# 1911 Chicago Cubs season

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
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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

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

### 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 | 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

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 |
| 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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ernie Ovitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Jack Rowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |