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The 1911 season of the American League was the eleventh season of the league.
[edit] Season summary
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | WPCT | GB | RS (RS/G) | RA (RA/G) | AVG | OBP | SLG | ERA | FPCT
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| 1 | Philadelphia Athletics | 152 | 101 | 50 | 1 | .664 | -.- | 861 (5.66) | 601 (3.95) | 0.296 | 0.349 | 0.398 | 3.01 | 0.963
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| 2 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 89 | 65 | 0 | .578 | 13.5 | 831 (5.40) | 776 (5.04) | 0.292 | 0.350 | 0.388 | 3.73 | 0.951
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| 3 | Cleveland Naps | 156 | 80 | 73 | 3 | .513 | 22.0 | 691 (4.43) | 712 (4.56) | 0.282 | 0.327 | 0.369 | 3.36 | 0.954
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| 4 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 77 | 74 | 3 | .500 | 24.0 | 719 (4.67) | 624 (4.05) | 0.269 | 0.319 | 0.350 | 2.97 | 0.961
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| 5 | Boston Red Sox | 153 | 78 | 75 | 0 | .510 | 24.0 | 680 (4.44) | 643 (4.20) | 0.275 | 0.341 | 0.363 | 2.74 | 0.949
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| 6 | New York Highlanders | 153 | 76 | 76 | 1 | .497 | 25.5 | 684 (4.47) | 724 (4.73) | 0.272 | 0.337 | 0.362 | 3.54 | 0.949
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| 7 | Washington Senators | 154 | 64 | 90 | 0 | .416 | 38.5 | 625 (4.06) | 766 (4.97) | 0.258 | 0.321 | 0.320 | 3.52 | 0.953
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| 8 | St. Louis Browns | 152 | 45 | 107 | 0 | .296 | 56.5 | 567 (3.73) | 812 (5.34) | 0.239 | 0.303 | 0.311 | 3.86 | 0.945
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[edit] League leaders
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Postseason
In the World Series, the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.
[edit] Award winners
The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Ty Cobb, an outfielder with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 64 out of a possible 64 points and 8 first place votes.
[edit] Notable events
