# 1911 St. Louis Browns season

The 1911 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 45 wins and 107 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1911 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 12–9 | 13–9 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–15–2 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 9–11–1 | 17–5 | 13–9 |
| Cleveland | 11–11 | 15–6–2 | — | 6–16 | 14–8–1 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 14–8 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8 |
| New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | — | 6–15 | 16–5 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 11–9–1 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 15–6 | — | 20–2 | 15–7 |
| St. Louis | 9–12 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–16 | 2–20 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 13–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 1911: Joe Willis was purchased from the Browns by the St. Louis Cardinals.

### Roster
## 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 | Nig Clarke | 82 | 256 | 55 | .215 | 0 | 18 |
| 1B | John Black | 54 | 186 | 28 | .151 | 0 | 7 |
| 2B | Frank LaPorte | 136 | 507 | 159 | .314 | 2 | 82 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 125 | 410 | 95 | .232 | 0 | 31 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 148 | 541 | 141 | .261 | 2 | 45 |
| OF | Al Schweitzer | 76 | 237 | 51 | .215 | 0 | 34 |
| OF | Burt Shotton | 139 | 572 | 146 | .255 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | Willie Hogan | 123 | 443 | 115 | .260 | 2 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Stephens | 70 | 212 | 49 | .231 | 0 | 17 |
| Paul Meloan | 64 | 206 | 54 | .262 | 3 | 14 |
| Ed Hallinan | 52 | 169 | 35 | .207 | 0 | 14 |
| Pete Compton | 28 | 107 | 29 | .271 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Murray | 31 | 102 | 19 | .186 | 3 | 11 |
| Joe Kutina | 26 | 101 | 26 | .257 | 3 | 15 |
| Dode Criss | 58 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 2 | 15 |
| Paul Krichell | 28 | 82 | 19 | .232 | 0 | 8 |
| Danny Hoffman | 24 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 0 | 7 |
| Dave Rowan | 18 | 65 | 25 | .385 | 0 | 11 |
| Pat Newnam | 20 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 5 |
| Hap Myers | 11 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 1 |
| Gus Williams | 7 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 4 |
| Allie Moulton | 4 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Clyde Southwick | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Gust | 3 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Duggan | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Crisp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Truesdale | 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 |
| Joe Lake | 30 | 215.1 | 10 | 15 | 3.30 | 69 |
| Jack Powell | 31 | 207.2 | 8 | 19 | 3.29 | 52 |
| Barney Pelty | 28 | 197.0 | 7 | 15 | 2.97 | 59 |
| Red Nelson | 16 | 81.0 | 3 | 9 | 5.22 | 24 |
| Ed Hawk | 5 | 37.2 | 0 | 4 | 3.35 | 14 |
| Mack Allison | 3 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.05 | 2 |
| George Curry | 3 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.47 | 2 |
| Joe Willis | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 0 |
| Walter Moser | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 21.60 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Earl Hamilton | 32 | 177.0 | 5 | 12 | 3.97 | 55 |
| Roy Mitchell | 28 | 133.1 | 4 | 8 | 3.85 | 40 |
| Lefty George | 27 | 116.1 | 4 | 9 | 4.18 | 23 |
| Bill Bailey | 7 | 31.2 | 0 | 3 | 4.55 | 8 |
| Curly Brown | 3 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.74 | 8 |
| Dode Criss | 4 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.35 | 9 |
| Elmer Brown | 5 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 5 |
| Howie Gregory | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 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 |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 |
| Bill Harper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |