# 1911 Boston Rustlers season

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. 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. 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. Bill Sweeney was the other full-time regular besides Miller to hit over .300, finishing at .314 for the season.

## Regular season

* 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.
* 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

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 | — |

### 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 | 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

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
#### 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 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

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

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 |