1911 NL

The 1911 season of the National League was the thirty-sixth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

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
1	New York Giants	154	99	54	1	.643	-.-	756 (4.91)	542 (3.52)	0.279	0.348	0.390	2.69	0.960
2	Chicago Cubs	157	92	62	3	.586	7.5	757 (4.82)	607 (3.87)	0.260	0.336	0.374	2.90	0.960
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	85	69	1	.548	14.5	744 (4.80)	557 (3.59)	0.262	0.330	0.372	2.84	0.963
4	Philadelphia Phillies	153	79	73	1	.516	19.5	658 (4.30)	669 (4.37)	0.259	0.325	0.359	3.30	0.963
5	St. Louis Cardinals	158	75	74	9	.475	22.0	671 (4.25)	745 (4.72)	0.252	0.330	0.340	3.68	0.959
6	Cincinnati Reds	159	70	83	6	.440	29.0	682 (4.29)	706 (4.44)	0.261	0.333	0.346	3.26	0.955
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	154	64	86	4	.416	33.5	539 (3.50)	659 (4.28)	0.237	0.296	0.311	3.39	0.962
8	Boston Rustlers	156	44	107	5	.282	54.0	699 (4.48)	1021 (6.54)	0.267	0.336	0.355	5.08	0.947

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dick Hoblitzel Ed Konetchy	Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals	158
At Bats	Dick Hoblitzel	Cincinnati Reds	622
Runs Scored	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	121
Hits	Doc Miller	Boston Rustlers	192
Doubles	Ed Konetchy	St. Louis Cardinals	38
Triples	Larry Doyle	New York Giants	25
Home Runs	Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	21
Total Bases	Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	308
Runs Batted In	Frank Schulte Chief Wilson	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates	107
Stolen Bases	Bob Bescher	Cincinnati Reds	81
Walks	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	147
Hit by Pitch	Steve Evans	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Strikeouts	Bob Bescher Bob Coulson	Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers	78
Sacrifice Hits	Hans Lobert	Philadelphia Phillies	38
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.334
On-Base Percentage	Jimmy Sheckard	Chicago Cubs	0.434
Slugging Percentage	Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	0.534
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.930
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	156

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	28
Losses	Earl Moore Bill Steele	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Rube Marquard	New York Giants	0.774
Appearances	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	53
Games Started	Bob Harmon	St. Louis Cardinals	41
Complete Games	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	31
Shutouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	7
Games Finished	Doc Crandall	New York Giants	26
Saves	Mordecai Brown	Chicago Cubs	13
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	367.0
Batters Faced	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1475
Hits Allowed	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	303
Home Runs Allowed	Al Mattern	Boston Rustlers	13
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Harmon	St. Louis Cardinals	181
Hit Batsmen	Art Fromme Lefty Leifield	Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Strikeouts	Rube Marquard	New York Giants	237
Wild Pitches	King Cole	Chicago Cubs	11
Balks	Ad Brennan George Chalmers King Cole Elmer Steele Lefty Tyler	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates/Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Rustlers	2
Runs Allowed	Buster Brown	Boston Rustlers	161
Earned Runs Allowed	Bob Harmon	St. Louis Cardinals	121
Earned Run Average	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	1.99
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.006

In the World Series, the National League champion New York Giants were defeated by the American League's Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 2.

The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Frank Schulte, an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs. In the award's voting, he had 29 out of a possible 64 points.