney was the other full-time regular besides Miller to hit over .300, finishing at .314 for the season.

Regular season

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  • May 22, 1911: Boston pitcher Cliff Curtis lost his 23rd game in a row, dating back to 1910, still the all-time record for consecutive losses by a pitcher.[4]
  • October 6, 1911: Boston pitcher Cy Young loses his final game (and third in a row) against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Washington Park. Young's 511th and final win came two weeks prior at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 99 54 .647 49‍–‍25 50‍–‍29
Chicago Cubs 92 62 .597 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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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


Roster

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1911 Boston Rustlers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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
C Johnny Kling 75 241 54 .224 2 24
1B Fred Tenney 102 369 97 .263 1 36
2B Bill Sweeney 137 523 164 .314 3 63
SS Buck Herzog 79 294 91 .310 5 41
3B Scotty Ingerton 136 521 130 .250 5 61
OF Mike Donlin 56 222 70 .315 2 34
OF Al Kaiser 66 197 40 .203 2 15
OF Doc Miller 146 577 192 .333 7 91

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
Bill Rariden 70 246 56 .228 0 21
Al Bridwell 51 182 53 .291 0 10
Ed McDonald 54 175 36 .206 1 21
Wilbur Good 43 165 44 .267 0 15
Harry Spratt 62 154 37 .240 2 13
George Jackson 39 147 51 .347 0 25
Josh Clarke 32 120 28 .233 1 4
Hank Gowdy 29 97 28 .289 0 16
Patsy Flaherty 38 94 27 .287 2 20
Jay Kirke 20 89 32 .360 0 12
Peaches Graham 33 88 24 .273 0 12
Ben Houser 20 71 18 .254 1 9
Art Butler 27 68 12 .176 0 2
Harry Steinfeldt 19 63 16 .254 1 8
Bill Jones 24 51 11 .216 0 3
Bill Collins 17 44 6 .136 0 8
Herman Young 9 25 6 .240 0 0
Bert Weeden 1 1 0 .000 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
Lefty Tyler 28 165.1 7 10 5.06 90
Hub Perdue 24 137.1 6 10 4.98 40
Cy Young 11 80.0 4 5 3.71 35
Cliff Curtis 12 77.0 1 8 4.44 23
Ed Donnelly 5 36.2 3 2 2.45 16

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
Buster Brown 42 241.0 8 18 4.29 76
Al Mattern 33 186.1 4 15 4.97 51
Orlie Weaver 27 121.0 3 12 6.47 50
Big Jeff Pfeffer 26 97.0 7 5 4.73 24
Hank Griffin 15 82.2 0 6 5.23 30
Bill McTigue 14 37.0 0 5 7.05 23
Brad Hogg 8 25.2 0 3 6.66 8
Cecil Ferguson 6 24.0 1 3 9.75 4
Sam Frock 4 16.0 0 1 5.63 8
Patsy Flaherty 4 14.0 0 2 7.07 0
Billy Burke 2 3.1 0 1 18.90 1

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
Jiggs Parson 7 0 1 0 6.48 7
Fuller Thompson 3 0 0 0 3.86 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A New Owner For Boston Doves". Portsmouth Daily Times. November 15, 1910. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "Boston Nationals Sold". Boston Evening Transcript. December 17, 1910. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Hollingsworth, Harry (1994). The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!. United States: SPI Books. p. 191. ISBN 1561713082.
  4. ^ "Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd... May 22 in History".
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